The Jefferson Clinton Hotel, formerly known as the Dome Hotel, in the

Armory Square Armory Square is a small neighborhood on the west side of Downtown Syracuse, New York. It began life as a busy commercial and industrial area just to the west of the central city. After World War II, Syracuse's central city became less and les ...

area of

Syracuse, New York Syracuse ( ) is a City (New York), city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, Onondaga County, New York, United States. It is the fifth-most populous city in the state of New York following New York City, Buffalo, New York, Buffa ...

, is a

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dating from 1927. It was designed by architect Gustavus A. Young, who also worked on the design for the Hotel Syracuse (1924). It is a 10-story building designed in the

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, incorporating light-colored brick, carved stone, and

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. It has "delicately carved stone

lintels A lintel or lintol is a type of beam (a horizontal structural element) that spans openings such as portals, doors, windows and fireplaces. It can be a decorative architectural element, or a combined ornamented structural item. In the case of ...

" above its second-floor windows. These are 25 single or double windows, around three sides of the building. It is a three-part commercial-style building. It is a

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in the

Armory Square Historic District Armory Square is a small neighborhood on the west side of Downtown Syracuse, Downtown Syracuse, New York. It began life as a busy commercial and industrial area just to the west of the central city. After World War II, Syracuse's central city ...

, listed on the

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in 1984. Includes accompanying 36 photos from 1983 (photo #29 showing Jefferson Clinton Hotel at right). The hotel is identified as the "Dome Hotel" in the NRHP nomination.In the NRHP nomination, the Dome Hotel is listed with address given as 200-02 West Jefferson St. Google Maps suggests 200 West Jefferson is the Armory building in the center of the oval, while 202 West Jefferson is the Jefferson Clinton Hotel building. Out of surviving historic hotel buildings in the district, including the Kirk Block (c.1869), the Crown Hotel (c.l876), and the Stag Hotel (1869), the 1927-built Jefferson Clinton is the only one which has not been converted to other uses. It continues "as one of the city's largest hotels, distinguished by its

design with carved stone lintels and smooth stone facing on the lower two stories."The Hotel Syracuse (1924), which had 790 guest rooms, would have always been the largest, until it closed in 2004.

Name

It is located at the intersection of W. ''Jefferson'' St. and S. ''Clinton'' St. in downtown Syracuse. It was identified as the Dome Hotel in the 1984 listing of the historic district. Per a tourism website, "During the Great Depression, the hotel was taken over by the City of Syracuse and was renamed the Dome Hotel. This hotel closed in 1986 and remained vacant until 2001 when it reopened as Hawthorn Suites."What its original name was, and when it became the Jefferson Clinton, is not covered in sources immediately available. But after 1980 construction of the

Carrier Dome The JMA Wireless Dome, originally the Carrier Dome (1980–2022) and colloquially called "The Dome," or more recently "The JMA Dome," is a domed sports stadium in Syracuse, New York. Located on the campus of Syracuse University in the University ...

(the indoor arena where

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plays) the name "Dome Hotel" likely would have been confusing, suggesting a location close to that unrelated place, which is up a hill and about away.

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{{reflist Hotels in New York (state) Buildings and structures in Syracuse, New York Buildings and structures completed in 1927 1927 establishments in New York (state)