C.G. Meaker Food Company Warehouse

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C.G. Meaker Food Company Warehouse

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South (fronting on Erie Blvd) and west sides
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Location 538 Erie Blvd. W., Syracuse, New York
Coordinates 43°02′59″N76°09′45″W / 43.0498°N 76.16260°W / 43.0498; -76.16260 Coordinates: 43°02′59″N76°09′45″W / 43.0498°N 76.16260°W / 43.0498; -76.16260
Built 1930
Architectural style Late Gothic Revival, Modern Movement
MPS Industrial Resources in the City of Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY MPS
NRHP reference # 10000226 [1]
Added to NRHP April 26, 2010 [1]

C.G. Meaker Food Company Warehouse, in Syracuse, New York, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 26, 2010. [1]

Syracuse, New York City in New York, United States

Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, in the United States. It is the fifth-most populous city in the state of New York following New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, and Yonkers.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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West and north sides

The building was deemed significant as an "excellent local example of an early Modern poured-in-place concrete building." It was planned during economic prosperity of the 1920s, but not completed until depression year 1930, in perhaps somewhat scaled-back form. It is located on Erie Boulevard, which into the 1920s was the route of the Erie Canal, and later was route of railroads. [2]

Erie Canal Waterway in New York, USA

The Erie Canal is a canal in New York, United States that is part of the east–west, cross-state route of the New York State Canal System. Originally, it ran 363 miles (584 km) from where Albany meets the Hudson River to where Buffalo meets Lake Erie. It was built to create a navigable water route from New York City and the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. When completed in 1825, it was the second longest canal in the world and greatly affected the development and economy of New York, New York City, and the United States.

In May, 2016, a certified historic rehabilitation was completed. The building is now home to 33 residential apartments and first-floor commercial space.

See also

The National Register of Historic Places listings in Syracuse, New York are described below. There are 104 listed properties and districts in the city of Syracuse, including 19 business or public buildings, 13 historic districts, 6 churches, four school or university buildings, three parks, six apartment buildings, and 42 houses. Twenty-nine of the listed houses were designed by architect Ward Wellington Ward; 25 of these were listed as a group in 1996.

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