At 158 Huntington Avenue, the first thing an old-house lover may notice is not the number of bedrooms or the size of the yard, but the oak-trimmed windows and inlaid hardwood floors that immediately reveal the level of craftsmanship expected in a Buffalo house of 1910.
The formal dining room carries that craftsmanship even further, with rich oak wainscoting, a built-in window seat, an arched niche, and French doors opening into a bright adjoining room.
158 Huntington Ave, Buffalo, New York — $549,900
8 beds • 2 baths • 2,314 sq. ft. • Built 1910 • 0.21 acres • Colonial
At 158 Huntington Avenue, the first thing an old-house lover may notice is not the number of bedrooms or the size of the yard, but the oak-trimmed windows and inlaid hardwood floors that immediately reveal the level of craftsmanship expected in a Buffalo house of 1910.
The formal dining room carries that craftsmanship even further, with rich oak wainscoting, a built-in window seat, an arched niche, and French doors opening into a bright adjoining room.
Outside, the broad covered porch—with its tongue-and-groove ceiling—is the sort of architectural feature that quietly explains how an older house once met the street: not with a small entrance stoop, but with a generous place to sit, talk, watch the neighborhood, and let the seasons become part of daily life.
Upstairs, the bay windows in the primary and second bedrooms are another easily overlooked pleasure, bringing unusual depth and changing light into rooms that would otherwise be ordinary rectangles.
The house has also accumulated layers of practical adaptation, including an updated eat-in kitchen, a first-floor powder room, a walk-up attic of roughly 800 square feet, and a full basement with laundry and storage. For an old-house enthusiast, that attic may be particularly intriguing—not because it promises guaranteed future value, but because it leaves room for the next owner to decide what the house should become without sacrificing the character already present.
The exterior improvements are similarly practical rather than flashy, with a tear-off roof, boiler, hot-water tank, and electrical service updated within roughly the past decade, along with newer windows and exterior paint. Behind the house, a deep partially fenced yard, oversized patio, and detached three-car garage give the property an unusually generous private setting for city living. Currently offered at $549,900, 158 Huntington Avenue is the kind of old house worth remembering because its appeal is embedded in the details—the oak, the inlaid floors, the wainscoting, the bay windows, the porch ceiling, the pocket of space above—and because those details still make the house feel unmistakably like a house from another era rather than a newer home dressed in period decoration.
Outside, the broad covered porch—with its tongue-and-groove ceiling—is the sort of architectural feature that quietly explains how an older house once met the street: not with a small entrance stoop, but with a generous place to sit, talk, watch the neighborhood, and let the seasons become part of daily life. Upstairs, the bay windows in the primary and second bedrooms are another easily overlooked pleasure, bringing unusual depth and changing light into rooms that would otherwise be ordinary rectangles.
The house has also accumulated layers of practical adaptation, including an updated eat-in kitchen, a first-floor powder room, a walk-up attic of roughly 800 square feet, and a full basement with laundry and storage. For an old-house enthusiast, that attic may be particularly intriguing—not because it promises guaranteed future value, but because it leaves room for the next owner to decide what the house should become without sacrificing the character already present.
The exterior improvements are similarly practical rather than flashy, with a tear-off roof, boiler, hot-water tank, and electrical service updated within roughly the past decade, along with newer windows and exterior paint. Behind the house, a deep partially fenced yard, oversized patio, and detached three-car garage give the property an unusually generous private setting for city living.
Currently offered at $549,900, 158 Huntington Avenue is the kind of old house worth remembering because its appeal is embedded in the details—the oak, the inlaid floors, the wainscoting, the bay windows, the porch ceiling, the pocket of space above—and because those details still make the house feel unmistakably like a house from another era rather than a newer home dressed in period decoration.
Listed by: Keller Williams Realty WNY 716-832-3300, Timothy J Riordan 716-575-5969