The old Elmwood is still visible, right in front of the Historical Society. The pavement runs right up to where the original bridge used to stand. Sad to think that this great house once looked out over the grounds of the State Hospital & parkway along Scajaquada Creek - and now just landfill and ugly 'new' Elmwood and the expressway.
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42nate
Sep 18th 2007, 21:22I don't think so. Didn't you read the article? It says that the house "was designed with a large open space to accommodate his grand piano." Not that HHL's work is always sensitive and flawless.
Oh, and Queenseyes? There is no "National Register of Historic Homes." You probably meant the National Register of Historic Places.
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chris69
Sep 18th 2007, 20:51It looks like they gutted alot of the character out of that building.
For instance with a staircase like that .... no one is going to tell me that there were not wood cross beams or some sort of molding on the ceiling and cornices.
The same for all the doorways and archways....it looks very sterile on the inside
If I were the architects...I wouldnt be bragging....the exterior looks the same....but the interior looks hollow and empty and sparse....as if an animal were gutted on the inside and left intact on the outside.
Still better to have a building saved than not have a building at all.
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georgethomasapfel
Sep 19th 2007, 11:45You can see the old alignment of Elmwood on the overlay map I made of the Pan Am grounds on my website http://gapfel.com/PanAm/ in the detail below I've labeled it Elmwood (1901)
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