{"nrhp_refnum":"10000987","name":"Zink Block, The","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"346 Connecticut St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Buffalo","county":"Erie County","state":"NY","lat":42.90783645400006,"lon":-78.88806422099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-12-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story brick commercial building with Italian Renaissance detailing at 346 Connecticut Street, on the corner of Connecticut Street and Normal Avenue in Buffalo's West Side. It was built in 1896 for William T. Zink and designed by architect Charles Day Swan.","why_significant":"The building is significant under Criterion C in Architecture as an intact late 19th century post-and-beam commercial building with Italian Renaissance styling. It is a rare surviving resource on the once-thriving Connecticut Street commercial corridor. It is also a noted example of the work of regional architect Charles Day Swan, and it is described as his most intact surviving commercial building.","narrative":"Standing at the corner of Connecticut Street and Normal Avenue on Buffalo's West Side, this five-story red brick building was erected in 1896 as a furniture store for William T. Zink, to designs by Buffalo architect Charles Day Swan. Its Italian Renaissance details include stacked wooden bay windows, brick piers, rounded arches with terracotta egg-and-dart molding, and a dentilled cornice. Inside, exposed wood posts and beams rise within load-bearing brick walls. Over the years the building housed a grocery, a dry goods store, a paper products business and a seller of architectural artifacts. It was listed for its architecture. The nomination describes it as an intact example of late 19th century post-and-beam commercial construction and a rare survivor along a once-busy neighborhood shopping street. It is also considered the most intact surviving commercial building by Swan, whose other major commercial work, the Buffalo Evening News building, was demolished in 1973.","period_of_significance":"1896","architect_builder":"Charles Day Swan","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals / Italian Renaissance","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Most recent long-term use was a retail business selling large architectural artifacts; the building is described as largely intact with a high level of integrity. Storefronts are altered and obscured.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.038055-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000987.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000987/58003ce96c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000987/58003ce96c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Zink_Block_Apr_11.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Zink_Block_Apr_11.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"82005029","name":"Delaware Park-Front Park System","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/delaware-park-front-park-system-82005029/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317747","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zink_Block","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7776884"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/erie-county/zink-block-the-10000987/"}