Peyser and Morrison Shirt Company Building

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Peyser and Morrison Shirt Company Building
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Location 211-217 Warren St., Glens Falls, New York
Coordinates 43°18′36″N73°37′50″W / 43.31000°N 73.63056°W / 43.31000; -73.63056 Coordinates: 43°18′36″N73°37′50″W / 43.31000°N 73.63056°W / 43.31000; -73.63056
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1893
Architect Potter, Ephraim B.
Architectural style Romanesque
MPS Potter, Ephraim B., Buildings TR
NRHP reference # 84003388 [1]
Added to NRHP September 29, 1984

Peyser and Morrison Shirt Company Building is a historic industrial building located at Glens Falls, Warren County, New York. It was built in 1893 and is a square, two story brick industrial structure with a highly embellished street facade in the Romanesque style. It is the only extant industrial structure designed by prominent local architect Ephraim B. Potter (1855-1925). [2]

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