The Granite Building is a 12-story brick and masonry over steel frame historic building located on East Main Street at the corner of St. Paul Street. It was designed in 1893 by J. _Foster_Warner.
The building was "the first steel-framed skyscraper in Rochester. Arched windows add Neo-Renaissance styling to classical elements. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984." 1 The building was built by the Sibley company and housed their department store until the 1904 Sibley Fire, after which, the store moved to The Sibley Building.
Notes and References Granite_Building - Wikipedia Granite Building on Emporis.com also has photos. Postcard View and Closeup on VintageViews.org Fire Information on GenDisasters.com For Lease Notice with photo (Feb, 2010) on JFiorieco.com Warner Bio on Rocheser.Lib.NY.US Flickr Photo all rights reserved