Wendt House - Table of Contents

Exterior - William F. Wendt House/Margaret L. Wendt House
570 Richmond Avenue

1882   William Franz Wendt marries Mary Gies
1883-1895  They live at 19 Irving Place
1885   Younger daughter Margaret  is born
1895   William & Mary build 570 Richmond Avenue, the home for the rest of their lives and also for Margaret

"The Richmond family lived at 844 Delaware Avenue.  The property originally encompassed all of the land between Delaware Avenue and Richmond Avenue and was landscaped with gardens and some of the oldest trees in Buffalo.  In 1879, a petition was submitted to City Council to rename Rogers Road to Richmond Avenue in Mr. [Jewett M.] Richmond’s honor." - Angela Keppel (online Sept. 2019)

2015 photos Facade/west elevation ...  Built 1896 ... Colonial Revival style Swan's neck pediment ... Ribbons and swags Ionic square column ... Guilloche Ionic square column Bay Spandril panels Center palmette flanked by cornucopia Guilloche  ... Leaded glass Ionic column Modillion supporting cornice ... Guilloche  ... Leaded glass   ... Two fluted  pilasters

South elevation Corbel at top of chimney Dormer with flared  roof ... Lattice windows in dormer  Engaged copper  roof on bow window

North elevation Oriel Ribbon windows Anthemia ... Dentils ... Pilasters ... Corbeled capitals Ancone supports under oriel Copper roof ... Shell motif in tympanum ... Ancone supports Oriel Leaded glass detail