Buckhout-Jones Building

Buckhout-Jones Building

Building in 2011
Location 5-13 W. Bridge St., Oswego, New York
Coordinates 43°27′24″N 76°30′41″W / 43.45667°N 76.51139°W / 43.45667; -76.51139Coordinates: 43°27′24″N 76°30′41″W / 43.45667°N 76.51139°W / 43.45667; -76.51139
Area less than one acre
Architectural style Gothic, Queen Anne, et al.
MPS Freedom Trail, Abolitionism, and African American Life in Central New York MPS
NRHP Reference # 01001322[1]
Added to NRHP December 04, 2001

Buckhout-Jones Building is a historic commercial building located at Oswego in Oswego County, New York. It is a three story brick building. It was built originally in the 1850s and rebuilt in 1876 after a fire. The building exhibits Gothic and Queen Anne design details. Two fugitive slaves operated barber shops in the building from the 1850s to 1880s.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Helen M. Breitbeck and Judith Wellman (October 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Buckhout-Jones Building". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-12-01. See also: "Accompanying two photos".


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