Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Swamp Root #WordlessWednesday

This is the building Swamp Root built.
The Kilmer Building on the edge of downtown Binghamton, New York was built in 1903 as a facility for manufacturing Kilmer's Swamp Root, a patent medicine that made its creator quite wealthy.

It later had other tenants, including a perfume making facility. Eventually, it stood vacant for some 17 years.  In the early 2000's, it was renovated and opened with two tenants, a jewelry store (which closed earlier this year) and an upscale restaurant.
Inside the Kilmer building.
A fireplace inside the then-jewelry store.

Mosaic.
Some more of the mosaic work in the building.

Our area has a wealth of old buildings.  Sadly, many are in ruin

But others, like the Kilmer Building, have been rescued.

I am joining the following blog hops this Wednesday:
Sandee at Comedy Plus

Natasha and Esha's Wordless Wednesday



12 comments:

  1. I love architecture (and I am all about preservation). Beautiful.

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  2. At least some good came from this patent medicine.

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  3. I love older buildings. Hopefully the other unit will get a new tenant soon.

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  4. Are the upper floors offices or condos? That's a great old building.

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  5. Such beautiful architecture! 💖 It's a shame old buildings aren't preserved more often. Happy Wednesday!
    Debbie @ The Doglady's Den

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  6. Alana,

    Old buildings are really cool. I'm glad to see this one was rescued. Too bad more can't be saved. I added this post to my WildWednesdays linky party. Thanks for stopping by, my dear.

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  7. Heritage needs to be firstly valued then appreciated and looked after. Most don't value it or at times are plain casual towards it.

    It looks like a strong and lovely architecture.

    Have a great week!

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  8. WOW! The architecture is impressive! Love the photos.

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  9. That's a fancy building for "Swamp root!"

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  10. Love old buildings. They have so much history behind them, that it would be a shame not to preserve/treasure them! The mosaic work is remarkable! Thank you for joining us, Alana. Have a fabulous week ahead.

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  11. Very impressive, historical walk this. Thank you, Alana

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