Bemis / Ransom House - Table of Contents
Second floor - Bemis / Ransom House
267 North Street, Buffalo NY
Collins & Collins Attorneys,
LLC (online April 2019)
 Balustrade features strapwork and turned balusters  Second floor hall  Second floor hall .. Paneled wainscoting ... Rococo Revival sofa, with two details below:  Rococo Revival sofa: Top rail carved foliated ornamentation  Rococo Revival sofa: Cabriole leg with caster |
| Middle Eastern room /
Collins & Collins attorney's office Some argue the Islamc style room was a souvenir from the 1901 Buffalo Pan-American Exhibition and was installed by Frank Goodyear; Goodyear also electrified the house. Others disagree and argue that the room was originally built in 1885 or 1896.  Geometric stained glass window serves as a wall ... Several more views below:   Spandrels feature Islamic style art  Calligraphy in frieze above spandrel   Ripple glass ... Jewels    Ceiling detail features gold leaf    |
Original bedroom / Collins & Collins attorney's office  Bedroom/ Collins & Collins attorney's office  Three fireplace details below:  Detail #1 - Paneled frieze ... Ceramic tile surround  Detail #2 ... Three acanthus leaves on corbel support of the mantel ... Keystone in the middle of the arch  Detail #3 ... Hearth is covered with ceramic tiles |
| Original
bedroom / Collins & Collins attorney's office Tiger maple is used exclusively throughout this second floor room.   Three mantelpiece details below:  Detail #1 - Acanthus leaves  Detail #2 - Herringbone bond on blue ceramic tile slips ... Running bond on black Roman brick slips  Detail #3 ... Horseshoe arch ... Ceramic tile hearth |
Original
bedroom / Collins & Collins attorney's office Firesplace ... Two details below:  Acanthus leaf  Fireback with fleurs-de-lis and dog-tooth motifs ... Ceramic tiles |
    Cast iron fireback with working blacksmiths  Ceramic tile-covered hearth  Wainscoting ... Strapwork decorates center panels |
Special thanks to the Collins & Collins Attorneys, and especially Amanda Renzi, for their cooperation in 2019
