Court_Exchange_Building-National_Casket_Company

Court–Exchange Building

Court–Exchange Building

United States historic place

The Court–Exchange Building (formerly the National Casket Company building) is a historic industrial and commercial building located at 142 Exchange Street (at the corner of Court Street) in Rochester, New York.

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It is a six-story brick structure with Richardsonian Romanesque details designed by Harvey Ellis and built in 1881 for Samuel Stein, a local manufacturer of wooden caskets. When Stein retired in 1890, he sold his business to the National Casket Company.[2] The building was used until 1984 to manufacture, display, and warehouse caskets.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. [2]
    "9 Oct 1901, Page 10 - Democrat and Chronicle at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  3. [3]
    Ted Bartlett (August 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Court Exchange Building-National Casket Company". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-11-01. See also: "Accompanying two photos".
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