Cox Building

{{short description|Historic commercial building in New York, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Cox Building

| nrhp_type =

| image = Cox Building Rochester NY.jpg

| caption = Cox Building, October 2012

| location = 36-48 St. Paul St.,
Rochester, New York

| coordinates = {{coord|43|9|27|N|77|36|34|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = New York#USA

| area = less than one acre

| built = 1888

| architect = Sibley, Lindsay & Curr

| architecture = Romanesque

| added = October 11, 1984

| refnum = 84000279{{NRISref|2009a}}

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000563|title=Department Store TR}}

}}

The Cox Building is a historic department store building located at 36-48 St. Paul Street in Rochester, Monroe County, New York.

Description and history

It is a seven-story, red brick and brownstone structure of masonry load bearing construction. It was built in 1888 by architecture firm Sibley, Lindsay & Curr, and is characterized by fine Romanesque style detailing.{{cite web|url=https://cris.parks.ny.gov/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150701003048/http://cris.parks.ny.gov/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 1, 2015 |title=Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) |publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |format=Searchable database |accessdate=2016-09-01 }} Note: This includes {{cite web|url=https://cris.parks.ny.gov/Uploads/ViewDoc.aspx?mode=A&id=30134&q=false |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Cox Building |accessdate=2016-09-01 |author=unknown |format=PDF |date=October 1984 }} and [https://cris.parks.ny.gov/Uploads/ViewDoc.aspx?mode=A&id=30135&q=false Accompanying photograph]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 11, 1984.

Gallery

File:CoxDepartmentStoreBuildingRochesterNewYork.JPG

See also

References