249 North Street - Table of Contents...................Williams Family in Buffalo - Table of Contents

2003 Exterior - George L. Williams House
249 North Street, Buffalo, NY

Year Built:

1877
See also: Highlights of Buffalo's History, 1877

Original cost:

$8,000 ($136,610 in 2002 dollars)

Architect:

Richard A. Waite
1909 Remodeling: Emerson C. Dell

Original owner:

George L. Williams

Building style:

Victorian Stick style with Swiss influences; Colonial Revival on first story

Construction:

Frame


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Williams House is at the left.

1910 or later photo

Victorian Stick style with Swiss influences.

Victorian Stick style: Jetty... Gable roof ... King post

Victorian Stick style: Jetty... Gable roof ... King post

Jerkinhead roof ... Supporting corbels

Jerkinhead roof ... Supporting corbels

Blind arcade

Gable roof dormer at left; jerkinhead roof at right

Gable roof dormer. Polychrome chimney

Colonial Revival style porch

Colonial Revival style porch

Front entrance: Transom and sidelights


Cornice ... corbels ... dentil molding ...Tuscan Revival columns


Color photos and their arrangement © 2003 Chuck LaChiusa
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