Larkin Building

The Larkin Administration Building was designed in 1904 for the Larkin Soap Company of Buffalo, New York. Sadly in 1949 the building was sold to the Western Trading Corporation, who announced plans demolish it for a truck stop. It did so in 1950 despite protests from the architectural community. No truck stop was ever built. A single brick pier along a railroad embankment is all that remains from the original building. The remainder of the site is now a parking lot with a marker and an illustrated educational panel. This model is finished in brick red with a black stain.