| Property Name: | Columbia Place |
| USN: | 6540.002011 |
| Current S / NRHP Status: | Eligible; contributing resource to Downtown Genesee Street Historic District |
Physical Summary: 401 Columbia Street was built in ca. 1900 (c. 1910; c. 1920; early 21st-c. alterations). It is a four-story brick commercial block, of rectangular plan with a flat roof. The Columbia Street elevation is divided into six bays, each having paired sash set between brick pilasters. This treatment extends, in modified form, along three bays of the Cornelia Street elevation. The pilasters are faced with stone at the first-floor level, below a narrow-bracketed entablature with cornice. Between the first floor pilasters, original storefronts have been infilled with brick and fixed sash windows. The majority of the upper-story windows in the building was replaced with smaller metal-frame sash, or at present boarded over; however, the original openings are visible and restorable. Windows have simple metal lintels and stone sills.
An entablature, consisting of a stone architrave with large dentils, a brick frieze and a modillioned cornice, extends along the full length of both street elevations. The west half of the building constitutes an early addition and replicates all of the details found in the earlier portion of the building. A three-bay wide addition constructed at the south end of the building c. 1920 also replicates the detailing of the c. 1900 portion of the building.
January 3, 2019 - 401 Columbia survived Downtown Utica's Urban Renewal project No. 1, as did the Utica Paint Building...
Urban Renewal, thought to be a solution for many cities (like #DowntownUtica and surrounding neighborhoods) failed- neighborhoods were decimated! A @uticaOD "This Week in History" traces @CityofUtica 1st Urban Renewal parcel... https://t.co/ebpaqmSBVO pic.twitter.com/FrFXyS1ule
— BetterUticaDowntown (@BudsforBUD) January 3, 2019