Ansley Wilcox House, 641 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

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TITLE:
Ansley Wilcox House, 641 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

CALL NUMBER:
HABS NY,15-BUF,12-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 7 (5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 12 plus cover page

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HABS NY-5610

Building/structure dates: 1838 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1863 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1883 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1892 subsequent work

Building/structure dates: 1938 subsequent work

Significance: The Ansley Wilcox House was originally part of an Army post-- Poinsett Barracks-- which was established in 1838. After 1883, the interior was remodeled and an earlier frame addition was rebuilt. On September 14, 1901, in the library of the Ansley Wilcox House, Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt took the Oath of Office of the President of the United States. The house was declared a National Historic Site in 1966.

SUBJECTS:
NEW YORK--Erie County--Buffalo
barracks

OTHER TITLE:
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Sit

COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ny0210

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. Historic American Buildings Survey, Jack E. Boucher, Photographer May 1965, NORTH (SIDE) ELEVATION FROM NORTHWEST.
2. Historic American Buildings Survey, Jack E. Boucher, Photographer May 1965, WEST (FRONT) ELEVATION.
3. Historic American Buildings Survey, Jack E. Boucher, Photographer May 1965, WEST (FRONT) ELEVATION FROM SOUTHWEST.
4. Historic American Buildings Survey, Jack E. Boucher, Photographer May 1965, DETAIL OF CAPITAL ON SOUTH SIDE.
5. Historic American Buildings Survey, Jack E. Boucher, Photographer May 1965, INTERIOR EAST ROOM, FIRST FLOOR.
6. Historic American Buildings Survey, Jack E. Boucher, Photographer May 1965, INTERIOR CENTER ROOM, FIRST FLOOR.
7. Historic American Buildings Survey, Photocopy of undated photograph from the collection of Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society.

CONTROL #:
NY0210

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