North Pearl Street - Table of Contents
James Schneider House
18 North Pearl Street, Buffalo, NY
Photos taken on January 8, 2012
Built: |
1869 |
Original owner: |
James Schneider, a merchandising tailor. In 1885, Mr. & Mrs. James Schneider lived there with Miss Schneider. |
Style: |
Italianate |
Lot size: | 25 x 111 |
Status: |
Allentown Historic District (National, State, Local) |
Other North Pearl Street sites: | Buffalo as an Architectural Museum - By Address |
No. 18, a flat-roofed Italianate built in 1869 sports an exquisite segmental center projecting cornice which is underpinned by a dentilated frieze and modillion bracketing while four massive brackets of complex []Italianate] scroll work support the whole projection at its points of segmentation.
- Allentown Association (Jan. 2012)
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![]() First floor window obviously not original. Note brick work above it. ![]() "... segmental center projecting cornice which is underpinned by a dentilated frieze and modillion bracketing" ..... Keystones in window crowns ..... In flanking windows, rounded window tops have been filled in to reduce the expense of glass replacement ![]() ![]() Modillions supporting cornice ... Dentils ..... Keystones in center of voussoirs ..... Typical Italianate, locally produced orange bricks have been painted ![]() ![]() Original brick work clearly indicates that the modern windows are not original. |