McArthur, Wirth & Cooney Building
Address |
221 Walton St. Syracuse, NY 13202 (map) |
Area |
Armory Square |
Fire-damamged, slated for demolition, and called an eyesore not too
long ago, this building now brightens the westernmost border of the
Armory Square Historical District near the Onondaga Creek. Onondaga
Dynamo Works built and first occupied this three-story warehouse
structure in 1899. McArthur, Wirth & Cooney, a supplier of tools
and machinery, had owned the building for most of the 20th century.
Like its immediate neighbors, the building is of heavy post-and-beam
construction, but its curtain wall type facade and a prominent skylight
in the center give it distinction.
The Downtown Neighborhoods
Armory Square • Downtown East • Hanover Square
