The Foundry
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The Foundry. 1916 and 2013
Photos by The Foundry.
Location
298 Northampton Street, Buffalo NY 14208
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- SBL Number: 100.57-2-21.1
- Erie County Property Info
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- Ellicott Council District
- Near: Mary Lincoln Candies Studio
Owner
- Net Positive, Inc.
- Net Positive is a not-for-profit corporation that operates this building as The Foundry, a business incubator focusing on small startups, artisan and craft businesses and the use of reclaimed materials.
Physical Description
- "Joist style" daylight factory. One and two-story brick building.
Current Condition
- Good, being rehabilitated and currently in use as a business incubator. Most windows in the original building have been bricked over. Original cornices in front are intact. Four or five new sub-structures were added to the building over the years.
History
- Designed around 1913 by architect G. Morton Wolfe for the Willsey Laundry, a "steam laundry". Was a commercial laundry up through the 1980s.
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Added 2013-11-13 • Last changed 2017-11-26