Marlborough Building
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Marlborough Building, also known as Marlborough Hotel, State Bank of Binghamton, State Hotel, and Marble Grill, is a historic building located at Binghamton
in Broome County, New York
. It was built in 1914 and is a three story, five bay commercial building with a one story addition and upper level stacked porches projecting from the rear. The front facade features a stepped parapet
with a cast cartouche
ornamented with foliage flanked by decorative cast stone foliage. It was built as a hotel
and housed a bank on its first floor until 1930. From the 1940s to 1990s, the first floor was used for commercial establishments with apartments above.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2008.
Binghamton, New York
Binghamton is a city in the Southern Tier of New York in the United States. It is near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers...
in Broome County, New York
Broome County, New York
Broome County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 200,600. It was named in honor of John Broome, who was lieutenant governor in 1806 when Broome County was established. Its county seat is Binghamton, which is also its major city. The current...
. It was built in 1914 and is a three story, five bay commercial building with a one story addition and upper level stacked porches projecting from the rear. The front facade features a stepped parapet
Parapet
A parapet is a wall-like barrier at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony or other structure. Where extending above a roof, it may simply be the portion of an exterior wall that continues above the line of the roof surface, or may be a continuation of a vertical feature beneath the roof such as a...
with a cast cartouche
Cartouche
In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a cartouche is an ellipse with a horizontal line at one end, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name, coming into use during the beginning of the Fourth Dynasty under Pharaoh Sneferu, replacing the earlier serekh...
ornamented with foliage flanked by decorative cast stone foliage. It was built as a hotel
Hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...
and housed a bank on its first floor until 1930. From the 1940s to 1990s, the first floor was used for commercial establishments with apartments above.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2008.