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Sibley Triangle Building is a historic commercial building located at
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in
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. It is a five-story, triangular, flat-iron shaped, brick commercial building with Indiana
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and marble trim on the first two stories. It was built in 1897 and is a distinguished example of eclectic Italian Renaissance style architecture. It was designed by noted Rochester architect J. Foster Warner and built for Hiram W. Sibley, a son of
Hiram Sibley Hiram W. Sibley (February 6, 1807 – July 12, 1888), was an American industrialist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who was a pioneer of the telegraph in the United States. Early life Sibley was born in North Adams, Massachusetts on February 6 ...
. ''See also:'' It was listed on the
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in 1985.


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