Marine Midland Company Building / The Marin - Table of
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The Admiral Room at the Marin
237 Main Street, Buffalo NY
September
1, 2021 Photos
Vestibule Vestibule Looking out to Main Street  Plastered, coffered barrel ceilings  Three door details below:  Egg-and-dart molding Leaf-and-dart molding  C scrolls Fleurs-de-lis  Marble stairway Detail below:  Indiana limestone Leaf-and-dart molding Decorated guilloche molding |
Admiral Room An apt name, given the history of the bank that was originally named Marine Bank - so named because much of its early business depended on the economic vitality of the city's lakefronts and riverfronts. "The Marin" is also connected to "marine."  The original banking floor Paneled reinforced plaster ceiling Marble floor and marble-clad square Tuscan columns   Roman ceiling motifs, including dentils at the bottom Balconette features double-vase balusters and acanthus leaf-decorated paired corbels  Roman inspired coffered barrel ceilings, detailed below:  Coffers decorated with Egg-and-dart borders  Seneca One neighbor, seen through the windows, was originally named Marine Midland Center Building and was built in 196-72 to replace an expanding bank business housed in this building  Seneca One seen through the windows  Rosettes decorate the first row of coffers |
