Buckhout–Jones Building

Coordinates: 43°27′24″N 76°30′41″W / 43.45667°N 76.51139°W / 43.45667; -76.51139
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Buckhout–Jones Building
Building in 2011
Buckhout–Jones Building is located in New York
Buckhout–Jones Building
Buckhout–Jones Building is located in the United States
Buckhout–Jones Building
Location5-13 W. Bridge St.,
Oswego, New York
Coordinates43°27′24″N 76°30′41″W / 43.45667°N 76.51139°W / 43.45667; -76.51139
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleGothic, Queen Anne, et al.
MPSFreedom Trail, Abolitionism, and African American Life in Central New York MPS
NRHP reference No.01001322[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 4, 2001

The Buckhout–Jones Building is a historic commercial building located at 5-13 West Bridge Street in Oswego, Oswego County, New York.

Description and history[edit]

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 on December 4, 2001.[1]

Tudor E. Grant[edit]

Tudor E. Grant was a former slave whose barbershop business was in the building.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  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".
  3. ^ https://www.rbhousemuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/TudorGrantSlavetoBusinessJZDsm.pdf [bare URL PDF]