Larkin @ Exchange Building
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Photo credit: DailyPublic, Wikipedia
Location
726 Exchange Street, Buffalo NY 14210
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Fillmore Council District
SBL Number: 122.26-2-11
Erie County Property Info
County Tax Map (loads GIS page)
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Next to: Larkin 'U' Building
Across from: Larkin Center of Commerce Building
Owner
Howard Zemsky, Larkin Development Group
NYS Corporation and Business Entity Database
Physical Description
Ten story, 600,000 sq.ft. steel reinforced concrete warehouse with six elevators. Designed in the International, Daylight Factory style.
Current Condition
Fully restored, converted to office space, and 100% leased.
History
- Designed in 1911 by Lockwood and Greene of Boston, and built by the Aberthaw Construction Co. in just over six months for the Larkin Soap Company.
- The Larkin Company owned the building until 1967 when it was sold to Graphic Controls.
Recent Events and Actions Taken
- 2002 - Howard Zemsky, Joe Petrella, Bill Smith, and Doug Swift purchased the building from Graphic Controls for $1 million.
- 2002 - $40 million renovation began
Other Pertinent Facts
- Also known as the Larkin R/S/T Building.
- Located within Buffalo's oldest manufacturing district, the Hydraulics District.
- Sept 2009 - A nomination for State and Local Register of Historic Places was submitted for The Hydraulics on a Multiple Property Documentation Form, laying the groundwork for property owners to designate other buildings in the neighborhood as historic.
Links
- Larkin @ Exchange homepage
- Wikipedia - Larkin Terminal Warehouse
- BuffaloAH - Larkin Terminal Warehouse
- Hydraulics Press - Larkin Terminal Warehouse Reborn
- BuffaloAH - State and National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form - HYDRAULICS/LARKIN NEIGHBORHOOD
- Daily Public, November 2014 - Heritage Insights: Larkin Terminal Warehouse
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Added 2013-01-09 • Last changed 2014-11-21