Katharine Cornell - Table of Contents
Katharine Cornell
"The First Lady of American Theater"
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174 Mariner St. |
174 Mariner St. |
174 Mariner St. |
174 Mariner St. |
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Katherine's family lived at 174 Mariner St. |
Queen Anne feature: asymmetrical façade |
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Oval window with simple tracery |
Queen Anne features:
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Rectangular windows originally were rounded at top |
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Katherine's grandfather, S. Douglas Cornell, whose attic theater productions influenced the young child |
Katherine's grandfather's house at 484 Delaware Avenue featured an attic theater |
Audition print taken by Buffalo photographer Howard Beach on display outside Katherine Cornell Theater at SUNY at Buffalo in 2003 |
Audition print by Howard Beach |
Audition print by Howard Beach |
Audition print by Howard Beach |
Photo by Yousuf Karsh |
On display at SUNY at Buffalo in 2003 |
On display at SUNY at Buffalo in 2003 |
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On display at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in 2005 |
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508 Franklin St. |
508 Franklin St. |
508 Franklin St. |
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Katherine performed at the Buffalo Studio Club parlor theater at 508 Franklin St., in which the proscenium arch from the original stage still stands in the living room |
Note flat headed stone lintels and sills |
Flat headed stone lintel over entrance |
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Detail from previous photo: wooden panels |
Flat headed stone lintels and sills ... 6 over 6 lights |
Italianate brackets supporting overhanging eaves ... Dentil molding |
Wall encloses Twentieth Century Club garden |
508 Franklin is the house in which Katharine Cornell "performed as a
girl, along with a number of enthusiastic Allentown amateurs, including civic leader
Olive Williams. The proscenium arch from the original stage still stands in the living
room." -- "A Field Guide to the Architecture and History of Allentown,"
1987 "Stop at No. 508 FranklIn, the house in which the venerated actress Katharine Cornell performed as a girl, along with a number of enthusiastic Allentown amateurs, including civic leader Olive Williams. The proscenium arch from the original stage still stands in the living room of this Early Tuscan Villa, built in 1870. An original board-and-batten carriage house still exists on the rear of the property. At this point it must seem that the “handful” of Italian villas built in Buffalo were all built on Franklin Street, and that is very nearly true." - Allentown Association: Franklin Street (online October 2015) |
Photos and their arrangement © 2005 Chuck
LaChiusa
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