Taylor Signal Company-General Railway Signal Company is a historic industrial complex located in Buffalo,

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. It was designed by the architectural firm of

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and built between 1902 and 1906. The daylight factory complex consists of a rectangular two and three-story brick factory building with a central

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and wings. It has a three-story brick office building fronting on Elmwood Avenue and connected to the factory by a hyphen. The office building features

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style design elements. The complex housed the Taylor Signal Company/ General Railway Signal Company until 1907, when operations were moved to

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. Afterwards, it housed a number of manufacturing companies including the Century Telephone Construction Company, General Drop Forge Company,

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, and Lippard-Stewart Motor Car Company. ''Note:'' This includes an
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/ref> The complex has been renovated to house a hotel, banquet facility, and loft apartments. It was listed on the

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in 2014.

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Foundry Hotel and BanquetFoundry Lofts
Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Gothic Revival architecture in New York (state) Industrial buildings completed in 1906 Buildings and structures in Buffalo, New York National Register of Historic Places in Buffalo, New York Railway signaling in the United States 1906 establishments in New York (state) {{BuffaloNY-struct-stub