Larkin Co. Terminal Warehouse / Larkin at Exchange - Table of Contents

Exterior - Larkin Co. Terminal Warehouse / Larkin at Exchange
726 Exchange at VanRensselaer Streets, Buffalo, NY

Conference, lease information: Larkin at Exchange - Official Home Page

Built:	1911
Architect:	Lockwood Greene & Company
Construction Company:	Aberthaw Construction Co
Style:	Daylight Factory (substyle of the International style)
Significance:	One of the remaining buildings in the Larkin Soap Co. complex Early example of Daylight Factory style CityView Properties is redeveloping the area using this building as the anchor

... Lockwood, Greene's system for the "R, S, T" warehouse (otherwise the terminal warehouse) at the back of the complex, between Van Rensselaer and Hydraulic Streets. Designed in 1911, built by the Aberthaw Construction Co. in just over six months in spite of its great size, a brilliantly conceived packaging and shipping facility, "R, S,T" has long been recognized as a masterpiece of functional design and rational detailing. It has been commendably maintained by its present owners, Graphic Controls, who also added the"Wrightian" entrance on Exchange Street in 1969, by Arthur Carrara. - Buffalo Architecture: A Guide, by Francis R. Kowsky, et. al. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1981, p. 255

Erected: 1912 ... Architects: Lockwood and Greene Co, of Boston. See drawing on Western New York Heritage site which includes "R.R." (railroad) in its name. (online April 2014) 1999 photo 2006 photo Left: Larkin  Company B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, N, O Building ... Right: Larkin at Exchange 2006 photo. Graphic Controls added the"Wrightian" entrance on Exchange Street in 1969, by Arthur Carrara 2006 photo 2006 photo. CityView Properties (owners of Larkin at Exchange) created a park setting where once railroad tracks existed 2006 photo 2006 photo CityView Properties (owners of Larkin at Exchange) added a parking ramp/garage for the use of tenants and visitors

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