Hewitt
House / Inn Buffalo - Table of Contents
Rehab Discoveries
Herbert H. Hewitt House - Inn Buffalo/Off Elmwood
619 Lafayette Avenue, Buffalo, NY
Inn Buffalo/Off Elmwood - Official Website
2015
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Cast iron post in basement ... Detail below: Steel joist hanger Steel joist hanger supporting horizontal joist Electrical box Pat. Aug 31, 1897 Hanging light fixture with both gas and electric turn knobs Fixture with both both gas and electric turn knobs Three wires, individually wrapped in rubber, with another rubber wrapping over the three Original J. L. Mott Imperial porcelain laundry tubs with new plumbing fixtures Nails Electric conduit/ gas pipe fasteners. Sink with disconnected legs .... 4 details below: Detail #1 - Claw foot on the leg Detail #2 - Detail #3 - Underside Photo courtesy of Joseph Lettieri. Detail #4 Manufactured Exclusively for the J. L. Mott Iron-Works New York Brown-Westhead Moore & Co. Cauldon Place Staffordshire, England By Royal Appointment Potters to Her Majesty Dieu Et Mon Droit (See center oval image explanation below:) "The motto appears on a scroll beneath the shield of the English version of the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom." - Image and caption source: Wikipedia: Dieu et mon droit (Online May 2015) Copper lined, wooden (oak?) toilet tank decorated with plaster shells and ribbons Wood from another identical toilet tank Toilet tank fill assembly inside toilet tank (above) Pull chain toilet bracket Water manifold, red for hot water, blue for cold water, connecting to each water closet (full or half bath). Clay tile basement drainage pipe Paper weight - probably an advertising gift ... 2 other views below: Paper weight, from the top Paper weight, from the bottom Thermostat: The pneumatic heat control thermostat manufacturer was Johnson Services of Milwaukee, WI, which patented the design in 1894... Photo courtesy of Joseph Lettieri Photo courtesy of Joseph Lettieri Carved wooden hot air ventilator cover used as decoration in a bedroom suite. |