Episcopal Church of the Ascension - Table of Contents

Exterior
Episcopal Church of the Ascension / Ascension for the Arts
16 Linwood Avenue, Buffalo NY
Ascension for the Arts - Official Website (online Jan. 2021)

Completed:

1873

Style:

English country Gothic Revival

Architect:

Gordon W. Lloyd (photo Nov.  2012)
1832–1905;  English; moved to Detroit in 1858.
Popular architect of Episcopal churches and cathedrals in the region. Though his office was in Detroit, Lloyd lived across the river in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

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2010 Photos



Historic plaque in front of the church   ...   Guide Board Road was changed to North Street in 1854 when the city's boundaries expanded to North Street.    ...    See  map.



Medina sandstone sidewalk



Facade   ...   Guild House is located to the left (not in this photo):


Medina sandstone Guild House  (Church to the right, not in this photo)   ...   6 over 6 lights. First floor adds 6 over 6 transom lights



West transept and nave    ...   
Vertical pier buttresses


Facade   ...   Gothic Revival   ...   Medina sandstone    ...   Cross pattée  finial at top of roof   ...   4-paneled geometric window   ...  
Vertical pier buttresses


Voussoirs  with end corbels   ...   Anthemion in tympanum    ...   Round stained glass window    ...   4-paneled geometric lancet window    ...   Medina sandstone  sill above corbeled  stringcourse



Anthemion in tympanum



West elevation   ...    Vertical pier buttresses   ...   Belt course at right



Slate roof   ...   Bottom left: 
Vertical pier buttresses



West elevation   ...    Vertical pier buttresses   ...   West nave stained glass windows





East elevation


East transept at right



East nave: Bishop's Window / Angelic Orchestra



East nave: 
Prodigal Son / Jesus Heals the Sick



East nave:  St. George / Jesus with Mary and Martha



East elevation entrance   ...   Note basement lattice window at left bottom, detailed below:


Lattice window   ...   Gray outline is lead came.
 





Special thanks to Rector Armond J. Kraft and to Senior Warden Thomas Zimfer for their cooperation in January 2010

Photos and their arrangement © 2010 Chuck LaChiusa
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