Marine Midland Company Building / The Marin - Table of
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The Admiral Room at the Marin
237 Main Street, Buffalo NY
September
1, 2021 Photos
Vestibule![]() Vestibule Looking out to Main Street ![]() Plastered, coffered barrel ceilings ![]() Three door details below: ![]() Egg-and-dart molding Leaf-and-dart molding ![]() C scrolls Fleurs-de-lis ![]() Marble stairway Detail below: ![]() Indiana limestone Leaf-and-dart molding Decorated guilloche molding |
Admiral Room An apt name, given the history of the bank that was originally named Marine Bank - so named because much of its early business depended on the economic vitality of the city's lakefronts and riverfronts. "The Marin" is also connected to "marine." ![]() The original banking floor Paneled reinforced plaster ceiling Marble floor and marble-clad square Tuscan columns ![]() ![]() Roman ceiling motifs, including dentils at the bottom Balconette features double-vase balusters and acanthus leaf-decorated paired corbels ![]() Roman inspired coffered barrel ceilings, detailed below: ![]() Coffers decorated with Egg-and-dart borders ![]() Seneca One neighbor, seen through the windows, was originally named Marine Midland Center Building and was built in 196-72 to replace an expanding bank business housed in this building ![]() Seneca One seen through the windows ![]() Rosettes decorate the first row of coffers |