Graff's Market

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Graff's Market
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Location27 N. 6th St., Indiana, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°37′25″N79°9′2″W / 40.62361°N 79.15056°W / 40.62361; -79.15056 Coordinates: 40°37′25″N79°9′2″W / 40.62361°N 79.15056°W / 40.62361; -79.15056
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1887–1892
ArchitectG.W. Hesker
Architectural styleItalianate, Cast-iron facade
NRHP reference No. 80003504 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 4, 1980

Graff's Market was a historic commercial building located at Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1887 and 1892, and was a three-story, wood building on a stone foundation with a cast-iron storefront in a High Victorian Italianate-style. The building measured 30 feet by 57 feet, 6 inches, and had a flat roof. The building housed the Graff family business for over 90 years. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

The structure has since been demolished, and a modern two-story brick office building constructed in its place.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2011-12-04.Note: This includes Maryann Haladay and Gloria J. Berringer (January 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Graff's Market" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-04.