Gazette Building, Schenectady, NY

No longer in existence, this building was actually two buildings together with a rather checkered commercial life. In the 1890's the buildings were used for the Mohawk House and the Commercial Hotel (which advertised a First Class bar and pool tables), with parts listed for Union National Bank.

By 1902, the Gazette was renting space at 334 State Street with Nusbaum's, a men's clothing store, next door at 336 State Street. The Grand Union Tea Company, a hardware store and other small businesses came and went. In May 1924, the Gazette bought the buildings covering 330, 332, 334 and 336 State Street to make them a "New Center of Attractiveness". The January 4, 1926 Gazette carried a multi-paged article about the new building which "combines spaciousness with utility and compactness of the various departments of the business office staff.

The new building, with designs by Edward G. Atkinson as architect, had one front being of limestone and bronze and the other of limestone and tapestry brick. It also featured bronze trim with large plate glass windows. At this time the buildings were also adjusted to make a uniform height to the tops of the two buildings.

This modern new printing plant included 35,000 feet of electrical conduit, 100,000 feet of wire and cable wire, and 80 telephone extension lines with 15 trunk lines. Most of the fixtures, furniture, lights and building materials were purchased from local businesses, as detailed in the newspaper article. All helped the modern efficiency to produce a paper with a circulation of over one half million per month, which could be printed at the rate of 25,000 papers each hour. This truly modern facility was active until 1989 when the Gazette moved to a large, newly constructed plant on the outskirts of the city.

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