Notable Rochester Projects
John D. Pike & Son builds the Medical Arts Building (1). The same year, the company finishes the Brook-Lea Country Club (2).
Category: 1913-1954
RIT George H. Clark Building, Rochester, New York
John B. Pike & Son builds the RIT George H. Clark Building, which is part of the original downtown Rochester, NY, campus.
Rochester NY's First Historical Landmark
John B. Pike & Son builds the Rochester Savings Bank at 40 Franklin Street in Rochester, New York. Later, the building becomes the first historical landmark declared in town. In 2015, Pike would renovate the building again for the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Center for Entrepreneurship.
John D. Pike Retires
John Derek Pike retires as president of John. B Pike & Son at age 67, moving to Tyron, North Carolina with his wife Agnes.
Bausch + Lomb Manufacturing Facility, Rochester, NY
John B. Pike & Son builds the Bond Stores factory, now the Bausch + Lomb manufacturing facility on Goodman Street in Rochester.
Thomas F. Judson Jr. is Born
Thomas Fearey Judson Jr. is born on April 2. Two years later, his future wife Elisabeth “Ebets” Wesson will be born on January 26, 1947.
RMSC, Rochester, NY
John B. Pike & Son builds the Rochester Museum and Science Center building on East Avenue in Rochester, New York.
Industrial Buildings for Major Corporations are Built
From the 1930s through the 1950s John B. Pike & Son builds multiple industrial and office complexes for companies including Eastman Kodak (1), Garlock Packing (2), General Motors, Gleason Works, Stromberg-Carlson, Nestle Company, Mixing Equipment Co. and many others. Several of these projects are design-builds with Carl R. Traver, John D.’s in-house architect.
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An Entrepreneur With a Powerful Work Ethic
John D. Pike continues his personal development as an entrepreneur with a powerful work ethic. His forward thinking presented a novel means of conducting business - today referred to as design-build.
Genesee Brewery, Rochester, NY
John B. Pike & Son builds multiple projects for the Genesee Brewery post-Prohibition for Louis A. Wehle. John D. is paid in stock for the work and would later comment “he made his fee” every year.