200 Summer St., Buffalo, NY

June 2023 Photos

Summer Street forms the approximate southern boundary of the Elmwood Historic District (East), between Delaware Avenue and continuing west through Elmwood Avenue, and is one of the older streets in the district. It is a two-lane residential road measuring 66-feet wide, with a canopy of ash, cherry, maple and linden trees, grey granite curbing, some early (Medina) sandstone sidewalks, and modern cobra head lighting. This street contains houses primarily dating to the 1880s and 1890s, although several extant examples of houses from the 1870s and the early twentieth century are also present. Many of the houses on this stretch of Summer Street are very large and were converted to apartments in the twentieth century.

200 Summer Street ca. 1892
2 1⁄2-story cross gable frame house with Tudor styling; stone foundation, half timbering, asphalt shingle roof. Brick, uncovered entry porch with wrought iron balustrade, rounded arch wood panel front door. Windows typically multi light casement with leaded glass, irregular fenestration, Extensive
half timbering design work throughout, quatrefoils and diagonal braces. Three story polygonal tower at east part of front facade. Central hipped dormerPorte-cochere on west elevation. Contains contributing front gable frame secondary building (garage) with conical dovecote tower.

- ELMWOOD HISTORIC DISTRICT (EAST)




2 1⁄2-story cross gable frame house with Tudor styling                      c



Extensive half timbering design work throughout


Left tower



Three story polygonal tower at east part of front facade


Left tower                          Copper finial                       Asphalt shingle roof




Left tower               Three quatrefoils




Left tower            Uncovered entry porch with wrought iron balustrade               Windows typically multi light casement with leaded glass





Left tower                   Copper(?) conductor head decorated with quatrefoils                    Linenfold motif                   




Left tower                   Uncovered entry porch with wrought iron balustrade


Center bay



Center bay            Terra cotta  chimney pots




Center bay               Central hipped dormer



Linenfold motif above and on the door                  Two conductor heads                     Rope molding echoes twisted wrought iron balustrade                    Gothic pointed arch wood panel front door                Four quatrefoils to the left of the door



 Linenfold motif above and on the door


Right bay








Center bay                  Terra cotta  chimney pots                       Pendant finial between bargeboards



Porte-cocher and
Secondary building (garage)  on west elevation


Porte-cochere on west elevation               Secondary building (garage) with conical dovecote tower



Photos and their arrangement © 2023 Chuck LaChiusa
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