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Elwood Building

Elwood Building
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.


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