National Register of Historic Places

White Memorial Building

Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
Listed
February 6, 1973
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
73001237

About this property

The White Memorial Building is a Gothic-style building prominently located on the main downtown street of Syracuse, New York. It was designed by Joseph Lyman Silsbee. It is built primarily of Ohio sandstone blocks and red brick, plus Onondaga limestone along the base. Lines of cement were black, and there are occasional lines of black brick, providing "sharp dissimilatudes" which are "yet exceedingly pleasant to the eye", according to an 1876 review. The style is Gothic overall, though the roof is termed French. The Whites were a prominent local family which included financier and railroad magnate Horace White (1802-1860), his wife Clara Dickson White, and their sons Andrew Dickson White, co-founder of Cornell University, and Horace Keep White. The White family owned the Syracuse National Bank, whose building was the largest in Syracuse at the time, and also designed by Silsbee. The White Memorial Building was commissioned by Horace K. and Andrew Dickson White and dedicated to the family patriarch Asa White (b.1774). Andrew in particular had a keen interest in architecture and worked closely with Silsbee on the building, modeling it after buildings in Manchester, England. Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NY-5448, "White Memorial Building, East Washington & South Salina Streets, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY", 6 photos, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page

Location

106 E. Washington St.
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
43.04938, -76.15207

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White Memorial Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 6, 1973.

What type of historic resource is White Memorial Building?

White Memorial Building is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for White Memorial Building is recorded as the industrial era.

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