Truscott House - Table of Contents

Bessie Sweet Truscott House
33 Oakland Place, Buffalo, NY
TEXT Beneath Illustrations

2006 Photos


Entry hall


Entry hall Colonial Revival staircase             Detail below:


Entry hall Colonial Revival staircase          Finial atop newel post             Turned Colonial Revival balusters painted typical Colonial Revival color white             C scroll  applied  stair-ends

         



Living room


Living room             Detail below:


Living room                  Contemporary reproduction table features curved corners and reeded legs


Living room            7 details below:


Living room                Georgian Revival fireplace not original to the house 
       


Living room              One of two matching Neoclassical style candelabra adorning the fireplace  mantel



Living room                    Neoclassical style clock and candelabra form a matching set



Living room         Entablature            Fluted frieze between corner and center urns               Pendant bellflowers                   Marble jambs               Twisted andirons               Foliate fender       
    


Living room            Detail - fireplace               Entablature: egg-and-dart              Fluting               Urn                 Pendant bellflowers


Living room               Egg-and-dart molding underneath molded overhanging cornice                    Urn and beads in center frieze panel flanked by fluting


Living room              Reproduction brass Empire andiron with  paw feet                 Reproduction brass fender



Living room        Reproduction Empire andiron with twisted flame finial and paw feet




Dining room       
     


Dining room                 Two details below:


Dining room - detail #1                   Reproduction Chippendale chairs



Dining room - detail #2               1930s reproduction veneered  buffet        


Other rooms

Library added in the early 20th century

Library                 Looking out into the patio and backyard



Master bedroom              3 details below:


Master bedroom                     Colonial Revival fireplace            Brass fender


Master bedroom    
              
Master bedroom                   Fireplace frieze applied ornamentation: oval patera, draped urn, laurel leaf swag





Kitchen


Kitchen                  Originally a cooking fireplace with stoking door for logs below cooking area

Kitchen                 Kitchen wall cutout reveals former butler's pantry



An excerpt from
Oakland Place: Gracious Living in Buffalo
By
Martin Wachadlo

Published by Buffalo Heritage Unlimited

The interior, which originally mirrored the interior of 29, retains the Colonial staircase with its Palladian window. The living room is in the front and the dining room is behind it; all of the openings are framed by pedimented Greek Revival casings. Number 33 was expanded in the early part of the twentieth century. Instead of windows at the east end of the dining room, a short stairway leads down to a rich and inviting library. This room has a beamed ceiling, wood-mantel fireplace, built-in bookcases, and walls covered in oil paper.


Special thanks to current owner Dr. Michael Rabice for his cooperation

Photos and their arrangement © 2006 Chuck LaChiusa
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