Palmer Centennial House - Table of
Contents
First
Floor Interior
- William J. Palmer House
288 Lincoln,
Buffalo, NY
2019
Junior League of Buffalo and The Buffalo News Decorators’ Show House
Photos taken in January 2019 - before the house was transformed by professional decorators into a showhouse to raise money for a local charity
On this page below:
Reception hall with adjoining half bath and rear sunroom
Reception hall with
adjoining half bath and sunroom Reception hall ... Front door faces Chatham Avenue ... In this photo, to the left is the kitchen, to the right, the living room  Door at far left leads to the kitchen ... Door to the left of the main entrrance is a half bath (see half bath illustrations below:)  Half bath  Half bath  In this photo, door to the immediate right of the main entrance leads to the basement ... Arts & Crafts style staircase and balustrade (detailed below:) ... Room at far right in photo is the living room   Arts & Crafts style rectangular balusters and newel column  Reception hall and living room ... Room divider columns are frequently found in Arts & Crafts style houses. The slotted panels are distinctive ... Other column divider examples: Roycroft Museum and 452 Parkside Avenue  Reception hall and living room ... Door to the left of the fireplace leads to enclosed porch  First story rear sunroom which adjoins the living room, reception hall, and dining room ... At the right in this photo is the enclosed porch adjoining the living room  Back of reception hall with French doors leading to rear sunroom  Rear sunroom ... Doors on the far right lead to the reception hall ... Back three French doors lead to the dining room ... Same doors from a different angle below:  Rear sunroom ... French doors at left lead to the dining room ... French doors at right lead to the reception hall ... Hanging light fixture detailed below:  Light fixture features opalescent glass |
Living
room Reception hall and living room seen from the living room  Living room with Reception hall at left ... Box-beamed ceiling ... Two oversized Arts & Crafts style windows facing Chatham Avenue ... As in many Arts & Crafts style houses, oak is used extensively throughtout the house, including the floors ... Arts & Crafts style room divider columns at left detailed below:  Oak room divider column capitals ... Gray light fixture  Fireplace flanked by built-in bookcases - a typical Arts & Crafts style feature. In many Arts & Crafts style houses, there are stained glass windows above the bookcases. Example: 452 Parkside  Black and white tiles are most likely not original ... Oak slats echo the room divider slats  Transom window ... Doors flanking the fireplace lead to adjoining enclosed side porch (details below:)  Enclosed side porch with rounded windows adjoins the living room which has the two large Arts & Crafts style windows facing Chatham Ave, ... Three enclosed side porch illustrations:  Enclosed side porch adjoining the living room ... The fireplace (detailed below:) backs the living room fireplace and shares the same chimney  Enclosed side porch adjoining the living room  Enclosed side porch adjoining the living room ... The celiing suggests that this was originally an unenclosed side porch ... The round window - certainly not an Arts & Crafts style window - was most likely a later addition when the room was enclosed. So, too, with the plain bookcases, |
Dining room Reception hall pocket doors leading to the dining room. When the doors are opened, one sees the following:  Dining room ... Mirrored coffered ceiling ... Built-in cabinets with strapwork motif ... Open door at right leads to kitchen  Dining room ... Far left door leads to kitchen ... Pocket doors lead to reception hall ... Note coffered, mirrored ceiling ... Oak paneling  Dining room ... Mirrored coffered ceiling ... Diamond shape in door is a typical Arts & Crafts style motif. Example: Austin House  Dining room ... Arts & Crafts style built-in buffet ... Five buffet details below:  Buffet detail #1  Buffet detail #2 - Leaded strapwork pattern with beveled glass  Buffet detail #3 - Leaded strapwork pattern with beveled glass ... Seen through the glass is the kitchen  Buffet detail #4 - Strapwork pattern  Buffet detail #5  Dining room ... Looking towards the backyard ... Mirrored, coffered ceiling ... Doors at left lead to rear sunroom ... Doors at right lead to kitchen eating area  Dining room ... Doors at the kleft lead into the rear sunroom which adjoins the living room and reception hall  Dining room ... Adjoining kitchen eating area can be seen throught the French doors |
Kitchen Kitchen eating area ... At left in photo are doors leading to the dining room  Kitchen eating area  Kitchen eating area ... Arts & Crafts style diamond motif found throughout the first floor  Kitchen - not original  Kitchen - not original  Kitchen skylights - not original  Kitchen ... Note rounded glass doors behind the stove  Kitchen ... On the other side of this window is the dining room  Kitchen, behind the stove  Kitchen, behind the stove, and to the right  Kitchen, behind the stove, and to the right ... Note tin ceiling (detailed below:)  |
