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Melton Manor Condo: 176-186 Chapin Parkway
Buffalo, NY

 September 2023 Photos

ca. 1904 3 1⁄2-story acute angle massing multi-gable masonry apartment building with English Gothic Styling.      Stone foundation, brick with stone quoins, asphalt shingle roof.        Two entrances (#176, #186) with stone [Gibbs] surrounds, pilasters, segmental arch door opening, wooden door with sidelights and transom.      1/1 double hung wood windows with leaded transoms above typical, stone voussoir surrounds, multi-story polygonal bays, 4-story tower with battlements at southeast corner.        Multiple front gable parapet walls.        - Elmwood Historic District (EAST), National Register of Historic Places Nomination

4-story tower with battlements at southeast corner (and one at the other northeast end of the building)             Detail below: Terra cotta battlements/crenellation                 Roman brick                 Running bond brick pattern                 Windows feature Gibbs surround   One of four straight gable roofs above a brick parapeted balcony                Segmental arch features brick voussoirs                 Note white glazed terra cotta  Gibbs window surrounds        There are seven gables on the facade:  4 straight gables above a balcony, and three Dutch gables, each different.                                    Roman brick parapeted balcony                Segmental arch features brick voussoirs        Dutch gable roof, the most ornate of three Dutch gables on this building, each different            Note combination C and S scrolls in the flanking buttresses                           Top finial                    Roman bricks            Keystone in center of arch           Lattice leaded windows    Dutch gable roof - second of three Dutch gables on this building, each different                 Neoclassical style entrance                  Different brick colors detailed below: Muddled colored brick, probably used for inexpensive repair                      Modified Flemish/Dutch stepped gable roof  - third of three Flemish/Dutch gables, each different Straight gable roof above a balcony             Tower with battlements at northeast corner (and one at the other southeast end of the building)                    Straight gable roof above a balcony                          Corner tower with parapet           Corner tower detail below: Geometric design leaded glass windows                    White glazed terra cotta  Gibbs window surrounds        Segmental arch with white glazed terra cotta surround                     One of two Neoclassical style entrances, ##176 and 186            Details below: Entablature: cornice,   frieze                  Engaged Tuscan column Engaged Tuscan column             Spandrel features scrolling acanthus leaves and cartouche

Judy Tucker Brochure entry for the 2016 Explore Buffalo Tour of Homes “The footprint for each condo is exactly the same as when it was built - although people have made changes to their units over the years. I tried to look up W. L. Schmolle on-line and I think he moved to California to continue his career.He did design homes on Ashland and Bidwell.” – Barbara Peterson, 2023