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The W. & L. E. Gurley Building, in Troy, New York, is a classical revival structure that housed the W. & L. E. Gurley Company, a maker of precision measuring instruments, from its construction in 1862.[3] The company, run by William Gurley and his brother, was a leader in the field, and published a regularly updated manual of instruments and their operations. The company was acquired by Teledyne Company in the 1960's,[4]and was sold again in 1993 and continues as Gurley Precision Instruments today.
The building was built in "an amazing feat of construction" in just 8 months to replace the previous building, which burned in the Great Troy Fire of 1862.[3] The company was then engaged in producing military products for the American Civil War, which included "brass fuse-plugs for naval projectiles and an improved type of brass trimming for saddle trees."[3]
The building is a four-story red brick building, U-shaped around a small courtyard. A foundry was at ground level on the north side of the courtyard.
The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1983.[1][3] The building is currently owned by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and houses its Lighting Research Center, which moved there in 2000,[5] and a few acoustics labs associated with the school of architecture.
It is located on Fulton Street between 5th and Union Streets in Troy.
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