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English: The Taylor-Kirk House, 92 Greenfield Street at Russell Street, Buffalo, New York, October 2020. A contributing property to the NRHP-listed Parkside East Historic District, the house showcases the Queen Anne style of architecture in a form that's noticeably marred by modern renovations: the requisite façadal asymmetry is present, as is the turret with its conical roof, yet the clapboard siding presents a smoother texture than you usually see, what was once a modest shed-roofed front porch has been replaced with a screened-in sunroom, the expected Classical detailing is nonexistent, and modern windows detract from the architectural integrity too (those in the turret once sported impressive tracery in a diamond pattern). True to the general rule in Parkside at the time, the house's initial occupants tended not to reside there for very long: its original owner, building contractor Alexander L. Taylor, had the house constructed for him in 1896 and moved out the next year. The longest-tenured owner in the earliest days of the house was retired restaurateur and volunteer firefighter Thomas Kirk (1825-1910), who lived there from 1903 until his death along with his wife and many of his adult children and grandchildren.