Knox House - Table of Contents
SECOND
FLOOR and BALLROOM
Grace Millard Knox House / Montefiore Club / Computer
Task Group / Cellino Law
800 Delaware
Avenue, Buffalo, N.Y.
Junior League of Buffalo
Decorators' Show House - Official Website
... Show Houses -
Table of Contents The Buffalo News - Official Website The Junior League of Buffalo / The Buffalo News 2021 Decorators’ Show House In 2020, the Knox House was purchased by Cellino Law for its Buffalo headquarters. The photos below were taken on May 5, 2021 with permission of the Junior League. Subsequently, professional decorators would decorate each room in the house and the house would be open to the public for touring. Profits would be donated by the Junior League to deserving organizations throughout WNY. |
On this page, below:
Original Master bedroom - Dressing room
May 5, 2021 Photos
Second
floor hall![]() Second floor hall ... First floor foyer below ... Skylight ... 4 marble pilasters ... Top of staircase ... Note floorboards, exposed after carpeting was removed ![]() Second floor hall ... Leaded glass skylight ![]() Second floor hall ... Fanciful balusters at top of staircase ![]() Second floor hall ... Top of staircase ... One of four marble pilasters |
Elevator![]() Elevator ![]() Elevator ... Plaster ornamentation ![]() Elevator ... Artificially lit skylight ![]() Elevator |
Original Upstairs library![]() Upstairs library ![]() Upstairs library ... Mirror surround: ribbons ... bellflower swags ![]() Upstairs library ... Mirror surround ![]() Upstairs library ... Fireplace dentil molding beneath mantel ... Frieze panel featuring swag ![]() Upstairs library ... Fireplace: marble surround ... shoulder ... scroll buttress |
Original Master bedroom ![]() Master bedroom ![]() Master bedroom - Plaster ornamentation in panel and on mirror frame ![]() Master bedroom ... Marble fireplace and hearth ... Fire screen ... Andiron ... Oak floor ![]() Master bedroom ... Fireplace foliated bas-relief frieze ![]() Master bedroom ... Fireplace corner ... Acanthus leaves on leg |
Original Master
bedroom - Dressing room![]() Master bedroom - Dressing room ![]() Master bedroom - Dressing room ... Note bathroom doorway at left ... Marble surround and hearth ... Summer piece ![]() Master bedroom - Dressing room ... Fireplace frieze features Vitruvian wave |
Master
bedroom - Bathroom![]() Master bedroom - Bathroom ![]() Master bedroom - Bathroom ... Marble tub and walls and floor ... Note wallpaper ![]() Master bedroom - Bathroom ... Marble sink and floor ![]() Master bedroom - Bathroom ![]() Master bedroom - Bathroom ... Wallpaper depicts ribbons and swags and fountain and scrolling acanthus plant |
Original Bedroom ![]() Bedroom ... Note draperies, detailed below: ![]() Bedroom ... Scalloped valance, detailed below: ![]() Bedroom ... Scalloped valance includes white acanthus leaves ![]() Bedroom ... Marble fireplace ![]() Bedroom ... Mirror reflects Knox House painting that hangs on opposite wall ![]() Bedroom ... Mirror frame ![]() Bedroom ... Mirror frame depicts Renaissance style foliage ![]() Bedroom ... Fireplace similar to the one in the master bedroom, above ... Note marble hearth ![]() Bedroom ... Fireplace frieze center carving ![]() Bedroom ... Knox House Winter Scene ... Detail below: ![]() Bedroom ... Signature: M[argaret]. M. Martin |
Downstairs foyer ![]() Downstairs foyer historic photo ![]() Downstairs foyer ... Basement ... Double-vase balusters ... Newel post ... Console table ![]() Downstairs foyer ... Newel post in the shape of a scroll buttress ... Console table ![]() Downstairs foyer ... Fanlight ... Three moldings detailed below: ![]() Downstairs foyer ... Top and bottom: leaf-and-dart ... Middle: egg-and-dart ![]() Downstairs foyer ... Sconce |
Ballroom ![]() Ballroom ![]() Ballroom ... Chandelier ![]() Ballroom ... Oval design on frieze ... French doors ![]() Ballroom ... Dentil molding ... Frieze decorated with classical scene ... Urn and swags ![]() Ballroom ... Sconce Return to top |