Gere Bank Building

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

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

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| name = Gere Bank Building

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| image = Gere Bank Building.jpg

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| location = 121 E. Water St., Syracuse, New York

| coordinates = {{coord|43|3|2.55|N|76|9|5.43|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = New York#USA

| area =

| built = 1894

| architect = Charles E. Colton, Leamy Brothers Construction Co.

| architecture =

| added = March 16, 1972

| refnum = 72000894{{NRISref|2008a}}

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The Gere Bank Building is a five-story building located on Water Street in Syracuse, New York. It was designed by Charles Colton, and built in 1894. It is distinctive for its facade and use of contrasting materials. The cost of the building was $150,000, including nearly $50,000 for fireproof vaults in a room beneath the sidewalk.{{cite web |last=Waite |first=Diana S. |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Gere (Robert) Bank Building |url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6289 |date=October 1971 |accessdate=2009-01-02 }} and [http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6288 Accompanying 1 photo, from 1964] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210053851/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6288 |date=2011-12-10 }} The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It is part of the Hanover Square Historic District.{{cite web|last=Connors|first=Dennis|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hanover Square Historic District|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6313|date=December 1975|accessdate=2009-01-13|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210052048/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6313|archivedate=2011-12-10}} In the warm weather months, entertainment is common on the plaza around the fountain. Workers in the surrounding office buildings and retail establishments often lunch there.{{cite web |title=Downtown Syracuse:Hanover Square |url=http://downtownsyracuse.com/static/hanoversquare Downtown Committee |accessdate=2009-01-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216061110/http://downtownsyracuse.com/static/hanoversquare |archivedate=2008-12-16 }}