{"nrhp_refnum":"00001419","name":"Wile, M., and Company Factory Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"77 Goodell St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Buffalo","county":"Erie County","state":"NY","lat":42.89448169800005,"lon":-78.86825908699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-11-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Industry","European"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story reinforced concrete \"Daylight Factory\" at 77 Goodell Street in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, built in 1924 for the M. Wile & Company clothing manufacturer and designed by Esenwein and Johnson.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an outstanding example of the early twentieth century Daylight Factory type, with an exposed concrete frame and steel sash windows. It also represents the growth of ready-made men's clothing manufacturing in America. It is further tied to Buffalo's German-American community, since the owner, Mayer Wile, was a German-born businessman.","narrative":"At 77 Goodell Street in Buffalo, a four-story factory of reinforced concrete was built in 1924 for M. Wile & Company, a men's clothing manufacturer founded in 1877 by German-born Mayer Wile. Buffalo architects August Esenwein and James Addison Johnson designed it as a Daylight Factory: an exposed concrete frame with steel sash windows filling the spaces between piers, giving open, well-lit, fireproof floors. The only ornament is a pair of Doric half columns at the main entrance. The building cost $425,000 and replaced the home of a local judge that housed a child day center. Wile's firm helped pioneer ready-made, mass-produced men's clothing, and the factory served as a landmark in a largely German-immigrant neighborhood. The company used it until 1999. Later changes include a partial fifth-floor addition from the 1960s, modern windows that imitate the original grid pattern, and a remodeled lobby, though the building retains a high degree of integrity.","period_of_significance":"ca 1924","architect_builder":"Esenwein and Johnson Architects, Buffalo, NY","architectural_style":"OTHER/Daylight Factory","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant in the function section; the company operated the building until 1999, when it moved to another Buffalo location. A fifth floor was added over part of the building in the 1960s, and the lobby has been altered.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.096869-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00001419.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001419/52047a7c07-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001419/52047a7c07-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M._Wile_and_Company_Factory_Building_Dec_09.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M._Wile_and_Company_Factory_Building_Dec_09.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317737","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Wile_and_Company_Factory_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6713264"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/erie-county/wile-m-and-company-factory-building-00001419/"}