The Mansion on Delaware Avenue

Sternberg House - Table of Contents

2002 INTERIOR PHOTOS - Charles F. Sternberg House /
The Mansion on Delaware Avenue
414 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY

Erected:
1869-1870

Architect:
George M. Allison

Style:
Second Empire (1860-1880)

Original owner:
Industrialist Charles F. Sternberg

Second owner:
Civil War veteran Colonel John Condit Smith

1880s owner:
Samuel Curtis Trubee

Former name:
Victor Hugo Wine Cellar Restaurant

Present name:
The Mansion on Delaware Avenue, a 28-room luxury hotel

See details in text below the photos

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First floor.
Front entrance hall

First floor front entrance hall.
Paired entry doors, with glass in top half

First floor entry hall.
Inlaid hand-milled black walnut
double-pedimented door surround

First floor reception room.

First floor reception room.
Hand-milled black walnut mantel

First floor reception room.
Pocket doors

First floor reception room.
Three-sided bay

First floor reception room.
Detailed plaster ceiling relief
on 18-foot ceilings

First floor games room.

First floor games room.

First floor banquet room.

First floor banquet room.

Hand-milled white oak wainscoting

Square column with capital

First floor banquet room

Foliated capital

Dentils

First floor banquet room.

First floor banquet room.
Corinthian engaged columns

The interior of the building has the following features:

175 windows

12-foot bay windows

hand-milled black walnut mantels

hand-milled white oak wainscoting

ornate pocket doors

detailed plaster moldings and ceiling relief on 18-foot ceilings

Second Empire (1860-1880) Interior Features of This Building:

Entry: Paired entry doors, sometimes with glass in top half

Windows: Windows flanked by columns or pilasters

Windows: Three-sided bay

Interior: Bold plaster cornices

Interior: Bold plaster medallions

Interior: Marble fireplaces with arched openings

Special thanks to The Mansion on Delaware Avenue owner, Dennis Murphy, and his staff for their cooperation.

Sources:

"The Room Boom," by Sharon Linstedt, in the April 29, 2001 The Buffalo News
"Love's labors Can Really Pay Off Big," by Donn Esmonde in the May 21, 2001 The Buffalo News
"Buffalo Architecture: A Guide," by Francis R. Kowsky, et. al. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1981
"What Style is it? A Guide to American Architecture," pub. by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1983
"The Visual Dictionary of American Domestic Architecture," by Rachel Carley. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1994
"A Field Guide to American Houses," by Virginia & Lee McAlester. New York: Knopf, 2000

Erected:	1869-1870
Architect:	George M. Allison
Style:	Second Empire (1860-1880)
Original owner:	Industrialist Charles F. Sternberg
Second owner:	Civil War veteran Colonel John Condit Smith
1880s owner:	Samuel Curtis Trubee
Former name:	Victor Hugo Wine Cellar Restaurant
Present name:	The Mansion on Delaware Avenue, a 28-room luxury hotel
	See details in text below the photos


First floor. Front entrance hall	First floor front entrance hall. Paired entry doors, with glass in top half	First floor entry hall. Inlaid hand-milled black walnut double-pedimented door surround	First floor reception room.

First floor reception room. Hand-milled black walnut mantel	First floor reception room. Pocket doors	First floor reception room. Three-sided bay	First floor reception room. Detailed plaster ceiling relief on 18-foot ceilings

First floor games room.	First floor games room.	First floor banquet room.	First floor banquet room. Hand-milled white oak wainscoting Square column with capital

First floor banquet room Foliated capital Dentils	First floor banquet room.	First floor banquet room. Corinthian engaged columns