Open House at 345 Goundry Street - May 15, 2004 Gallery
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| On Saturday and Sunday, May 15th and 16th, 2004, the North Tonawanda History Museum co-hosted with RealtyUSA an open house in this wonderful historic mansion at 345 Goundry Street. The home was built in 1906 and designed by North Tonawanda architect Henry G. Mess. The original owner of the home was John Mahar, who was in the coal business. His son, Raymond, went into the insurance business. Three owners after the Mahars were all doctors who had their examining rooms in the basement. One was Dr. Robert P. Reagan, whose first wife was Theodore Fassett. Most people today remember it as Dr. Carlson's home. The fifth owner completely restored and remodeled the home but never lived in it. The home still has the original leaded glass windows, a front walkway and steps made of sandstone. The third floor was the servant's quarters, but at the front, the windows facing Goundry Street on the third floor were leaded glass. Fireplaces in the home were all coal-burning fireplaces. The room at the front of the third floor space was a billiard parlor. A walk-in cedar closet is on the third floor also. |
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| The railing on the front veranda was rescued by former owner, Dr. David Carlson, when Felton Grammar School was torn down. If you look carefully at old photos of the school, you can see the spindles that now adorn this home. Visible at the right is 341 Goundry Street, once the home of Wallace G. Palmer of W. G. Palmer Lumber Co. |
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| Homes like this on Goundry Street in its golden days had a maid, a cook, and a hired man who tended the horse and cow. Goundry Street was originally paved with brick from Manhattan Street to Niagara Street where it became a dirt road. The brick road still remains under today's asphalt paving. |
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| Jacqueline and Jennifer Christen of the Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra performed in the music room of the Mahar home during the Open House. It was said that, when the doors to this room were closed, the music was not heard beyond the doors; however, when the doors were open, the sound of the music was swept up the stairways throughout the home. |
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| The rear entance and rear yard. |