216 Metcalfe Street - Table of Contents
Exterior - 216 Metcalfe Street
Buffalo, NY
Circa 1890?
This Queen Anne style house
is especially interesting because of the Eastlake
features on the exterior and interior.
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Circa 1940 |
Circa 1940 |
Across the street |
#216 at far right |
Façade |
Paneled, oak front door |
Eastlake style doorknob and plate |
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Front gable is in broken pediment form |
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OwnersSelected Title Search entries:
1824 - Wilhem Willink sells to Hosea Webster and George B. Webster (Willink was one of the Holland Land Co. investers)
1849 - George B. Webster and Walter Joy sell to Jacob A. Barker
1867 - James R. Cowing sells to James H. Metcalfe and Thomas Cushing
Homeowners listed in Buffalo Directories:
1883 - Perry Thompson (1887 directory lists Butcher. 17 Elk St h 91 Pratt)
1887 - John Weimert (Wholesale mutton. 16 Elk St Market; 458 S Division)
1889 - Mary Dunning (Dunning & Stevens Livestock 1029 William)
1893 - Charles Cannon (wholesale meats Washington Market)Ed. comment: Many of the 19th century owners earned their living in the livestock industry
1922 - Buyer Crandall House (Crandall Horse Barns was where Fox tire is now; there was also the Crandall House Hotel)
1933 -Harriet Cannon
1937- Harriet Cannon (widow of Charles Cannon)
1937 George Grobe ( 1915 directory lists Grobe as an attorney, but he did not live on Metcalfe; rather, he liveda t 47 Edge Park C. 1924-1965. Corporation Council for the City of Buffalo in the 1920s; US Attorney in Bufflo in the 1930s.)
1941 - Stella & Anthony Rozak. (Oral history: Converted the upstairs into an apartment. Glass doors separating the living room and dining room were removed and replaced with an arch.)
1980 - Fred & Irene Jablonski