Sinclair, Rooney & Co. Building

Sinclair, Rooney & Co. Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Sinclair Rooney and Company Building, November 2015
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Location	465 Washington St., Buffalo, New York
Coordinates	42°53′12″N78°52′29″W / 42.88667°N 78.87472°W / 42.88667; -78.87472
Area	0.27 acres (0.11 ha)
Built	1909 (1909)-1911
Architect	Esenwein & Johnson
Architectural style	Commercial Style
NRHP reference No.	15001025 [1]
Added to NRHP	February 2, 2016

Sinclair, Rooney & Co. Building, also known as the Remington Rand Building and Sperry-Rand Building, is a historic building located in downtown Buffalo, Erie County, New York. It was designed by the architecture firm Esenwein & Johnson and built between 1909 and 1911. The building is representative of Commercial Style architecture. The six-story, steel frame and concrete, L-shaped building is clad in yellow brick and consists of a rectangular main block, approximately 60-feet by 164-feet, with an extension of approximately 30-feet by 63-feet. It features brick pilasters that extend to the sixth floor, where they are capped by ornamental brick brackets and dentil molding below the roofline. It was built for Sinclair, Rooney, & Co., wholesale milliners, and later occupied by Remington Rand Corporation and its successor Sperry-Rand. The building housed offices and light manufacturing activities. ^{[2] : 3}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings" (PDF). Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/01/16 through 2/05/16. National Park Service. February 12, 2016.
2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved February 1, 2016.Note: This includes Martin Wachadlo; Francis R. Kowsky; Christopher N. Brown & Jennifer Walkowski (April 2015). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Sinclair, Rooney & Co. Building" (PDF). Retrieved February 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs