Exterior photos - St. John Kanty RC Church
101 Swinburne St., Buffalo, NY 14212
St. John Kanty - Official Website (online April 2017)
Built: |
1891-1892 |
Architect: |
? |
Style: |
Gothic Revival |
3 alarm fire: |
1955 |
1955 renovation mural and sanctuary artist: |
Jozef Mazur |
Marger with St. Adelbert RC Church: |
2007 |
Gothic Revival style ... Three bays ...
Below: Details from top down, from left to right bays:
Left bay: Usually, twin towers and steeples are identical in design
Left bay: Cornerstone
Center bay: Orange bricks ... Cross bottany finial ... Twin pinnacles with finials ... Corbel table ... Three lancet stained glass windows ... Rose window
Center bay: Rose window
Center bay: Buttresses ... Triple portal ... Note columns flanking center entrance (detailed below:)
Center bay: Column ... Capital detailed below:
Center bay: capital features volutes and acanthus leaves
Center bay: Medina sandstone
Center bay: Brick and Medina sandstone
Right bay: Tower and steeple
Cross bottany finial ... Broached spire ... Lucarne ... Corbel table
Slate roof ... Buttresses ... Corbel table
Buttresses ... Tympanum features quatrefoil and twin trefoils ... Louvered belfry ... Stringcourse
Air duct ... Dormer window