St.
Stephen's / Elk Tree - Table of Contents
EXTERIOR
- St.
Stephen RC Church /Elk
Tree Gardens & Castle
193 Elk Street, Buffalo, New York
Built: |
1875
- Parish established 1888 - Church built |
Architect: |
Fred
W. Humble |
Style: |
Gothic
Revival |
Steeples removed: |
C.
1932 |
Church names: |
1888 - St.
Stephen |
School names: |
1896 - St. Clare |
Status: |
2018
- Listed on National
Register of Historic Places (online Nov. 2020) |
![]() Gothic Revival ... Steeples removed c. 1932 ![]() Left/east tower Tower ... Belfry ... Vertical pier buttresses ... Voussoirs over entrance ... Onondaga limestone ![]() Left/east tower Belfry ... Trefoils in tympanums ... Broken rangework masonry ![]() Left/east tower Vertical pier buttresses at far sides ... Voussoirs over entrance ... Stained glass in quatrefoil tracery ... Leaded lattice glass ![]() Left/east tower Voussoirs over entrance ... Stained glass in quatrefoil tracery ![]() Left/east tower Leaded lattice glass .... Paneled door ![]() Center bay Bay ... Rose window, including vertical lights ... Voussoirs over entrance ... Stained glass in quatrefoil tracery ![]() Center bay Voussoirs ... Rose window above stained glass paired roundels and vertical panels - commonly found in the Gothic style in Europe ![]() Center bay Random ashlar stone pattern ... Voussoirs ... Stained glass roundel in tympanum above double oak doors with leaded lattice windows ... Compound arch ... Squat Gothic columns ... Vertical pier buttresses ![]() Center bay Roundel features opalescent stained glass ... Oak paneling ![]() Center bay and right/west tower |
East
elevation![]() Note former school at right - McDermott Lofts (online November 2020) ![]() Far left: Former rectory ... East elevation ... Facade ... Far right: Former school/ McDermott Lofts (online November 2020) ![]() Note former rectory at far left ![]() Former rectory ![]() East elevation: East transept at left ... Lucarnes in roof ... Modillions "support" cornice ... Vertical pier buttresses ... Nave windows ... Random ashlar stone pattern ... Stone tower at right ... Stone ` table ![]() Lucarne with flared roof ![]() Modillions "support" cornice ... Vertical pier buttresses ... Gothic nave windows ... Onondaga limestone ... Stone water table |
West
elevation![]() Facade and west elevation ... Far right: Former school/ McDermott Lofts (online November 2020) ![]() Steeples removed c. 1932 ![]() West elevation at left ... Protruding apse at right ... Left: Tower ... Transept ... Right: Apse ![]() West transept ... Vent ... Rose window above stained glass vertical panels - commonly found in the Gothic style in Europe ![]() West transept at left ... Protruding apse at right ![]() Apse roof ![]() Limestone quarried in Lockport, NY: "Lockport limestone (new name) refers to limestone at Lockport [NY] excavated for passage of the Erie Canal. Here, rock possesses to great degree a geodiferous character. To the east it becomes a dark, nearly black, compact limestone. Overlies Rochester shale and underlies the red shale [Salina formation] forming basal part of Onondaga saliferous group. Is top formation of Protean group of Vanuxem." - National Geologic Map Database (onloine November 2020) " |