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690 Delaware Avenue
The Williams-Pratt House, is a roughly 11,040 sq. ft. mansion located in Buffalo, New York, which was built between 1896 and 1899. The house was designed by architect Stanford White of the New York firm of McKim, Mead & White for Charles Howard Williams and his wife Emma. The building is a contributing property to the Delaware Avenue Historic District designated in 1974. ''Note:'' This includes an''Accompanying photographs''/ref> History In 1895, Charles Howard Williams and his wife, the former Emma Alice Jewett, engaged Stanford White of McKim, Mead & White to design them a residence at 690 Delaware on an adjoining lot to his brother William at 672 Delaware Avenue. Williams, the eldest son of Gibson T. Williams, was on the board of directors of several banks, including the Bank of Buffalo and the Bank of Niagara in Niagara Falls, and owned extensive real estate holdings in the area, largely "along the east side of Main Street, between Eagle and Tupper streets". Edward Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgian Revival
Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830. It is named after the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I, George II, George III, and George IV—who reigned in continuous succession from August 1714 to June 1830. The so-called great Georgian cities of the British Isles were Edinburgh, Bath, pre-independence Dublin, and London, and to a lesser extent York and Bristol. The style was revived in the late 19th century in the United States as Colonial Revival architecture and in the early 20th century in Great Britain as Neo-Georgian architecture; in both it is also called Georgian Revival architecture. In the United States the term "Georgian" is generally used to describe all buildings from the period, regardless of style; in Britain it is generally restricted to buildings that are "architectural in intention", and have stylistic characteristics that are typical o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
