Elwood Building | |
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General information | |
Location | Corner of State Street and Main Street (115 South Street) |
Town or city | Rochester NY |
Country | US |
Groundbreaking | May 13, 1879 |
Opened | 1879 |
Demolished | 1967 |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 7 |
Design and construction | |
Architect | James G. Cutler |
References | |
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.