Key Bank Building - Syracuse, NY
Key Bank Building. 1915, 1924 - Architects: Mobray and Uffinger, New York - Addition: 1928, T. Walter Gaggin, Syracuse - Renovation of interior: circa 1960, Hawley McFee, Syracuse -- Originally built in May of 1915 as the First National Bank. Within five years, a merger turned it into the old First Trust and Deposit Company, the name it kept until it turned into Key Bank in 1980. This Neo-classical Revival style building now serves as Key Bank's Central New York district headquarters. The bank's history goes back to 1832 because it regards the Bank of Salina as its ancestor. The building is of steel-frame construction and faced with granite, marble and terra cotta. The pedimented entrance is flanked by modified Corinthian columns. The Fluted pilasters articulate the facades and lions' heads embellish the attic level, which is faced with terra cotta tiles. The size of the building was doubled when additions were made to the south. In the early 1960s, interior renovations included the addition of a mezzanine, the covering of plaster columns (they are now encased in wood due to being damaged by a fire) and a fourth-floor remodeling. Key Bank has added a colorful new decorative LED lighting scheme to its exterior. It has at least 45 potential variations in color. Two of which are, orange and blue for when Syracuse University has a big game and red and green during the Christmas season. The lights will illuminate the detailed cornice -- replete with lion's heads -- atop all three walls that face city streets. The lights will also illuminate an entire eastern wall, visible from City Hall, Washington Street and from an adjacent parking lot where the old Yates Hotel once stood. Located at 201 South Warren Street in Syracuse, NY. (S3/64)
Key Bank Building - Syracuse, NY
Key Bank Building. 1915, 1924 - Architects: Mobray and Uffinger, New York - Addition: 1928, T. Walter Gaggin, Syracuse - Renovation of interior: circa 1960, Hawley McFee, Syracuse -- Originally built in May of 1915 as the First National Bank. Within five years, a merger turned it into the old First Trust and Deposit Company, the name it kept until it turned into Key Bank in 1980. This Neo-classical Revival style building now serves as Key Bank's Central New York district headquarters. The bank's history goes back to 1832 because it regards the Bank of Salina as its ancestor. The building is of steel-frame construction and faced with granite, marble and terra cotta. The pedimented entrance is flanked by modified Corinthian columns. The Fluted pilasters articulate the facades and lions' heads embellish the attic level, which is faced with terra cotta tiles. The size of the building was doubled when additions were made to the south. In the early 1960s, interior renovations included the addition of a mezzanine, the covering of plaster columns (they are now encased in wood due to being damaged by a fire) and a fourth-floor remodeling. Key Bank has added a colorful new decorative LED lighting scheme to its exterior. It has at least 45 potential variations in color. Two of which are, orange and blue for when Syracuse University has a big game and red and green during the Christmas season. The lights will illuminate the detailed cornice -- replete with lion's heads -- atop all three walls that face city streets. The lights will also illuminate an entire eastern wall, visible from City Hall, Washington Street and from an adjacent parking lot where the old Yates Hotel once stood. Located at 201 South Warren Street in Syracuse, NY. (S3/64)