Adams Power Plant Transformer House
Adams Power Plant Transformer House in Niagara Falls, New York is a National Historic Landmarked building constructed in 1895. It is the only remaining structure that was part of the historic Edward Dean Adams Power Plant, the first large-scale, alternating current electric generating plant in the world, built in 1895. The building's eponym was Edward Dean Adams, a businessman and entrepreneur in the electrical field.
Adams Power Plant Transformer House | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark | |
New York State Register of Historic Places | |
Adams Power Plant, with transformer house in left foreground | |
| Location | Niagara Falls, NY |
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| Coordinates | 43°4′54.35″N 79°2′34.21″W |
| Built | 1895 |
| Architect | McKim, Mead, and White |
| Architectural style | Beaux-Arts architecture |
| NRHP reference No. | 75001212 |
| NYSRHP No. | 06340.000047 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 1, 1975 |
| Designated NHL | May 4, 1983 |
| Designated NYSRHP | June 23, 1980 |
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