Architecture Around the World
Facade - White Memorial Building
106 E. Washington St. (corner of Salina), Syracuse, NY
See also: Salina Street Elevation photographs
| Built: |
1876 |
| Architect: |
Joseph Lyman Silsbee |
| Style: |
Victorian Gothic Revival |
| Status: |
Listing on National Register of Historic Places: Nomination ..... Two 1962 photos HABS: Six historic photos |
| The
building entry, with its elaborate decoration and memorial plaque once
faced busy Vanderbilt Square terminal and set the tone for the overall
structure. By the time of its completion in 1877, Silsbee was
well established as a prominent New York architect. Much of this
credit can be given to the consistency of quality work that this
project was able to show. The White Memorial Building can also be credited with giving Silsbee his start in Chicago. Local lore notes that upon existing a train at Vanderbilt Square and seeing this structure, a prominent Chicago businessman demanded that he know who the architect was. After visiting Silsbee in his office at the Syracuse Savings Bank Building a few blocks away, he was promptly hired for work in the growing metropolis. |
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Facade Facade center bays  French Renaissance Revival slate roof ..... Iron cresting ..... Finial ..... Contrasting color brick voussoirs ..... Ohio sandstone courses  Black mortar between bricks ..... Ohio sandstone course  Basket weave pattern in tympanum    The 1876 inscription above the front door reads: "As a memorial of Horace and Hamilton White, this building, replacing one in which they were engaged in business for many years, is erected by their children."            |
