Wendt House - Table of
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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 |