{"nrhp_refnum":"71000551","name":"Syracuse Savings Bank","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"102 N. Salina St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Syracuse","county":"Onondaga County","state":"NY","lat":43.050999939000064,"lon":-76.15185399499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-02-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Engineering","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-and-a-half-story bank building with a central tower at 102 North Salina Street in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, built in 1876 to a design by Joseph Lyman Silsbee.","why_significant":"The building was the first office building in Syracuse built with a passenger elevator, and its 170-foot tower made it the tallest structure in the city when erected. It is a Gothic-influenced design by Joseph Lyman Silsbee, who later had a distinguished practice in Chicago. It is still occupied by the bank that commissioned it and is one of the city's best-known landmarks.","narrative":"Rising five and a half stories with a 170-foot central tower, this bank building at 102 North Salina Street in Syracuse was completed in 1876 for the Syracuse Savings Bank. Architect Joseph Lyman Silsbee won the commission over designs from firms in Syracuse, New York, Rochester and Boston. Walls of pale buff Ohio sandstone are banded with red sandstone, and steep roofs and pointed-arch windows give it a Gothic character. John Moore, who also built the Colorado State Capitol, served as builder. Construction cost $281,000 and was considered the finest fireproof work of its day. It was the city's first office building with a passenger elevator, and for years visitors rode to the tower top for views of Syracuse. Silsbee kept his office in the tower until the mid-1880s, before moving to Chicago. The interior was rebuilt with steel framing in the 1930s, but the exterior remains largely as designed, and the same bank still occupies it.","period_of_significance":"19th Century; specific date 1876","architect_builder":"Architect Joseph Lyman Silsbee; builder John Moore","architectural_style":"Gothic details (steep roofs, pointed-arch windows)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied, in good condition, altered; still used by the original banking institution. The interior was rebuilt with steel framing in the 1930s, and the exterior has only minor alterations at the entrance.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.711746-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/71000551.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000551/06dc1a0814-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000551/06dc1a0814-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"ZeWrestler","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Syracuse_Savings_Bank_Building_-_Syracuse,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">ZeWrestler</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Syracuse_Savings_Bank_Building_-_Syracuse,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320465","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse_Savings_Bank_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7663056"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/onondaga-county/syracuse-savings-bank-71000551/"}