Charles Erastus Colton

Charles Erastus Colton was an American architect who worked in Syracuse, New York.

Buildings he designed which survive and are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places include:
 * Syracuse City Hall, 233 E. Washington St., Syracuse, New York
 * Gere Bank Building, 121 E. Water St. Syracuse NY
 * Leavenworth Apartments, 615 James St. Syracuse NY
 * People's African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (with (Wallace Rayfield), 711 E. Fayette St., Syracuse NY
 * Baldwinsville Village Hall, 16 W. Genesee St., Baldwinsville, New York
 * St. John's Episcopal Church (The Center for Wellness), Auburn, New York
 * Two buildings in the South Salina Street Downtown Historic District, Syracuse, New York:
 * McCarthy Building, 217 S. Salina Street
 * Wilson Building, 306-312 S. Salina Street, 1898. Beaux-Arts style building was originally known as Dillaye Building.
 * Seubert & Warner Building, 239-41 West Fayette Street, included in the Armory Square Historic District, Syracuse, New York

He also designed the Iroquois China Company plant in Solvay, New York. The contractors for masonry work, O'Connor Bros., began excavation for the foundation walls by July 1904; the plant was in production in 1905. Charles Colton also built 745-747 N.Salina St, Syracuse, NY