Church of the Good Shepherd

Church of the Good Shepherd - Table of Contents

EXTERIOR - Church of the Good Shepherd
96 Jewett Pkwy. at Summit (SE), Buffalo, NY

Architects:
Initial plans by Silsbee and Marling.
In 1888 the scheme was reworked by Marling and his new partner, Herbert C. Burdett (1855- 1891), a former assistant in the office of H. H. Richardson

Erected:
1887 - Church.
1890 - Rectory.
1891 - Guild House containing Children's chapel.
1922 - Jewett Memorial Hall.

The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd was consecrated on May 21, 1888. Construction had begun a year earlier, and the first service was held on March 4, 1888.

Status:
Buffalo Landmark
Parkside East Preservation District

Architectural Style:
Richardsonian Romanesque
The church recalls Richardson's small libraries, especially the Ames Library in North Easton, Mass.
Prominent features of the church, which has a seating capacity of 200, are low, limestone walls and the massive tower with its short, broad spire.

2004 color photos

Original architect's drawing for Ingersoll Memorial Chapel by Silsbee and Marling

Rectory and church

View towards southwest ... Richardsonian Romanesque style

Cross pattée at top of gable roof ... Loopholes ... Dentil molding ...
Tower copper pyramidal roof ... Modillions ... Voussoirs over rounded windows in belfry

Cross pattée at top of gable roof ... Loopholes ... Dentil molding ...
Onondaga limestone ... The Parkside area was known as Flint Hill, a reference to the flint/chert in the Onondaga limestone that lies slightly below the surface. For example , see "Flint Hill and the War of 1812"

Main entrance

Onondaga limestone ... The Parkside area was known as Flint Hill, a reference to the flint/chert in the Onondaga limestone that lies slightly below the surface. For example , see "Flint Hill and the War of 1812"

Facade bay to left of entrance porch ... Voussoirs over rounded windows ... Water table

North transept Tiffany windows

View from porch looking southwest

View from porch looking northwest: Martin House

Southwest: facade and west transept

Richardsonian Romanesque tower and belfry

Copper pyramidal roof ... Belfry

Front entrance porch

Corbel ... Romanesque clustered columns

Corbel ... Romanesque capitals

South transept Tiffany window: Purity

South elevation

Left window detailed below

Terra cotta roof tiles and ridge tiles

One of two Tiffany floral windows

Image courtesy of Explore Buffalo

Sources:

1977 Church of the Good Shepherd Nomination for City of Buffalo Landmark Status, Edited by Alison Fleischmann

"Buffalo Architecture: A Guide." Cambridge: MIT Press, 1981

"Church Tales of the Niagara Frontier : Legends, History & Architecture"

"Designated Landmarks of the Niagara Frontier," by Austin M. Fox. Buffalo: Meyer Enterprises, P.O. Box 733, Ellicott Station, Buffalo, New York 14205. 1986.

"Area Landmark: Church of the Good Shepherd" reprinted from The Buffalo News, July 25, 1993.

Special thanks to Rev. David Selzer, rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, for his cooperation and assistance

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Architects:	Initial plans by Silsbee and Marling. In 1888 the scheme was reworked by Marling and his new partner, Herbert C. Burdett (1855- 1891), a former assistant in the office of H. H. Richardson
Erected:	1887 - Church. 1890 - Rectory. 1891 - Guild House containing Children's chapel. 1922 - Jewett Memorial Hall. The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd was consecrated on May 21, 1888. Construction had begun a year earlier, and the first service was held on March 4, 1888.
Status:	Buffalo Landmark Parkside East Preservation District
Architectural Style:	Richardsonian Romanesque The church recalls Richardson's small libraries, especially the Ames Library in North Easton, Mass. Prominent features of the church, which has a seating capacity of 200, are low, limestone walls and the massive tower with its short, broad spire.