The Granite Building was the city's first skeletal steel skyscraper. In 1893, J. Foster Warner designed the 12-story structure. The building has 23 acres (9 ha) of floor space.
The Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Company built the structure to serve as their flagship store. Its facade mixes Second Renaissance Revival style and Beaux-Arts style classical details, featuring recessed, monumental, four-story granite columns and recessed arches.
The building served as the flagship until the Sibley fire occurred in 1904, at which point the company moved their flagship to the Sibley's, Lindsay and Curr Building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 11, 1984.
Today, the building functions as an office building housing several companies. It remains located at 124 East Main Street in Rochester, Monroe County, New York.
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Written by Kyle McLonely
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