214 West 80th Street, Apthorp Motor Car Company garage, was built in 1906 to serve as a new car showroom and service garage. The dealership failed, but the garage lives on. Name: Apthorp Motor Car Company garage Location: 214 West 80th Street Year Completed: 1906 Architect: C.B. Brun Style: Beaux-Arts H. Grossman Master’s Thesis: MANHATTAN […]
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Cathedral of the Sacred Heart is said to be the world’s only cathedral financed by a single donation – that of industrialist Thomas Fortune Ryan and wife Ida Barry Ryan. Ryan family members are interred alongside Richmond bishops in the crypt below the cathedral’s altar. Together with the Bishop’s Residence, Priest’s House and supporting structures,
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According to blog Syracuse Then and Now, the front steps are steep because one property owner on the block refused to sell, forcing the building into a smaller-than-planned site. The architect decided to squeeze the stairs, not the building. Name: Fourth Onondaga County Courthouse Location: 401 Montgomery Street Year Completed: 1906 Architect: Archimedes Russell, Melvin
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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse. The Gothic Revival landmark was built in 1906 and designed by Archimedes Russell. Name: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, aka St. Mary’s Catholic Church Location: 259 East Onondaga Street Year Completed: 1906 Architect: Archimedes Russell Style: Gothic Revival Wikipedia:
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