Liberty Bank/Liberty Building - Table of Contents
2007-2016 photos
Liberty Bank Building / Liberty
Building
424 Main Street, Buffalo, NY
Original name: German-American Bank
Erected: |
1925 (Addition 1961) |
Addition: |
Duane Lyman Associates The large addition to the south side which included an extension to the banking room on the first floor |
Architect: |
Alfred Bossom (1881-1965) |
Sculptor: |
Leo Lentelli Leo Lentelli: A Sculptor of the City Beautiful (online April 2018) Wikipedia: Leo Lentelli (online April 2018) |
Style: |
Second Renaissance Revival skyscraper |
2007-2016 photos
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Foreground: City Court ... Rand Building
2007 photo
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Far left: Brisbane Building
2012 photo
2007 photo
Rapid Transit Postmodern art
2007 photo
2016 photo
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Lion head corbel table (on Greek buildings: gargoyles)
2016 photo
Top and bottom row of anthemia
2016 photo
Dentil molding ... Lion head corbel table in between triglyphs and guttae
2016 photo
Explanation of color streaks? ... Modillions support overhanging cornice ... Vertical flutes ... Roman Ionic columns
2016 photo.
Modillions support overhanging cornice ... Vertical flutes ... Rosettes ... Ionic columns
2016 photo
Roman Ionic columns ... Spandrel panels
2007 photo
Pilasters ... Balustrades
2007 photo
Double-vase balusters
2015 photo
Triangular pediment supported by ancones
2007 photo
Top: Leaf-and dart molding ... Bead-and-reel molding
Capitol: Egg-and-dart molding in center ... Anthemia
2007 photo
Scrolling acanthus plants between rope molding ... Ancones
2007 photo
Lobby ... 2015 photo
Lobby ... 2015 photo
Lobby ... 2015 photo
Top ornamentation: Acanthus leaves and rosettes
Below the top ornamentation: Anthemia
Doors: Egg-and-dart molding ... Beads