William Hengerer Company / Lafayette Court
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Facade
- William Hengerer Company / Lafayette Court
465 Main
Street, Buffalo, NY 14203
Built: |
1903-1904 2-story addition - 1910 |
Architect: |
Cyrus
Kinne Porter |
Style: |
Beaux Arts:
Neoclassical |
Structural material: |
Steel |
Facade system: |
Applied
masonry (brick) |
1987 conversion style: |
Postmodern |
2016 photos 2011 photo. Middle black building: Tishman Building/National Fuel (before the building was adaptively reused into the Hilton Garden Inn in 2012). Behind the Tishman: Rand Building. To the right of the Tishman ( white): Western Savings Bank/Main Court Building Mid 1980s: The renamed Lafayette Court building was converted into office space ... "Modernized" style: Postmodern Clock and gable roof are Postmodern additions Clock and gable roofs are Postmodern additions Segmental arches, window muntins and belt course are Postmodern additions Window muntins are Postmodern additions Postmodern additions Main entrance has flanking Postmodern stylized pilasters and a fanlight Circle functions as a capital decoration on the paneled pilaster Darker granite horizontals suggest a Postmodern stylized banded column Postmodern bay window Different color polished granite add a decorative element in the mid-80s Postmodern adaptation |