Edwin Lang Miller House - Table of Contents

EXTERIOR - Edwin Lang Miller House
175 Nottingham Terrace, Buffalo, NY

Built:
1923-1933
Architect:
Duane Lyman of Bley & Lyman
Style:
Tudor Revival
First owner:
 House erected 1929-1933, for widowed Annie Lang Miller (1862-1932?) who died before the building was completed.
 Her son, Edwin Lang Miller, inherited the house.
Square footage:
12,000 sq.ft.


2003 Decorators'
Show House
Sponsored by Junior League of Buffalo / The Buffalo News

Photographs were taken on January 21, 2003 -- while basic interior renovation was still taking place -- and before 50 decorators applied their art to transform the building into a show house.

Special thanks to owners Gerald and Natalie Schaffer, Intern Architect Thomas P. Breen, and Show Chairwoman Patty O'Brien for their cooperation and assistance.

Show Houses - Table of Contents
 




1931 Photo House owner: Edwin Lang Miller

Illustration source: "Buffalo, the City Beautiful," Hubbell, Mark H., ed. . Buffalo Truth Publishing Co., 1931

Photo courtesy of Dr. Joseph Bieron







Built 1923 to 1933
Detail from the house's architect's drawing by Bley & Lyman, who also designed the Saturn Club, the Buffalo Club, and Federal Courthouse at Niagara Square.




2003 Photos



12,000-square-foot English manor-style mansion, built from 1923 to 1933




South elevation on Nottingham Terr.



Main entrance ("frontispiece": ornamental doorway).                         Interior photo of the glass doors. 
Building material: 
Onondaga limestone with dressed limestone (Indiana?) trim                     Detail below:




Detail from previous photo: Limestone (Indiana?)               Ogee/Venetian arch                  Finial



Detail from previous photo.           Corbel with grape vine decoration. Grape motif is also found in the library.



 Oriel to left of main entrance.            Building material: Onondaga limestone with dressed limestone (Indiana?) trim



Corbel support for oriel: phoenix motif



South elevation pavilion with 2-story parapeted bay




Detail from previous photo: grape motif in two panels flanking acanthus motif in center panel. 
See 
acanthus motif in the house's interior foyer panel








Detail from previous photo: gargoyle







Diamond pattern on chimney pots




Left side (west) crenelated entrance. Note drain pipe.



Pointed Gothic windows with trefoil design; Tudor style entry arch



Detail from previous photo










Fountain - 2008 Photos


Renaissance style fountain
In 2004, the house was sold to Rick Snowden who added a fountain relocated to his front lawn from a Newport, RI mansion, and a 3 car garage (Buffalo Rising online June 2018).                       Three details below:













Photos and their arrangement © 2003, 2008 Chuck LaChiusa
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