Town or city Rochester NY Floor count 7 Floors 7 Groundbreaking 13 May 1879 | Country US Opened 1879 Demolished 1967 Architect James Goold Cutler | |
Location Corner of State Street and Main Street (115 South Street) | ||
Elwood building blocks 15 months
The Elwood Building was built in 1879 for a Rochester lawyer Frank W. Elwood, whose family owned the property. The Elwood Building was the first building to have a mail chute, which was installed in 1884 by James Goold Cutler, the inventor of the mail chute.
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