Trinity: Part Two

I believe this house belongs to the editor of our local arts newspaper. I was in it once...definitely some cool features inside. Trinity Place is a gem!

first came upon this house twenty years ago. Always loved it. For years I wanted to live there.

Such a neat little house. love it.

on a side note: My overlay of the 1927 aerial survey in google maps says this house wasn't there at the time of the survey. Alot of the surrounding houses line up perfectly for me, but the only thing visible on this plot is a shed(?) about the size of a Geo Metro.

IIRC- there was a post several years ago where this house was discussed, but I couldn't find it in archives. I believe someone said the original owner was a mason for or owner of a monument company. (?????)

I pass by this house on my many walks with my dog. It's one of those beautiful little fixtures that make me love the west side so much!

I have seen this style a lot when I lived in in Miami Florida. I used to walk around the old neighborhoods [whats left of them] an see this style alot.

I am picturing the possibilities outside of monochrome!

At minimum, the trim around the windows, pilasters, and cornice should be lightened to give the walls some heighth and depth.

Where's Mary?

Thanks for the great write-up Steel. I used this street as an example in a Urban Planning Memorandum I wrote for one of my classes. However, when I visited it last week the house that you have featured had been changed in color to a strange Easter, pastel colored theme. I'm not sure if it was repainted since last week or the photos you have are from an older date? Thanks

mike puma- pictures were taken before recent paint job was begun.

the "street" story is that a journalist covering the spanish civil war fell in love with the architecture there and designed, then built this house when he got back. no one has offered verification so this may just be oral history gone romantically awry. the house did have a terracotta clay tile roof until the mid-eighties....

Very California looking.

At a glance, I would have assumed that this house may have had a second story at one time and was removed for some structural reason or another.

I would definitely be off on the time period as it has features that could date to the Italianate period of the mid to late 19th century.

Buffalo is full of such gems and thank you for sharing – just hope the owner doesn’t mind the attention!

356 Richmond Ave and a couple of homes on Tudor Place have details like this. I agree, it's a great neighborhood and still affordable.

I don't think there was ever a second story- this looks like a little Italian villa, the mason story makes sense.

WOW! There has been so much attention given to my beautiful Trinity Place!
The photos above are relatively old, since the owner has been painting the outside to detail the unique elements of the house. I am working on a simple blog for the street in the hopes of starting up a block club. The site is: http://trinityplaceblockclub.blogspot.com/. I have also linked the first article as well as this current one to the website.

J. Hall

I've been interested in this building for a while. From my sources, I did learn that the house was built in 1928 and that it is a speed tile house built by Umberto Laffretto. Does anyone else have more info?