George K. Birge House - Table of Contents
Interior - George K. Birge House
(also known as the Circle House)
32 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, New York
Erected |
1896-1897 |
Architects |
Little and Browne of Boston, Massachusetts. |
Style |
Georgian Revival |
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.
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Reception hall
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Looking through Georgian Revival style windows
Glass safety barrier on the second floor
Detail from previous photo.
- Looking through Georgian Revival style windows o
Second floor
- Ionic column
- Georgian Revival-style fanlight tracery over door opening
Second floor - skylight
From the dining room looking into the reception hall
First floor dining room
, , , Palladian window ... Ionic columns
Eared door architrave ... Ionic columns
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
Fanlight over French doors leading to reception hall
Pilasters flanking fireplace
Fireplace paneled frieze corner above incised jambs
First floor living room
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- Fluted Corinthian columns
Fluted Corinthian column flanking fireplace
- 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
Misc.
Detail from previous photo.
Basement remnant of (Birge?) wallpaper on wall
- Top: Vestibule trellised ceiling
- Bottom: Plaster ceiling
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