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Amos Block

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Location
  
Syracuse, New York

NRHP Reference #
  
78001890

Added to NRHP
  
16 November 1978

Built
  
1878

Opened
  
1878

Architect
  
Joseph Lyman Silsbee

Amos Block

Architectural styles
  
Romanesque architecture, Romanesque Revival architecture

Similar
  
White Memorial Building, Syracuse Savings Bank Buil, Clinton Square, Barclays Center, Brooklyn Botanic Garden

The Amos Block is a Romanesque Revival building located on the southwest corner of Clinton Square in Downtown Syracuse, New York. The building's developer and namesake, Jacob Amos, served as mayor of Syracuse from 1892-1896. Originally, the Erie Canal ran directly behind the Amos Block, and goods were loaded and unloaded from the building's upper levels onto the Canal, while the first floor on the West Water St side contained a retail grocer. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

In 2006, the Amos Block was renovated, and was renamed "The Amos." The building continues to serve as a multi-purpose structure, with retail (including, once again, a grocery store) on the first floor, and residential apartments on the upper floors.

References

Amos Block Wikipedia