O'Kane Market and O'Kane Building

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O'Kane Market and O'Kane Building
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Location 104-106 Bartlett St. (O'Kane Market) & 239-255 Reynolds St. (O'Kane Building), Rochester, New York
Coordinates 43°8′34″N77°37′36″W / 43.14278°N 77.62667°W / 43.14278; -77.62667 Coordinates: 43°8′34″N77°37′36″W / 43.14278°N 77.62667°W / 43.14278; -77.62667
Area less than one acre
Built 1878
Architectural style Gothic, Italianate, Queen Anne
NRHP reference # 85002288 [1]
Added to NRHP September 12, 1985

O'Kane Market and O'Kane Building are historic commercial buildings located at Rochester in Monroe County, New York. The O'Kane Market (1878) and O'Kane Building (1889–1890) are architecturally significant as intact, representative examples of late 19th century Italianate and Eclectic style commercial properties in Rochester's Eighth Ward. [2]

Rochester, New York City in New York, United States

Rochester is a city on the southern shore of Lake Ontario in western New York. With a population of 208,046 residents, Rochester is the seat of Monroe County and the third most populous city in New York state, after New York City and Buffalo. The metropolitan area has a population of just over 1 million people. It is about 73 miles (117 km) east of Buffalo and 87 miles (140 km) west of Syracuse.

Monroe County, New York County in the United States

Monroe County is a county in the western portion of the state of New York, in the United States. The county is along Lake Ontario's southern shore. As of 2018, Monroe County's population was 742,474, a decrease since the 2010 census. Its county seat is the city of Rochester. The county is named after James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States. Monroe County is part of the Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area. The current County Executive is Cheryl Dinolfo.

Italianate architecture 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

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