Hotel Lafayette
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Public
Art - Table of Contents
Lafayette Tap Room
/ Pan-American
Grill & Brewery / Lafayette Brewery Company
Hotel at the Lafayette
391 Washington Street, Buffalo. NY
Hotel
at the Lafayette - Official Website (online March 2018)
On this page, below:
Exterior - Lafayette Tap Room / Pan-Am Grill & Brewery / Lafayette Brewery Company
"Pan-Am Grill & Brewery" outdoor mural
Mural - "Washington During the Revolutionary War"
Mural - "Washington at Mount Vernon After the Revolutionary War"
To keep the Hotel Lafayette current with the latest trends, Esenwein & Johnson were commissioned in 1924 to make further alterations and additions. The most significant of these was an addition to the south, which was seven stories high facing Washington Street but only two stories to the east, so as not to cut off daylight to the numerous light courts. Construction began in 1924 and was completed in 1926. Like the ballroom addition, it was also constructed of red brick with white terra cotta of a much simpler design than the original building. The ground floor contained the new billiard room, while additional hotel rooms were located in the seven-story section; the second story of the rest of the addition contained hotel work rooms. In the early 1930s, the billiard room was converted into a bar, the first hotel bar in Buffalo to open after the repeal of prohibition; soon named the Lafayette Tap Room, it has remained open until earlier this year. Overall, the addition has had only minor changes since it was built. - WCPerspective, History of The Lafayette: Part Two |
Exterior - Lafayette Tap Room / Pan-Am Grill & Brewery / Lafayette Brewery Company Early 1930s name: Lafayette Tap Room 2011 name: Pan American Grill & Brewery 2017 name: Lafayette Brewery Company ![]() West Elevation Pan American Grill & Brewery ![]() West Elevation Pan American Grill & Brewery |
"Pan-Am
Grill &
Brewery" outdoor mural 2015 mural ... 2015 photos ![]() South elevation ... Mural ... Public Art - Table of Contents ![]() Details below: ![]() The name Lafayette Tap Room was changed to Pan-American Grill & Brewery after the 2012 restoration by developer Rocco Termini ![]() The Pan-Am's Temple of Music, designed by Esenwein & Johnson, where Pres. McKinley was shot ![]() Pan-Am grounds (leased from the Rumsey family) included artificial canals, gondolas, and gondoliers ![]() As a result of McKinley's assassination, Vice-President was sworn in as President at the home of his friend, Ansley Wilcox. |
Bar![]() Looking towards the front entrance Washington Street ![]() View from the front entrance ![]() Strapwork pattern on copper-leafed barrel-vaulted ceiling ![]() Broken pediment ... Center strapwork pattern |
Mural
- "Washington
During the Revolutionary War" 2013 photos ![]() Looking towards the bar ... Note side murals ![]() Artist: Aldo Lazzarini ... Painted: 1936 ... Speculative interpretation: Pulaski (mustache), Washington (wig) and Lafayette center of three) near Philadelphia in 1777 ... Note the State of Vermont flag. Evidence:
"Moland House became Washington’s Headquarters. Waiting for more
word of the fleet, the Army stayed at Moland until 3:00 am on Saturday,
August 23rd [1777]. During that stay, the Marquis de Lafayette
came to join Washington’s army. Count Casimer Pulaski also joined and
the U.S. Cavalry was then borne at Moland." - Moland House Historic Park (online August
2014)
Speculative
interpretation: Pulaski and Washington![]() Evidence: Pulaski, "Father of the American Cavalry," would be depicted with a horse ![]() Speculative interpretation: Count Casimer Pulaski Evidence:
Portrait of Pulaski by Jan Styka
![]() ![]() Speculative
interpretation: Washington ... Compare this portrait to the
one in the other photos of Washington at Mount Vernon (below)
![]() Speculative interpretation: Center figure: Marquis de Lafayette ![]() Speculative interpretation: Marquis de Lafayette Evidence:
Marquis de Lafayette. Missouri History Museum image:
![]() ![]() Artist signature in lower right of painting |
Mural
- "Washington
at Mount Vernon After the Revolutionary War" 2013 photos ![]() Details below: ![]() Speculative interpretation: Washington, at home in Mount Vernon in 1794, greets the Marquis de Lafayette and his son who was named after Washington. ![]() Note artist signature in lower left. Speculative interpretation: The young man on the horse is Lafayette's son, Georges Washington de La Fayette (1779–1849). In 1794, he would have been fifteen. Discrepancy:
"In April 1795, Georges was sent to America with
Frestrel. While there, he studied at Harvard, and he was a house guest
of George Washington at the presidential mansion in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania and at Mount Vernon, Virginia." - Wikipedia (online August
2014)
![]() Speculative interpretation: Lafayette's son, Georges Washington de La Fayette ![]() Speculative interpretation: Washington, at home in Mount Vernon, greets the Marquis de Lafayette after the War Evidence:
Mount Vernon in the background.
Evidence: Washington is not wearing military garb. Evidence: "Lafayette and Washington remained close friends after the war. Lafayette named his only son George Washington Lafayette. When the Marquis came back to the United States in 1794, he visited Washington in retirement at Mount Vernon in August, where the two men had an emotional reunion. Lafayette stayed with the Washington family at Mount Vernon for ten days." - George Washington's Mount Vernon (online August 2014) ![]() Speculative interpretation: Lafayette ![]() Speculative interpretation: Washington ![]() Artist signature in lower left of painting |