The Elwood Building was built in 1879 for a

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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 James Goold Cutler (April 24, 1848 – April 21, 1927) was a prominent Rochester, New York, architect and businessman, and served as the 48th mayor of Rochester from 1904 to 1907. Biography Early life and career Cutler was born in 1848 in ...

, the inventor of the

mail chute A mail chute is a device by which mail is collected for pick-up by a post office from within high-rise buildings, such as offices and hotels. Deposit boxes on upper floors are connected via a chute to a central depository at ground level, from ...

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* - Demolished in 1967. Office buildings in Rochester, New York {{NewYork-struct-stub Buildings and structures completed in 1879 Buildings and structures demolished in 1967 Demolished buildings and structures in New York (state)