The Kilmer Building in Binghamton, New York is a Renaissance-style structure that stands tall at the corner of Chenango and Lewis Streets. The building has a rich history that is closely tied to the Kilmer Family and their successful Swamp Root tonic, which was marketed as a “medicinal formula” for curing liver, kidney, and bladder ailments. Willis Sharpe Kilmer, an 1890 graduate of Cornell University, was a marketing genius who devised a nation-wide advertising campaign for Swamp Root…