George K. Birge House - Table of Contents

Interior - George K. Birge House - 2004 Photos
(also known as the Circle House)
32 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, New York

The photographs below were taken in April, 2004. Recently, the law firm of Matusick, Spadafora, and Verrastro purchased the building from the Bufflao Philharmonic Orchestra who had planned to renovate the building and use it as offices. The photos are pre-restoration by the law firm.

Reception hall Looking through Georgian Revival style windows out onto Symphony Circle Glass safety barrier on the second floor First story Tuscan columns Modillions ... Triglyphs Palladian entrance into parlor Detail from previous photo Entablature:  Block Modillions ... Triglyphs ... Drops  ...  Tuscan columns supporting entablature Palladian-style entrance into parlor: Fanlight ... Engaged Ionic columns supporting window entablature Detail from previous photo.  Palladian-style entrance into parlor: fanlight ... Engaged Ionic columns supporting entablature Looking through Georgian Revival style windows out onto Symphony Circle Glass safety barrier on the second floor Second floor Ionic column Georgian Revival-style fanlight tracery over door opening Second floor - skylight From the dining room looking into the reception hall Palladian-style entrance:  fanlight ... Engaged Ionic columns supporting entablature .

First floor dining room Palladian window                      Ionic columns Eared door architrave                        Ionic columns Fluted Ionic pilasters flanking fireplace.                       Large paneled overmantel may have originally held a mirror. Detail from previous photo:      Guilloche panel border                       Fluted Ionic pilaster .

First floor front room ("parlor") off reception hall Left: fanlight over French doors leading to reception hall Fanlights over French doors leading to reception hall Plaster corbel supporting plaster vault Fanlight over French doors leading to reception hall Bellflowers                    Plaster corbel supporting plaster vault with corner decoration that may be bay leaves Pilasters flanking fireplace.                    Large paneled overmantel may have originally held a mirror. Plaster pilasters with capitals support plaster vault Fireplace paneled frieze corner above incised jambs  Pilaster Vitruvian wave decoration on chair rail

First floor living room Fluted Corinthian columns flanking fireplace Large paneled overmantel may have originally held a mirror Eared architrave on fireplace Detail from previous photo.  Fluted Corinthian column shaft  Eared architrave on fireplace  Egg-and-dart molding in fireplace surround Fluted Corinthian columns Coquillage Detail from previous photo.  Fluted Corinthian columns Coquillage Detail from previous photo.  Bead-and-reel molding (double, single reel) Leaf-and-dart molding

Miscellany Detail from previous photo. Dentilmolding Festoon Basement remnant of (Birge?) wallpaper on wall Top: Vestibule trellised ceiling Bottom: Plaster ceiling Seen through a window:   Birge carriage house air vent .

Special thanks to the following for their cooperation:

• Matusick, Spadafora, and Verrastro, Attorneys. Owners of the Birge House
• Arista Technologies Web design consultants
• JMS Construction Company renovating the Birge House