New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
IN BUFFALO
PRIVATE HOUSES THAT WILL INTEREST
VISITORS TO THE PAN-AMER-
ICAN EXPOSITION.


hundreds of thousands to Chicago, the city itself
excited a good deal of attention. Many Amer
leans and more foreigners. deeply inter
ostel. for example in the architectural charac-
teristics Of the newer private dwellings and
office buildings. Buffalo promises to rouse SIM
la~ interest. Strangers who so to the Pan
American Exposition will find pleasure in OBJ
serving matters outside as well inside the
grounds 1t may he added by the way. that, as
Buffalo has more asphalt pavement than any
other American city and is built upon almost
entirely level ground the sightseeing traveller
who brings his bicycle with him will find it un-
commonly useful.
The first thing that will strike this traveller
will he the spacious and handsome character OF
the more important streets given over to pri-
vate houses -Delaware-ave. and its chief inter-
sections. The rigorous winter climate has not
discouraged the citizens in the fostering of their
trees. Films and NAPLES line Deaware-ave and
the cross streets on either side. fences COM
paratvely few and incOnspicuous. and in the
summer especially the district lying south of
Lake Erie and the business portion OF the city
n green and repOseful aspect unhappiiy
in the urban neighborhoods OF America.
At Delaware-ave. and Virginia St there is row
Of city fronts" shown in one of our illustra-
tions which is unique in Buffalo. Elsewhere
the marshalling together of a number OF hetero-
gcneOus facades. standing cheek by jowl in n
medley of materials and architectural styles,
has been eschewed Owners have preferred to
nave light air and turf on all four sides of their
homes and tn architects have constantly made
happy Of the freedom thus assured to them
in the designing Of their work The tyranny OF
the twenty five foot front" is old story in
New York and other cities more or less crampcd
r.r room. 1t is seldom evaded. In fact. corner
ste is the only solution OF the difficulty In
Buffalo they have ordered these things differ
entity and with plenty Of space At his disposal
the architect has only himself t. blame If he
does not produce artistic building. To his
credit be il said that he has added many an
artistic building to the attractions OF the city
the shores Of Lake Erie.
Mcssrs. Green and Wicks have been peculiarly
successful in the houses built for G. V. Fore
man and Clarence Howard. respectively. the
former in Dclaware ave. the latter in Summer
st Adapting the stately pillared front of the
old Southern and New England mansions which
We inherit from the Georgian period to the pur
poses of a modern business" town they have
nevertheless enjoyed through the character OF
their sites a complete immunity from any thing
bizarre or inappropriate The Foreman house
is embowered in trees, the Howard house
though nearer the curb is also set off by sur
roundings Of equal beauty and in both cases
the employment of materials with some color
In them has secured admirable results The
Howard house especially, with its brick walls
AMI wooden pillars and its wrought iron rail
ines on the entrance steps has all the homclke
charm that one loo's for rule only In
small town along with the dignity suited to a
large city
Colonial motives have become very popular in
Buffalo W. II. Gr2twick's brownstone house.
with It's tiled roof. remains to bear witness to
the strength and picturesqueness OF the late III.
II Richardson's ideas. But this is of earlier
date than the houses which are most character
istc Of BufaIo's architectural taste. There the
colonial style holds its own. and we reproduce
as most representative pictures of houses like
these built for II. c. Curtss and a. NJ Curtiss
by Mcssrs. EscnWein & Johnson, or like that
erected for Charles J. Williams by Messrs Nc
Kim Mead & White, Of this city. Buffalo con
centrates her architectural riches as has been
indicated above. iii one main thorOughfare and
the streets that it, But good houses are
scattered here and there through the city The
Pan-American Exposition will make a special
appeal to 'Ae public in Its buildings These
should not. however cause any one to overlook
what the architects have done permanently to
le cit