Arts & Crafts Movement, East Aurora, NY Photos

Elbert Hubbard Roycroft adopted the Arts & Crafts style in his businesses including a successful book publishing firm & his Roycroft Inn. The Arts & Crafts movement was a rejection of the frills of the Victorian age & adoption of hand-made, quality, earth-toned, nature-oriented objects ranging from desk sets to bungalows.

See also: Buffalo, Millard Fillmore House
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Elbert Hubbard Roycroft Museum in the Scheidemantel house (1910) (363 Oakwood Ave.) is an Arts & Crafts collection in a bungalow of the same style. On National Register.

Fireplace with seahorse andirons under plaque to William Morris, founder of the Arts & Crafts movement, in Roycroft Museum.

Arts & Crafts style chandelier original to Scheidemantel house now site of Roycroft Museum.

Roycroft Inn (1905) (40 S. Grove St.) built by Elbert Hubbard to accommodate visitors to his growing Arts & Crafts-oriented businesses. Style: Arts & Crafts.

Rocking chairs on veranda of Roycroft Inn reflect era of Elbert Hubbard who died on sinking of S.S. Lusitania.

Arts & Crafts-style furniture in lobby of Roycroft Inn.

Murals + Arts & Crafts-style furniture in lobby of Roycroft Inn.

Mural of pyramids by Alex Fournier in lobby of Roycroft Inn.

Detail of mural of Venice by Alex Fournier in lobby of Roycroft Inn.

Arts & Crafts-style Morris chair in lobby of Roycroft Inn.

Arts & Crafts-style furniture in lobby of Roycroft Inn.


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