A Closer Look: The Peter A. Porter Mansion in Niagara Falls
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The Peter A. Porter Mansion on Fourth Street in Niagara Falls dates to 1876. It is owned by the Tatler Club, a women's social club that started in 1925. The historic building is in line for $235,000 in Niagara River Greenway funding, expected to contribute toward a planned $339,000 repair and renovation project.
Porter Mansion
The Peter A. Porter Mansion on Fourth Street in Niagara Falls.
6 Fourth St.
The original leaded glass above the entryway door.
Leaded glass
The original leaded glass above the entryway door to the Porter Mansion.
Salve
The Latin word "salve", which means "hello," is built into the floor of the entryway.
Woodwork
Light shines on the woodwork of the stairway on the first floor.
First floor stairs
The stairway on the first floor.
Living room
The living room of the Peter A. Porter Mansion in Niagara Falls.
Side porch
The side porch overlooks the Niagara River.
Skylight
A stained-glass window skylight in the second-floor library.
Second-floor library
The second-floor library of the Peter A. Porter Mansion.
Pocket doors
A painted rooster on the pocket doors of the second-floor library.
Peter A. Porter
A copied photo of Peter A. Porter in the second-floor library.
Bedroom
One of the second-floor bedrooms.
Grover Cleveland
A table, which belonged to former U.S. president Grover Cleveland and later loaned to the Tatler Club, is in one of the second-floor bedrooms.
Second floor bedroom
One of the second-floor bedrooms.
Bedroom
One of the second-floor bedrooms in the Peter A. Porter Mansion in Niagara Falls.
Green bowl
A bowl on a table in one of the second-floor bedrooms.
Tatler past presidents
Photos of past presidents for the Tatler Club are framed in one of the second-floor bedrooms.
Library stairs
The second-floor library in the Peter A. Porter Mansion.
Old sink
An old sink on the third floor.
Storage
A storage room on the third floor of the Peter A. Porter Mansion in Niagara Falls.
Bedroom door
A bedroom door on the second floor of the Peter A. Porter Mansion.
Opening minutes 1925
The opening minutes of the newly formed Tatler Club recorded on Feb. 13, 1925. The Tatler Club, a women's social club in Niagara Falls, owns the Peter A. Porter Mansion, which dates to 1876 and is in line for $235,000 in Niagara River Greenway funding toward a planned $339,000 repair and renovation project.
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