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 |