Sibley's, Lindsay and Curr Building fills the corner ahead of you. This handsome commercial block was designed by Rochester architect J. Foster Warner and built for Sibley's in 1904. The original wing, constructed in 1906, rose five stories as a Chicago School skeletal steel structure sheathed in brown Roman brick, its deeply set Chicago-style windows creating a rhythm across the façade.
Atop that wing sits a clock tower finished with Baroque and Renaissance details. Later additions in 1911 and 1924 changed the skyline here, most notably a 12-story tower section that helped define the building's profile. The story of this place is tied to the 1904 "Sibley fire" that gutted the Granite Building and much of Rochester's dry goods district; in 1905 Sibley's moved into this final location at the northeast corner of East Main Street and Clinton Avenue.
By 1939 Sibley's had become the largest department store between New York City and Chicago. The store was later acquired by The May Department Stores Company and the Sibley Building location closed in the early 1990s. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014, it now faces Liberty Pole Plaza—so its clock tower with Baroque and Renaissance details waits for you outside.