(Oneida, NY – Nov. 2014) Opening Nov. 29 and on exhibit through June 2015 in the Gorman Galley of the Oneida Community Mansion House, “The Historic Sales Office of Oneida, Ltd.” honors an industrial building that would feel at home on an Ivy League campus.
This photographic display surveys the background, construction, and life of the building in about thirty photographs selected from the archives of the Oneida Community Mansion House. Also featured is a selection of Oneida’s advertisements and silverware from the year of 1926.
The noble 1926 edifice was created as a visual monument to the ideals of Oneida Community, Ltd., a company dedicated to the highest quality in both silverware and worker relations. Designed in the English Gothic manner by Syracuse architect Albert Brockway, it also happened to be “the most beautiful building of its kind in the country,” according to the company’s president.
Guided tours are available Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. for a nominal fee. Self-guided and On-Cell tours may be taken during regular business hours.
The Oneida Community Mansion House is located at 170 Kenwood Ave., Oneida.
For information call 315-363-0745 or visit www.oneidacommunity.org.