Wilkes House -
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Interior - Emma B. Wilkes House
495 Lafayette Avenue,
Buffalo, NY
Front hall
and Living room![]() Front hall ... Arts & Crafts style stained glass windows ![]() Front hall ... Atypical Arts & Crafts style door (usually planks) ![]() Front hall ... Mirrored doors sealed (see photo below:) ![]() Living room ... The other side of the mirrored doors shown above - wall with shelving to showcase a small part of Victor Shanchuk's collection from around the world ![]() Living room ... Front windows alcove displays more of the collection ![]() Living room ... Arts & Crafts style beamed ceiling ![]() Living room ... Pair of stained glass windows flank the mantelpiece (one detailed below:) ![]() Living room ... Arts & Crafts style stained glass windows features opalescent glass ![]() Living room ... Arts & Crafts style paneled pocket door ![]() Living room ... Paneled wainscoting with newspaper article about Shanchuk's photography exhibit ![]() Living room ... 2018 painting by Victor Shanchuk |
Staircase![]() ![]() Bar from earlier owners was found in the basement ... Name plate below: ![]() ![]() Ad courtesy of Steve Cichon, "Torn-Down Tuesday: Broadway at Pratt," 1973," pub. in The Buffalo News, May 3, 2016 (online July 2019) ![]() Arts & Crafts style paneled wainscoting and balustrade ![]() Wainscoting and balustrade ![]() ![]() Arts & Crafts style newel post ![]() Arts & Crafts staircase ![]() ![]() Unusual window position |
Second floor ![]() Arts & Crafts staircase ![]() Second floor ![]() ![]() Second floor .. Cast iron lion's paw tub foot ![]() Second floor ... Staircase leading to the attic |