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:) ![]() |