Gridley Building
{{Short description|Historic commercial building in New York, United States}}
{{Distinguish|Onondaga County Savings Bank}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Onondaga County Savings Bank Building
| nrhp_type =
| image = Gridley Building - Syracuse, NY.jpg
| caption =
| location = 101 S. Salina Street, Syracuse, New York
| coordinates = {{coord|43|3|2.62|N|76|9|6.3|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = New York#USA
| area =
| architect = Horatio Nelson White
| architecture =
| added = February 24, 1971
| refnum = 71000550{{NRISref|2007a}}
}}
The Gridley Building, built in 1867 and known previously as the Onondaga County Savings Bank Building, is a prominent historic building on Clinton Square and Hanover Square in Syracuse, New York, United States.{{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}} It was designed by Horatio Nelson White and was built adjacent to what was then the Erie Canal and is now Erie Boulevard.{{cite web|last=Waite|first=Diana S.|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Onondaga County Savings Bank Building|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6285 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511085554/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6285 |archive-date=2012-05-11 |date=August 1970 |accessdate=2009-01-17|url-status=dead}} and [https://web.archive.org/web/20111210060114/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6300 Accompanying 2 photos from 1973]
History
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| image1= Gridley Building, Water Street facade.jpg
| caption1 = Water Street facade; Gere Bank Building at right.
| image2= OnondagaSavingsBankBuilding December2007.jpg
| caption2 = 2007 snowstorm
| image3 = OnondagaSavingsBankBuildingHABS1cropped.jpg
| caption3 = 1962
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{{See also|Clinton Square|Hanover Square, Syracuse}}
The address of the Gridley Building is 101 S. Salina Street, according to the 1970 National Register of Historic Places nomination form.{{cite web|last=Waite|first=Diana S.|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Onondaga County Savings Bank Building|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6285 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511085554/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6285 |archive-date=2012-05-11 |date=August 1970 |accessdate=2009-01-17|url-status=dead}} and [https://web.archive.org/web/20131213004044/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6286 Accompanying 2 photos from 1973] Five years later, the Hanover Square Historic District nomination listed its address as 101 East Water Street.
The Syracuse Savings Bank Building is located directly across Erie Boulevard.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Influence
The architect for Gridley Building, Horatio Nelson White, also designed the Hall of Languages in 1870 with the very similar style.{{cite news |title=Syracuse University |url=https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/activity:6746122073392848896/ |access-date=23 December 2020 |work=LinkedIn |date=19 December 2020 |language=en}} It was the first building on Syracuse University campus, and is often prominently displayed as a representation of the University in many forums.{{cite web |title=University Archives |url=https://library.syr.edu/skin/?url=http://archives.syr.edu/buildings/hl.html |website=library.syr.edu |publisher=Syracuse University Libraries |accessdate=24 August 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Collins |first1=Kate |title=Carrier Dome, Hall of Languages: SU from the sky (video) |url=https://www.syracuse.com/living/2016/06/carrier_dome_hall_of_languages_syracuse_university_from_above_video.html |accessdate=26 August 2020 |work=syracuse.com |date=6 June 2016 |language=en}} {{Clear}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Gridley Building}}
- {{HABS |survey=NY-5450 |id=ny0612 |title=Old Onondaga Savings Bank, Erie Boulevard & Salina Street, Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY |photos=6 |data=2 |cap=1}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081120132342/http://www.syracusethenandnow.org/Dwntwn/ClintonSq/GridleyBuilding/GridleyBuilding.htm Syracuse Then and Now.org: The Gridley Building]}}
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Category:Buildings and structures in Syracuse, New York
Category:Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in New York (state)
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Syracuse, New York
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