Woodruff Block

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Woodruff Block
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Woodruff Building at its purchase and start of new development in October of 2010.
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Location17 W. Cayuga St., Oswego, New York
Coordinates 43°27′28″N76°30′46″W / 43.45778°N 76.51278°W / 43.45778; -76.51278 Coordinates: 43°27′28″N76°30′46″W / 43.45778°N 76.51278°W / 43.45778; -76.51278
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 95000473 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 20, 1995

Woodruff Block is a historic commercial building located at Oswego in Oswego County, New York. It is a four-story masonry structure built about 1840 and modified between 1900 and 1930. It features rectangular cut stone columns with Doric capitals in the Greek Revival style. When built it was located strategically at the terminus of the 1828 Oswego Canal. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Mark Peckham (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Woodruff Block". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2009-11-10.See also: "Accompanying five photos".