Morris Manor Apartments
35 E. Morris Avenue, Buffalo, NY
Style: Art Deco
During the great Depression (1929-1940), what little housing was built in Buffalo (and generally throughout the U.S.) was in the form of apartments using Art Deco design.
The Morris Manor Apartments have these Art Deco characteristics:
- Vertical emphasis created by central stair tower and two side towers
- Flat roof
- Metal casement windows
- Art Deco lettering
- Stylized (abstracted) nature and geometric ornamentation
Central stair tower to create vertical emphasis. |
Main entrance: door surround, Art Deco lettering,
side lights around door. |
One of two decorative rectangles with stylized (abstracted) sun motif. |
Central stair tower detail: horizontal ornamentation suggests a cornice; typical Art Deco stylized (abstracted) ornamentation |
One of two side towers that help give vertical emphasis to the building. Quoins help give vertical emphasis. |
Detail: Side bay creates a tower by clever use of contrasting brick colors, quoins, vertical terra cotta ornament, and suggested stone cornice. |
Side tower detail: stylized (abstracted) nature/geometric ornamentation |
Also Art Deco: The Bennett Apartments (across the street on Morris Ave.) |