{"nrhp_refnum":"08000141","name":"Hotel Syracuse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"500 S. Warren St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Syracuse","county":"Onondaga County","state":"NY","lat":43.04665982700004,"lon":-76.15092557999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A twelve-story Renaissance Revival hotel occupying a triangular block at 500 South Warren Street in downtown Syracuse, New York. Designed by George B. Post & Sons, it was built from 1922 and opened on August 16, 1924.","why_significant":"The hotel is argued to be an excellent example of an early 20th century modern hotel by one of the leading hotel designers of the day. It was also built as a civic project to make Syracuse a convention hub and drive economic growth. It was the largest hotel between New York City and Buffalo.","narrative":"Rising twelve stories over a triangular block in downtown Syracuse, this hotel opened on August 16, 1924, and was then the city's tallest building. George B. Post & Sons designed it with three connected towers so every guest room received light and air. Red brick and cream-colored cast stone face the steel and concrete frame, with Renaissance Revival details such as quoins, pilasters, broken pediments and a heraldic parapet. Inside, the lobby, the Persian Terrace dining room and the tenth-floor Grand Ballroom retain elaborate plasterwork, columns and chandeliers. Local leaders built it to give Syracuse first-class rooms and meeting space for conventions, believing a major hotel would drive economic growth. It was the largest hotel between New York City and Buffalo and served as a community gathering place. Renovations in 1949, 1969 and 1977 and a 1983 ballroom addition followed. The hotel closed in 2004 and has since reopened for events.","period_of_significance":"1924-1957","architect_builder":"Post, George B. and Sons","architectural_style":"Renaissance Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The hotel closed on May 28, 2004. Under new ownership it again hosts public and private functions in the Grand Ballroom and other public spaces, with plans to renovate two floors of guest rooms.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.892202-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/08000141.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000141/d1cfb49604-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000141/d1cfb49604-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Crazyale","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_Syracuse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Crazyale</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_Syracuse.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"14000193","name":"South Salina Street Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/south-salina-street-downtown-historic-district-boundary-increase-14000193/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320367","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriott_Syracuse_Downtown","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5912015"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/onondaga-county/hotel-syracuse-08000141/"}