{"nrhp_refnum":"00000092","name":"Union Block","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"38-42 State St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Nunda","county":"Livingston County","state":"NY","lat":42.58114658300008,"lon":-77.94238245499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-02-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, five-bay red brick commercial building at 38-42 State Street, at the corner of State and Second Streets in Nunda, Livingston County, New York, built in 1882-83.","why_significant":"It is significant for its role in reviving Nunda's depressed business district in the late nineteenth century, when five local businessmen pooled resources to build it. It is also an architecturally prominent, largely intact commercial example combining Eastlake, Stick and Queen Anne elements, with cast stone, galvanized metal and stained glass.","narrative":"Union Block is a two-story red brick commercial building at the northwest corner of State and Second Streets in Nunda, a small village south of Rochester. Built in 1882-83 to designs by Rochester architect Henry B. Gleason, it was financed by five local professional and business men who formed an association to counter the village's economic stagnation. Each took one of five bays, and the building quickly filled with tenants, including the Nunda News. The façade combines Stick, Eastlake and Queen Anne details, using cast stone pilasters and bands, galvanized metal window frames with sunburst panels, and stained-glass transoms. Storefronts were altered in 1928, 1946 and 1979, and the original decorative roof and cornice were removed between the 1930s and 1960s. Much of the upper-story interior fabric survives. The building is valued for its part in reviving Nunda's commerce and as a large, sophisticated architectural statement for a small rural community.","period_of_significance":"1882-1949","architect_builder":"Architect: Henry B. Gleason; Builder: John Cullens","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne (combining Stick, Eastlake and Queen Anne elements)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in commercial use, with storefronts altered over time and parts of the roof and floors rebuilt in 1998 after a collapse.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.080227-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00000092.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000092/38de805ecb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000092/38de805ecb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Union_Block_Nunda_NY_Jun_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Union_Block_Nunda_NY_Jun_09.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100011419","name":"Nunda Village Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/nunda-village-historic-district-100011419/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318695","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Block_(Nunda,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707535"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/livingston-county/union-block-00000092/"}