- Niagara Mohawk Building
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Niagara Hudson Building
Detail of facade
Location: 300 Erie Boulevard West, Syracuse, New York Coordinates: 43°3′4.28″N 76°9′22.25″W / 43.0511889°N 76.1561806°WCoordinates: 43°3′4.28″N 76°9′22.25″W / 43.0511889°N 76.1561806°W Area: 5.26 acres (2.13 ha)[2] Architectural style: Art Deco Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 10000361[1] Added to NRHP: June 14, 2010[1] The Niagara Mohawk Building is an art deco classic building in Syracuse, New York. It is a building of the Niagara Mohawk power utility company that is now a division of National Grid plc. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Niagara Hudson Building in 2010.
According to the National Park Service:
The Niagara Hudson Building in Syracuse is an outstanding example of Art Deco architecture and a symbol of the Age of Electricity. Completed in 1932, the building became the headquarters for the nation’s largest electric utility company and expressed the technology of electricity through its modernistic design, material, and extraordinary program of exterior lighting. The design elements applied by architects Melvin L. King and Bley & Lyman transformed a corporate office tower into a widely admired beacon of light and belief in the future. With its central tower and figurative winged sculpture personifying electric lighting, the powerfully sculpted and decorated building offered a symbol of optimism and progress in the context of the Great Depression.[3]
The building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in June, 2010.[1] The listing was announced as the featured listing in the National Park Service's weekly list of June 25, 2010.[4]
The building was built in 1932. It was headquarters for what was "then the nation's largest electric utility company".[5]
It was nominated by New York State's Board of Historic Preservation for listing on the National Register of Historic Places in December, 2009. The Board described the building as "'an outstanding example of Art Deco architecture and a symbol of the Age of Electricity.'"[6]
See also
- Electric Tower, in Buffalo, also known as "Niagara Mohawk Building"
References
- ^ a b c "Announcements and actions on properties for the National Register of Historic Places for June 25, 2010". Weekly Listings. National Park Service. June 25, 2010. http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20100625.htm. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
- ^ Anthony Opalka and Michael A. Stanton (April, 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Niagara Mohawk Building" (PDF). National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/weekly_features/NiagaraHudsonBldg.pdf. Retrieved 2010-09-01. (52 pages, with 16 historic photos and 19 photos from 2009 and 2010)
- ^ "Weekly Highlight: The Niagara Hudson Building, Onondaga County, New York". http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/weekly_features/10_06_25_Niagara_Hudson_Building.htm.
- ^ "Weekly List Actions". National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/nrlist.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-25.
- ^ Eileen Larrabee and Dan Keefe (December 8, 2009). "State Board Recommends 28 Properties for Historic Register Listing". New York State Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.nysparks.state.ny.us/newsroom/press-releases/release.aspx?r=764.
- ^ John Mariani (2009-12-16). "National Grid building, portion of Syracuse's Strathmore area nominated for historic lists". Post Standard. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/national_grid_building_portion.html.
External links
Categories:- Art Deco skyscrapers
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
- Art Deco architecture in New York
- Buildings and structures in Syracuse, New York
- Onondaga County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
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