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BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION NEW YORK STATE PARKS A D RECREATIO ALBANY, EW YORK (SI 8) 474-0479 YOUR NAME:8UFFALO FRIENDS OF OLMSTED PARKS P. 0, BOX 590 YOUR ADDRESS~UffALO, NEW YORK 14205 - 0590 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY n2c_40 UNIQUE sr'TE ~- SO 13 QUAD _________ _ SERIES _________ _ NEG. NO. DATE: February 3, 1984 TELEPHONE: _______ _ ORGANIZATION (if any) : _____________________ _ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * IDENTIFICATION I . BUILDING NAME(S): ______________________ _ 2. COUNTY: Erie TOWN/CITA Buffalo 3. STREET LOCATION: 375 Crescent V0 VILLAGE: ____ _ 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public O b. private Kl 5. PRESENT OWNER : Margaret Galvin ADDRESS: 375 Crescent 6. USE: Original : Residential Present: Residential 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road : Yes 0 No 0 Interior accessible: Explain by permission DESCRIPTION 8. BUILDING MATERIAL: lJ. STRUCTURAL SYSTl::.M: (1f kn<Wn) 10. CONDITION : 11 . INTEGRITY: a. clapboard 0 e. cobblestone 0 b. stone 0 f. shingles [xi c. brick 0 g. stucco 0 a. wood frame with interlocking joints 0 b. wood frame with light members [x] c. masonry load bearing walls 0 d. board and batten 0 other : a sbes to s d. metal (explain) __________________ _ e. other _____________________ _ a. excellent O b. good [xi c. fair O d. deteriora ted 0 a. original site lID b. moved O if so.when? ----------c. list major alterations and dates (if known): Porch supports and balustrade altered to wrought iron 12. PHOTO: 5-13a & 19-7a HP-1 t UJ a: c) E3 : D • .. 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known [xj d. developers D b. zoning D c. roads D e. deterioration D f. other: ___ ________________ _ 15. Rl:LATl::.O OL'l BLILDINGS A 'D PROPERTY. a. ham D b. carriage house D c. garage ct. privy D e. shed D f. greenhouse D g. ~hop D h. gardens D i. landscape features· small tree and shrubs in front yard j . other ·----------------,----- ---16. SURROUNDINGS OF THI: BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a. open land D b. woodland D c. scattered buildings D d. densely built-up U9 e. commercial D f. industrial D g. residential Kl h. other: _ _ _________________ _ 17 . INTI.RRELA TI ONSIUP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if build111g or structure is man historic district) Building is situated on a standard sized lot within Olmsted's Parkside subdiv ision . House is l ocated three blocks from Delaware Park , which was designed by Olmsted and is listed on the National Register, and east of the Zoo. 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): Two and a half story Colonial Revival style . Front- facing gable roof. Full- width flat roof porch with dentils and brackets under eave. Rough cut , regular course stone base . Glass paneled door with leaded sidel i ghts. First floor three- part window , 1/ 1 lights . Second floor has two bowed bays . Right bay has 1/1 center window SIGNIFICANCE with leaded transom. Leaded ~ouble hung side windows JI). DAT!: OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION . 1908 with leaded transom. Left bay has center wood paneled ARCHITECT: por<1:h door with double hung leaded side windows with leaded transom. Pedimented gable has brackets BUILDER: under projection . Three- part 1/ 1 windows with entablature window h e ad. 20. IIISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: A gabled Colonial Revival style with more elaborate details seen on porch entablature and uppe r story bay windows. Crescent Avenue is the longest curvi-linear street in the Parkside subdivision , stretching from Humboldt Avenue to Colvin Street . This stree t appears on Olmsted's early 1870 ' s maps of "The Parkside." By the 1880's plans for Crescent Avenue had be en modified by Olmsted to its current form . Portions of the street were deeded to the city by five different owners over a span of five years, beginning in 1 887 near Humboldt and ending in 1892 near Colv in . Crescent Avenue begins and ends within the Parkside subdivision, following Olmsted's rule that a suburban neighborhood street "not l e ad with special directness toward the 21. SOURCES : City Building Permit Records town." County Census Records , 1915 Olmsted ' s Sketch Map of Buffalo, 1876 The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted, Vol. III, by 22. THEME: Charles E. Beveridg e & David Schuyler, eds . (1983). Colonial Rev ival 

Crescent 0375; Building-Structure Inventory Form

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Crescent 0375; Building-Structure Inventory Form

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