Dick Block

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Dick Block
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The Dick Block, September 2012
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Location62 Webster St, North Tonawanda, New York
Coordinates 43°01′25″N78°52′40″W / 43.02361°N 78.87778°W / 43.02361; -78.87778
Arealess than one acre
Built1891
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
NRHP reference No. 12000957 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 21, 2012

Dick Block is a historic commercial building located at North Tonawanda in Niagara County, New York. It was built in 1891 and is a three-story, three-bay, red brick building in the Romanesque Revival style. It features rounded windows and arches, rusticated stone detailing, and ornamental brickwork. The first floor storefronts were modernized about 1946, when the building was occupied by the Witkop and Holmes Company furniture store. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/03/12 through 12/07/12. National Park Service. 2012-12-14.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 1, 2015. Retrieved 2016-07-01.Note: This includes Caitlin T. Boyle (September 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Dick Block" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying eight photographs