Ward Pumping Station - Table of Contents

Exterior - Ward Pumping Station

Porter Avenue at GAR Drive, Buffalo, NY
Designed by Esenwein & Johnson



2011 photo  ... Niagara River  ... Canada at top of photo




2017 photo courtesy of Ann Palmer



2007 photo




2007 photo  ...  LaSalle Park north of the pumping station  ...  Note baseball diamonds




2003 photo  ... View from the Niagara River




2003 photo





2016 Photos


2016 photo  ... North elevation  ...  Niagara River behind the pumping station  ... Details below, from top down:




2016 photo




White, glazed terra cottaDentil molding  ... Egg-and-dart molding   ... Pateras  ... Keystones




2016 photo  ...  White, glazed terra cottaDentil molding ... Egg-and-dart molding   ... Patera  ...  Quoins   ...  Detail below:


White, glazed terra cotta:  ...  Dentil molding ... Egg-and-dart molding  ...  Bead-and-reel molding ...  Patera  ...  Leaf-and-dart molding





Four details below:


Detail #1  ...  Flemish bond brick pattern  ... White, glazed terra cotta:   Anthemion  ... Ancone  buttresses


Detail #2  ...  White, glazed terra cotta  rustication


Detail #3  ...   White, glazed terra cotta ornamentation: Leaf-and-dart molding  ...  Engaged  Ionic column  ...  Voussoirs


Detail #4  ...   White, glazed terra cotta ornamentation: Egg-and-dart molding  ...  Patera    ...   Leaf-and-dart molding


Detail #5  ...  Triglyphs and drops in center






Rounded window with white, glazed terra cotta arch with keystone and sill




Flemish bond brick pattern






Except where noted, photos and their arrangement © 2016 Chuck LaChiusa
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