{"nrhp_refnum":"09001269","name":"Tanner Block","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"175-177 W. First St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oswego","county":"Oswego County","state":"NY","lat":43.45695944300007,"lon":-76.51128297799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-01-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story brick commercial building at 175-177 West First Street in downtown Oswego, Oswego County, New York, built after an 1890 fire and designed by local architect John H. Seeber in the Renaissance Revival style.","why_significant":"The building is argued to be the most significant example of Renaissance Revival commercial architecture in downtown Oswego and reflects the city's late nineteenth-century prosperity. It was built for hardware merchant and civic leader Charles A. Tanner and is possibly Seeber's earliest commercial block. It also retains a high level of architectural integrity.","narrative":"Tanner Block is a four-story brick commercial building at 175-177 West First Street in downtown Oswego. It was rebuilt after an 1890 fire destroyed the earlier hardware store on the site, using the old basement and subbasement. Local architect John H. Seeber designed it in the Renaissance Revival style, with a symmetrical pressed brick and terra cotta facade, a different treatment on each story, and an elaborate arcaded fourth floor under a bracketed cornice. Charles A. Tanner, a prominent hardware merchant and civic leader, built it, and hardware businesses occupied it until 1926. Furniture stores then used the building for decades, and the storefront was updated in 1926 and the 1960s. The upper stories keep their original detailing. The nomination calls it the most significant example of Renaissance Revival commercial architecture downtown, in an area that lost many historic buildings. It is also likely Seeber's first commercial block. Its listing recognizes both its commercial history and its design.","period_of_significance":"1890-1926","architect_builder":"John H. Seeber","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Renaissance (Renaissance Revival)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function listed as a vacant furniture store; the last furniture store occupant left shortly after 2003. Upper-story windows are covered with shutters, and the storefront was modernized in the 1960s.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.425323-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/09001269.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09001269/4a48df9e8e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09001269/4a48df9e8e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr (Dougtone)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tanner_Block.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr (Dougtone)</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:Tanner_Block.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314331","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanner_Block","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7683637"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oswego-county/tanner-block-09001269/"}