Clement House/Red Cross - Table of Contents
Interior - Clement House/Red
Cross Building - 2002 Photos
786 Delaware
Avenue, Buffalo, N.Y.
 20 rooms in the house. Six bathrooms, each with its own full bath.  Clement family in the house. Mr. Clement did not live to see his house finished.  Portrait of Mrs. Carolyn Tripp Clement by Celia Beaux (1910) recently restored (2002) with donation by grandson Stephen Clement. . |
 Foyer, where guests would give their calling card to the butler. Interior walls throughout the house of Indiana limestone.  Foyer with different lighting  Foyer Detail of above photo  Foyer Arcade Trefoils in balustrade  Foyer's coffered ceiling with corbel supports  Tudor style doorway with carved mouchette ornamentation in foyer  Front wardrobe room  Front wardrobe room where guests left their wraps. Oak paneling from floor to ceiling.  Reception room, now housing a conference table, where guests would wait to be received by the family. . |
 2-story music room which housed an organ - now used as a conference room  Music room measures 52'X20'. 2 1/2 stories high.  Music room Walls are paneled in fine hand-rubbed oak  Music room  Music room "German silver (silver over brass) chandelier  Music room  Music room  Music room Inlaid parquet blocks with fret design at edges of the room  Music room  Music room  Music room fireplace detail: sculptured marble Tudor arch with tracery in brass screen  Conservatory  Copper lined Otis Elevator: the first elevator in stalled in a privater residence in Buffalo - still in use. . |
 Library Walnut paneled  Library  Library Leaf-and-dart molding above egg-and-dart molding  Library . |
Main sources of information for this page:
- 1999, 2000 Preservation Coalition of Erie County tours; Greg Lodinski, tour guide
- "The Clement Building," a three-page handout by the American Red Cross which now occupies the building
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