Hewitt
House / Inn Buffalo - Table of Contents
Foyer staircase
Herbert H. Hewitt House - Inn Buffalo/Off Elmwood
619 Lafayette Avenue, Buffalo, NY
Inn Buffalo/Off Elmwood - Official Website
2015
Photos
![]() Foyer Stained glass window on porte-cochere side door at bottom of Victorian staircase ... Three details below: ![]() Porte-cochere side door detail #1 - Stained glass window on side door at bottom of Victorian staircase . ![]() Porte-cochere side door detail #2 - Crown and foliage ![]() #3 detail - Face (Aphrodite?) on shell ... Fruit and leaves ... Pairs of C scrolls ![]() In Victorian houses, it was fashionable to install a gas, later electric, light on top of the newel post This lamp is a reproduction. ![]() Reproduction newel post light ![]() Victorian varnished staircase balustrade and paneling ![]() Pendant bellflowers on newel post ![]() Balusters ![]() Acanthus leaves an balusters ... Newel post ornamentation: Acanthus leaves atop bellflowers ... Evidence that the balusters are hand carved: each one is a bit different ![]() Staircase landing stained glass windows ... Counterweighted vertically sliding sash windows raise into the upper wall ![]() Left panel ... 3 details below: ![]() Left panel, #1 detail - Swag ![]() Left panel, #2 detail - Swag ![]() Left panel, #3 detail - Urn and vine ![]() Middle window ... Center medallion ... 4 details below: ![]() Middle window, #1 detail - Paired torches ... Ribbons ... Rosette ![]() Middle window, #2 detail ![]() Middle window, #3 detail - Hand painted, then refired, grotesque ![]() Middle window, #4 detail - Hand painted, then refired, grotesque (?) ![]() Note wall sconces which are detailed below: ![]() Staircase landing window seat ![]() Wall sconce with acanthus leaves ornamentation ![]() Lincrusta(?) or anaglypta(?) wallpaper |