Amos Block

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The Amos Block
The Amos Apartments at Clinton Square, Syracuse NY.jpg
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Location Syracuse, New York
Coordinates 43°3′2.7″N76°9′15.6″W / 43.050750°N 76.154333°W / 43.050750; -76.154333
Built1878
Architect Joseph Lyman Silsbee
Architectural style Romanesque Revival
NRHP reference No. 78001890 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 16, 1978

The Amos Block is a Romanesque Revival building located on the southwest corner of Clinton Square in Downtown Syracuse, New York.

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History

The building's developer and namesake, Jacob Amos, served as mayor of Syracuse from 1892 to 1896. Originally, the Erie Canal ran directly behind the Amos Block, and goods were loaded and unloaded from the building's upper levels onto the Canal, while the first floor on the West Water St side contained a retail grocer. [2] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

In 2006, the Amos Block was renovated, and was renamed "The Amos." The building continued to serve as a multi-purpose structure, with retail (including, once again, a grocery store) on the first floor, and residential apartments on the upper floors.

A sports pub opened in the building in 2011. [3]

A $3.7 million, four-story addition was built in 2016, with 19 apartments in the top three stories and retail space at street level. [4] The addition was designed with a modern brick and stucco look. [4]

A 1,250-square-foot ice cream parlor opened on the first floor in 2018. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. Miller, Ellen R. (August 30, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Amos Block". Archived from the original on December 10, 2011. Retrieved 2008-12-26. and Accompanying 18 photos, exterior and interior, from 1977, 1978, and undated Archived 2011-12-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Niedt, Bob (5 June 2011). "Downtown Syracuse is scoring a new sports pub, in the Amos Building next to Clinton Square". Syracuse, New York: syracuse.com. The Post-Standard. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  4. 1 2 Moriarty, Rick (2 June 2016). "Developer Mark Congel building apartments at 3 historic Syracuse buildings". Syracuse, New York: Advance Local Media. The Post Standard. Archived from the original on 21 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  5. Reinhardt, Eric (13 April 2018). "The Ice Cream Stand readies for opening in Amos Building". Central New York Business Journal. Archived from the original on 21 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.