The Larkin Terminal Warehouse also known as Larkin at Exchange or the Larkin R/S/T Building
is located at 726 Exchange Street,
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from Southe ...
in a neighborhood known as the "
Hydraulics
Hydraulics (from Greek: Υδραυλική) is a technology and applied science using engineering, chemistry, and other sciences involving the mechanical properties and use of liquids. At a very basic level, hydraulics is the liquid counter ...
". The neighborhood was one of Buffalo's earliest industrial districts and it derived its name from the construction of a small hydraulic canal. The building, clearly visible from the I-190 interstate, was originally part of the Larkin Company and was one of the last constructed buildings in the complex. The building has a radio tower on the roof erected by
WEBR-AM in 1936.
History
The
Larkin Company owned the building until 1967, when it was sold to Graphic Controls. In 2001, CityView Properties purchased the building from Graphic Controls. The group has spent over $40 million in renovations to the building.
On September 10, 2009,
First Niagara Financial Group
First Niagara Bank was a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation-insured regional banking corporation headquartered in Buffalo, New York. Its parent company, First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. was the 44th-largest bank in the United States with a ...
relocated its corporate headquarters to the Larkin Terminal Warehouse building.
As of January 2016, the
John R. Oishei Foundation's headquarters are located at the Larkin Terminal Warehouse. As of December 2015, the Foundation has $300 million in assets and gives away nearly $20 million annually. It is among the region's most well-known grantmakers, providing resources for programs, capital projects and nonprofit executive development and in the last few years alone, it provided multimillion-dollar gifts to the largest health and education projects in Western New York.
Larkin Complex
Other buildings in the Larkin complex include:
*Larkin Power station at 635 Seneca Street.
*Larkin Factory Complex Buildings: B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K N, O, (The Seneca Industrial Center) at 701 Seneca Street.
*Larkin L/M Warehouse (now Army Navy Surplus), at 290 Larkin Street.
*Larkin U Building at 239 Rensselaer street.
*Larkin Men's Club at 696 Seneca Street.
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Larkin Administration Building
The Larkin Building was an early 20th century building. It was designed in 1903 by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1904-1906 for the Larkin Soap Company of Buffalo, New York. The five story dark red brick building used pink tinted mortar and u ...
(Demolished) 680 Seneca Street
Gallery
Image:Larkin Terminal Warehouse.jpg, View from the I-190 interstate
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See also
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Larkinville
References
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