Taylor Signal Company-General Railway Signal Company is a historic industrial complex located in
Buffalo,
Erie County, New York
Erie County is a county along the shore of Lake Erie in western New York (state), New York State. As of the United States Census 2020, 2020 census, the population was 954,236. However, in the 2023 census, the Erie County population was 946,147 ...
. It was designed by the architectural firm of
Esenwein & Johnson and built between 1902 and 1906. The
daylight factory complex consists of a rectangular two and three-story brick factory building with a central
light court and wings. It has a three-story brick office building fronting on Elmwood Avenue and connected to the factory by a hyphen. The office building features
Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...
style design elements. The complex housed the Taylor Signal Company/
General Railway Signal Company until 1907, when operations were moved to
Rochester, New York
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. Afterwards, it housed a number of manufacturing companies including the Century Telephone Construction Company, General Drop Forge Company,
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
The Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company (1909–1929) was an American aircraft manufacturer originally founded by Glenn Curtiss, Glenn Hammond Curtiss and Augustus Moore Herring in Hammondsport, New York. After significant commercial success in ...
, and Lippard-Stewart Motor Car Company.
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/ref> The complex has been renovated to house a hotel, banquet facility, and loft apartments.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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in 2014.
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Foundry Hotel and BanquetFoundry Lofts
Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Gothic Revival architecture in New York (state)
Industrial buildings completed in 1906
Buildings and structures in Buffalo, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Buffalo, New York
Railway signaling in the United States
1906 establishments in New York (state)
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