Wilder Building

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

{{Distinguish|text = the Robert O. Wilder Building in Tougaloo, Mississippi}}

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

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Wilder Building

| nrhp_type =

| image = File:WilderBuildingSummerSolstice.jpg

| caption =

| location = 1 E. Main St., Rochester, New York

| coordinates = {{coord|43|9|19|N|77|36|44|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = New York#USA

| built = 1887

| architect = Warner & Brockett

| architecture = Romanesque

| added = October 04, 1985

| area = less than one acre

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000563|title=Inner Loop MRA}}

| refnum = 85002863{{NRISref|2009a}}

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Wilder Building is a historic office building located in Rochester, New York. It is an eleven-story steel or iron framed brick clad structure built between 1887 and 1888 in a modified Romanesque style. It is considered Rochester's first modern skyscraper and is considered to be among the oldest of the early skyscrapers. It was designed by noted Rochester architects Warner & Brockett.{{cite web | url = https://cris.parks.ny.gov/ | title = Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)| publisher = New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation| format = Searchable database| accessdate = 2016-03-01}} Note: This includes

{{cite web | url = https://cris.parks.ny.gov/Uploads/ViewDoc.aspx?mode=A&id=30127&q=false | title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Wilder Building | accessdate = 2016-03-01 | author = Ted Bartlett| format = PDF| date=August 1985}} and [https://cris.parks.ny.gov/Uploads/ViewDoc.aspx?mode=A&id=30126&q=false Accompanying three photographs]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

The Wilder Building originally contained spires at each corner of its roof, but they have since been removed.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lowerfalls.org/100acrestour/|title=Walking Tour of Rochester's One Hundred Acre Plot|website=www.lowerfalls.org|access-date=2017-11-30}}