Reynolds Arcade is an office building located in Rochester in Monroe County, New York.

Reynolds Arcade
Reynolds Arcade is located in New York
Reynolds Arcade
Reynolds Arcade is located in the United States
Reynolds Arcade
Location16 E. Main St., Rochester, New York
Coordinates43°9′21″N 77°36′44″W / 43.15583°N 77.61222°W / 43.15583; -77.61222
Arealess than one acre
Built1933
ArchitectGordon & Kaelber
Architectural styleArt Deco
MPSInner Loop MRA
NRHP reference No.85002855[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 4, 1985
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Overview

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It is an eleven-story, Art Deco style commercial / office building with arcaded shops on the first floor. It was built in 1933[2] of steel frame construction and is faced on the exterior with Indiana limestone. The central portion of the building is a five bay, eleven story "tower" which steps back from the fifth floor.[3]

It replaced a building with the same name that was constructed in 1829. The most ambitious structure in Rochester at that time, it was, according to Joseph W. Barnes, a Rochester City Historian, "the center of Rochester downtown life for more than a century."[4]

Recognition

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Barnes, Joseph W.; Barnes, Robert W. (October 1974). "From Books to Multimedia: A History of the Reynolds Library and the Reynolds Audio-Visual Department of the Rochester Public Library" (PDF). Rochester History. XXXVI (4). Monroe County Library System: 21–22.
  3. ^ Ted Bartlett (August 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Reynolds Arcade". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-11-01. See also: "Accompanying two photos".
  4. ^ Barnes and Barnes (1974), p. 3