Turning directly to commercial structures, the close kinship between these and the homes just passed, is obvious. With such diverse purposes, it is strange that the plain box type prevailed throughout, but in this very basic quality may lie our answer, for fundamentals are as a rule universally adaptable.

In the center of figure one and at the extreme left of figure two, stands the Onondaga House transposing for all to see, the Greek Revival to trade propoitions. Built on one of the earliest settled sites in Syracuse it became a temperance hotel of note.

The attic windows, perhans at one time resplendent with grill work, the wide cornice and the very typical chimneys are Greek Revival features to be expected. But without question the most outstanding note, is the remarkable cupola encircled by medallions or large rosettes. Undoubtedly inspired by the circular Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, there seems to be no precedant for it in either Lafever or Benjamin and its use was probably rare. Its finesse would suggest copyiny from the historic original or from a New York prototype. Regardless, it was a high spot of the Revival and figures prominently in the 1855 engraving on page 5.

With the removal of the tower much was lost and the destruction of the upper floors in March of this year has left nought.

Close inspection of figure two will disclose a close neighbor of the Onondaga House, the State Salt Office Building, its Parthenon face abutting, the street a short distance north. *

Note 1: See page 40