Sassafras Bed and Breakfast
Welcome to The Sassafras
The house is furnished with antiques and reproduction furniture. It is entirely air-conditioned, and all rooms have private baths or showers. There are wood-burning fireplaces in the living room and in the dining room. A large front porch beckons visitors to stop and rest. Entirely refurbished prior to opening in 2004, there is all new electric and plumbing in each of the guest rooms.
The Emma E. Deters Suite
This two-room suite has a large sitting room, bedroom, private bath and its own second floor porch. It is decorated almost entirely with antiques. The room is named after Miss Emma E. Deters, the first Registrar at the University of Buffalo. She served in that position for over forty years, beginning in 1916.
The Olive P. Lester Room
Named after Dr. Olive P. Lester, this is a large, sunny room on the east side of the house. Dr. Lester lived in this house for over eighty years. She was an early feminist who served as the first woman to be the chair of a department in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Buffalo. Furnished with a magnificent Victorian bed and other beautiful antiques, the room has a large walk-in closet.
The Ilma Lester Room
Facing west, this room looks out on the Trinity Episcopal Church. It is named after Olive Lester`s younger sister, Ilma Lee Lester, who became a professor at the City College in New York City. The room features a beautiful Victorian bed and dresser which date to about the 1850s. It also has a fancy spindle room divider.
The Martha and Levant Lester Room
With windows facing east, west and north, this forty-foot-long room is named after the parents of Olive and Ilma Lester. The room has two antique double beds, a sitting area and a desk area.
The Myron Clark Room
This room was named after Myron Clark, an attorney who built the house in 1891. He lived here only a few short years until his death. In 1895, the property was sold to Mary Turk, and in 1912, she sold it to her brother, Levant Lester. The room overlooks the front yard and three buildings across the street that were built in the early 1830s. The cannonball bed is a family heirloom. Call us at
716-683-3753
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