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



2003 photo           12,000-square-foot English manor-style mansion, built from 1923 to 1933



2003 photo           South elevation on Nottingham Terr.


2003 photo           Main entrance ("frontispiece": ornamental doorway).      
Interior photo of the glass doors. 
Building material: Onondaga limestone with dressed limestone (Indiana?) trim                     Detail below:



2003 photo           Detail from previous photo: Limestone (Indiana?) 
Ogee/Venetian arch                  Finial



2003 photo           Detail from previous photo.          
Corbel with grape vine decoration. Grape motif is also found in the library.



2003 photo            Oriel to left of main entrance.
Building material: Onondaga limestone with dressed limestone (Indiana?) trim



2003 photo           Corbel support for oriel: phoenix motif



2003 photo           South elevation pavilion with 2-story parapeted bay



2003 photo           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



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2003 photo           Detail from previous photo: gargoyle



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2003 photo          Diamond pattern on chimney pots



2003 photo          Left side (west) crenelated entrance. Note drain pipe.



2003 photo          Pointed Gothic windows with trefoil design; Tudor style entry arch



2003 photo          Detail from previous photo


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Fountain - 2008 Photos


2008 photo             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:



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Fountain - 2026 Photos


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2026 photo             Acanthus leaves                 Gadroons     


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2026 photo              Dolphins       


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2026 photo             View east       


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2026 photo              Acanthus leaves         Quatrefoils    C scrolls   


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Photos and their arrangement © 2003, 2008, 2026 Chuck LaChiusa
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