Bemis / Ransom House - Table of Contents
First floor - Bemis / Ransom House
267 North Street, Buffalo, NY
Collins & Collins Attorneys, LLC (online April 2019)
2019 photographs
Entrance
hall /
Collins & Collins Waiting room Entrance hall / Collins & Collins Waiting room ... Front entrance double doors ... Paneled oak door ... Oak wainscoting ... Encaustic floor tiles  Oak door surround ... Bead molding ... Bead-and-reel molding  Oak wainscoting  Encaustic floor tiles ... Vitruvian wave pattern at edge of floor ... "Encaustic
tiles are made of two or more colors of clay which are inlaid
together to create the pattern. Then the tiles are fired. Encaustic
tiles have been around since medieval times but encaustic tile as an
art form reached its apex in the mid 1800s when renowned maker,
Minton's Ltd, became the supplier of durable decorative finishes for
walls and floors in churches, public buildings, and grand palaces. Even
the U.S. Capitol sports a Minton encaustic tile floor." - Tile
Magazine (online ASpril 2019)
 Entrance hall ... Stained glass window ... Three details below:  Stained glass window includes jewels   Entrance hall ... Jewels |
Front
hall / Collins & Collins reception area Front hall / Collins & Collins reception area ... Room at left is the entrance hall shown above  Mantelpiece ... Seven mantelpiece details below:  Mantelpiece detail #1 ... Rounded panels echo the foyer's stained glass window  Mantelpiece detail #2 ... Dentil molding ... Tuscan capital with Greek fluted shaft ... Carved spandrel ... Beveled glass  Mantelpiece detail #3 ... Oak ... Foliated spandrel carving includes a volute  Mantelpiece detail #4 ... Acanthus leaf-decorated corbels support the mantel ... Frieze features dual scroll buttresses flanking the center panel ... Ceramic tile in the fireplace surround and hearth is in the Della Robbia Weave bond pattern ... Brass andirons  Mantelpiece detail #5 ... Dentil molding ... Right side scroll buttress flank  Mantelpiece detail #6 ... Ceramic tile with Della Robbia Weave bond pattern above the fireplace metal acanthus leaf molding  Mantelpiece detail #7 ... Floor tiles  Front hall / Collins & Collins reception area ... Paneled wainscoting  House owner: Mrs. Joseph T. Jones Illustration source: "Buffalo, the City Beautiful," Hubbell, Mark H., ed. Buffalo Truth Publishing Co., 1931 Photo courtesy of Dr. Joseph Bieron Part of the scene below:  Front hall / Collins & Collins reception area staircase ... Thirteen details below:  Front hall / reception area staircase detail #1  Front hall / reception area staircase detail #2 ... Strapwork and elaborately turned balusters design  Front hall / reception area staircase detail #3 ... The animal head echoes the exterior sculptures on the facade of the house  Front hall / reception area staircase detail #4  Front hall / reception area staircase detail #5 ... Strapwork and elaborately turned spindlework ... Note S scrolls in upper corner spandrels  Front hall / reception area staircase detail #6 ... Strapwork and elaborately turned spindlework ... Note Flemish scrolls in upper corner spandrels  Front hall / reception area staircase detail #7 ... Strapwork and elaborately turned spindlework on the landing ... Note Flemish scrolls in upper corner spandrels  Front hall / reception area staircase detail #8 ... Stained glass windows on the landing ... Four windows details below:  Front hall / reception area staircase detail #9 ... Left window: Upper panel ... Foliate pattern  Front hall / reception area staircase detail #10 ... Center window: top ... Ribbon swags and bellflowers surround an opalescent panel  Front hall / reception area staircase detail #11 ... Center window: lower section ... Bottom detail below:  Front hall / reception area staircase detail #12 ... Opalescent glass  Front hall / reception area staircase detail #13 ... Paneled wainscoting |
Drawing
room / Collins &
Collins
office off the front hall / reception area Drawing room/Office elaborate strapwork shutters ... Detail below:  Elaborate strapwork shutters detaIL  House owner: Mrs. Joseph T. Jones Illustration source: "Buffalo, the City Beautiful," Hubbell, Mark H., ed. . Buffalo Truth Publishing Co., 1931 Photo courtesy of Dr. Joseph Bieron Same mantelpiece below:  Mantelpiece ... Four details below:  Mantelpiece detail #1 ... Strapwork panel  Mantelpiece detail #2 ... Carved foliated and strapwork frieze beneath mantel  Mantelpiece detail #3 ... Lion head ... Subway tiles (unusual for firebacks)  Mantelpiece detail #4 ... Subway tiles (unusual for firebacks) ... Marble surround  Parquet floor |
Music
room / Collins & Collins
office Shutter detail below:   House owner: Mrs. Joseph T. Jones Illustration source: "Buffalo, the City Beautiful," Hubbell, Mark H., ed. . Buffalo Truth Publishing Co., 1931 Photo courtesy of Dr. Joseph Bieron Same room below:  Mantelpiece ... Four mantelpiece details below:  Mantelpiece detail #1 ... Ceramic tiles on the fireback and on the surround  Mantelpiece detail #2  Mantelpiece detail #3 ... Multifoil arch ... Strapwork ornamentation on the side of the corbel supporting the mantel  Mantelpiece detail 4 ... Ceramic tiles on the fireback and on the surround and hearth  To the right of the mantelpiece: Foliated S scroll ... Detailed below:   |
