The White Memorial Building is a Gothic-style building prominently located on the main downtown street of Syracuse, New York. It was designed by Joseph Lyman Silsbee.
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| Location | 106 E. Washington St., Syracuse, New York |
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| Coordinates | 43°2′57.73″N 76°9′6.48″W / 43.0493694°N 76.1518000°W |
| Built | 1876 |
| Architect | Joseph Lyman Silsbee |
| Architectural style | Gothic |
| NRHP reference No. | 73001237[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 6, 1973 |
Description edit
It is built primarily of Ohio sandstone blocks and red brick, plus Onondaga limestone along the base. Lines of cement were black, and there are occasional lines of black brick, providing "sharp dissimilatudes" which are "yet exceedingly pleasant to the eye", according to an 1876 review. The style is Gothic overall, though the roof is termed French.[2]
The White family edit
The Whites were a prominent local family which included financier and railroad magnate Horace White (1802-1860), his wife Clara Dickson White, and their sons Andrew Dickson White, co-founder of Cornell University, and Horace Keep White. The White family owned the Syracuse National Bank, whose building was the largest in Syracuse at the time, and also designed by Silsbee.[3][4]
The White Memorial Building was commissioned by Horace K. and Andrew Dickson White and dedicated to the family patriarch Asa White (b.1774). Andrew in particular had a keen interest in architecture and worked closely with Silsbee on the building, modeling it after buildings in Manchester, England.[4]
Gallery edit
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Entrance -
Sculpture and tile details -
View from the street up above the entrance
References edit
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ T. Robins Brown (April 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: White Memorial Building". Retrieved 2010-01-08. and Accompanying two HABS photos, exterior, from 1962
- ^ Bruce, Dwight Hall (1896). Onondaga's Centennial: Gleanings of a Century, Volume 2. Boston History Company. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ a b "The White Memorial Building". Searching for Silsbee. 25 November 2010. Archived from the original on 26 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
External links edit
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NY-5448, "White Memorial Building, East Washington & South Salina Streets, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY", 6 photos, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page