Площадь Хановер: История и архитектура Сиракуз

Hanover Square in downtown Syracuse is actually a triangle at the intersection of Warren, Water, and East Genesee Streets. The name may also refer to the larger Hanover Square Historic District which includes seventeen historic buildings in the area that was the first commercial district in Syracuse. In the warm weather months, entertainment is common on the plaza around the fountain. Workers in the surrounding office buildings and retail establishments often lunch there.

When Syracuse was still a village, the village well was located in Hanover Square. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1976, the square is an intact, mainly nineteenth century historic district. The buildings on Water Street were backed by the Erie Canal, and were known as “double enders.” This facilitated the unloading of goods from barges on the canal. Civil War recruiting booths were set up in the square, and were made into a huge bonfire at the end of the war.

The 17 properties can be visited in order, starting at South Salina Street and Water Street, going east on Water Street, turning south on Warren Street, and returning on the diagonal along East Genesee Street to Water. Landmark name ImageDate Built StyleLocation Description 1 Gridley Building 1867 Second Empire 101 East Water Street Also known as the Onondaga County Savings Bank Building; 3½ stories; 100 foot clock tower; built of Onondaga limestone; Horatio Nelson White, architect 2 Gere Bank Building 1894 Louis Sullivan type 121 East Water Street 5 stories; built of granite, brick and terra cotta; Charles Colton, architect 3 Phoenix Buildings (portion) 1834 Federal 123 East Water Street 4 stories; brick 4 Phillips Block 1834 Federal 125 127 East Water Street 4 stories; brick 5 Phoenix Buildings (portion) 1834 Federal 129 East Water Street 4 stories; brick 6 Dana Building 1837, 1861 Federal, Italianate 135 East Water Street Italianate top floor added in 1861; 4 stories; brick 7 Grange Building 1925 Commercial 203 East Water Street Originally an auto dealership; 4 stories; brown brick 8 State Tower Building 1927 Art Deco 109 South Warren Street 22 stories; brick and limestone; Thompson and Churchill, architects 9 Granger Block 1869, 1894 Renaissance Revival 200 East Genesee Street Also known as the SA&K (Sedgwick, Andrews and Kennedy) Building and Ferary Building; first 4 stories built in 1869; upper three stories added in 1894; brick 10 Larned Building 1869 Second Empire 114 South Warren Street 5 stories; brick 11 Post Standard Building 1880 Richardsonian Romanesque 136 East Genesee Street 5 stories; brick 12 Franklin Buildings (portion) 1870 Second Empire 134 East Genesee Street 4½ stories; brick 13 Franklin Buildings (portion) Federal 132 East Genesee Street 4 stories; stone 14 Franklin Buildings (portion) 1834 Federal 128 East Genesee Street 4 stories; brick 15 Franklin Buildings (portion) 1839 Federal 122 126 East Genesee Street 5 stories; brick 16 Flagship Securities Building 1896 Neo Classical 120 East Genesee Street 3 stories; marble and brick; Albert L. Brockway, architect; first steel framed building in downtown Syracuse 17 Onondaga County Savings Bank 1896 Neo Classical 113 South Salina Street 9½ stories; granite and limestone; R. W. Gibson, architect; Angelo Magnanti designed plaster ceiling; William Teff Schwartz murals of Onondaga County history

In addition to modern businesses, eateries and stores, loft style apartments have been created on the upper floors of some of Hanover Square's historic buildings. The 23 floor State Tower Building overlooking the square hosts offices and is a major telecommunications hub for downtown Syracuse.