Powers Building

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

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

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Powers Building

| nrhp_type =

| image = Powers Building, Rochester, New York.jpg

| caption = The Powers Building

| location = 6-42 W. Main St., 20-56 Fitzhugh St., Rochester, New York

| coordinates = {{coord|43|9|21|N|77|36|48|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = New York#USA

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-marker = building

| mapframe-zoom = 12

|mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing the Powers Building location

| built = 1869

| architect = Andrew Jackson Warner

| architecture =

| added = April 3, 1973

| increase = September 13, 2019

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 73001204{{NRISref|2009a}}

| increase_refnum = 100004417{{cite web|title=Weekly List 20190913|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/weekly-list-2019-national-register-of-historic-places.pdf|publisher=U.S. National Park Service|date=September 13, 2019|access-date=September 16, 2019}}

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Powers Building is a historic office building located in Rochester in Monroe County, New York. It was built in 1869 and is a nine-story, {{convert|165|by|171|ft|adj=on}} building, laid out around a large open stairwell in the center.{{Cite web |title=Powers Building, 16 Main Street West, Rochester, Monroe County, NY |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/ny0293/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}} It features a triple mansard roof and observation tower which were added after initial construction, between 1873 and 1888, by Daniel Powers to maintain its standing as the tallest building in Rochester.{{cite web |url=http://www.powersbuilding.com/index2.asp?page=building.asp |title=The Powers Building |access-date=2010-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030713195350/http://www.powersbuilding.com/index2.asp?page=building.asp |archive-date=2003-07-13 }} It was designed by noted Rochester architect Andrew Jackson Warner.{{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=4108|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Powers Building|date=November 1972|access-date=2009-11-01 |author=Louise A. Klinke and Cornelia E. Brooke|publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation}} See also: {{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=4107|title=Accompanying two photos}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. In 2019, the adjacent Powers Hotel was also added to the listing.