Sibley's, Lindsay and Curr Building

Sibley's, Lindsay and Curr Building

Sibley's, Lindsay and Curr Building, January 2008
Location 228 E. Main St., Rochester, New York
Coordinates 43°9′29″N 77°36′21″W / 43.15806°N 77.60583°W / 43.15806; -77.60583Coordinates: 43°9′29″N 77°36′21″W / 43.15806°N 77.60583°W / 43.15806; -77.60583
Built 1904 (1904), 1911, 1924
Architect Warner, J. Foster
Architectural style Chicago School
Website Official website
MPS Inner Loop MRA
NRHP Reference # 84003945[1]
Added to NRHP January 8, 2014

Sibley's, Lindsay and Curr Building is a historic commercial building located at Rochester in Monroe County, New York. It was designed by noted Rochester architect J. Foster Warner and built for Sibley's in 1904. It is a five-story, Chicago school style skeletal steel building sheathed in brown Roman brick with deeply set Chicago style windows. It features a clock tower with Baroque and Renaissance style details. Additions were made to the building in 1911 and 1924.[2]:74–75, 78–79

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]

History

In 1905, after the disastrous 1904 "Sibley fire" gutted the Granite Building and much of Rochester's dry goods district,[3] Sibley's moved to its final location, the Sibley Building at the northeast corner of East Main Street and Clinton Avenue.[4] By 1939, Sibley's was the largest department store between New York City and Chicago.[4] Sibley's was acquired by The May Department Stores Company and the Sibley Building location closed in the early 1990s

Current

The building is currently home to the Monroe Community College's city campus and is owned by Winn Development Co. The building is currently undergoing re-development into a multi-use building that will house business, retail and residential (both lofts and apartments) to be known as Sibley Square

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/06/14 through 1/10/14. National Park Service. 2014-01-17.
  2. Janette Johnstone (August 1984). "Inner Loop MRA" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  3. Marcotte, Bob (June 29, 2009). "Sibley Fire of 1904 unmatched in intensity". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York: Gannett Company. pp. 1B,2B. Retrieved July 14, 2009.
  4. 1 2 Marcotte, Bob (July 13, 2009). "Sibley's the great was one-of-a-kind store". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York: Gannett Company. pp. 1B,2B. Retrieved July 14, 2009.


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