| Known as the Granger Mansion, this home was designed by the ar- chitectural firm of Green and Wicks. In 1885 the Real Estate and Builders’ Monthly praised the ‘sumptuous hard- wood interiors and artistic furniture’ of this formidable house. Oak was used for the walls and ceilings of the vesti- bule and mahogany served to panel the reception room. A large stained-glass window by the Treadwell Studios of Boston graced the landing of the elabo- rate oak staircase. The house is one of the earliest |
designs by Green & Wicks, one of
Buffalo’s most successful architectural
firms. It is also an excellent example
of the Queen Anne style. Green &
Wicks made use of the four grotesque
brackets that, while popular in the
1880s, never caught on as a popular
mode of housing decoration in Buf-
falo. A hipped and slated roof defines
the imposing and stern proportions
of the house, which lacks the gaiety
usually identified by the Queen Anne
style. Rusticated stone lintels surround
the first and second story transomed
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