{"nrhp_refnum":"70000427","name":"Cannon Building","other_names":["Cannon Place"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Troy","county":"Rensselaer County","state":"NY","lat":42.731366198000046,"lon":-73.69180827399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large commercial building at 1 Broadway in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, on the southern side of Monument Square. It was built in 1835 and designed by architect Alexander Jackson Davis.","why_significant":"The building is cited as a reportedly rare surviving commercial work by Alexander Jackson Davis. It keeps many original features, notably a Greek Revival storefront on the eastern portion of its Broadway facade. Later in the nineteenth century it housed Frear's Troy Bazaar, one of Troy's best-known commercial establishments.","narrative":"Cannon Building is a large commercial block at 1 Broadway in Troy, New York, forming the southern edge of Monument Square, the open space where River Street, Broadway and Second Street meet. Built in 1835, it was designed by architect Alexander Jackson Davis and is reportedly one of the few surviving commercial buildings by him in the country. The rectangular brick building has bearing walls and wooden floor joists, with shops at street level and offices above. It began with four stories; a mansard roof with bracketed cornice and hooded, pedimented dormers was added in the 1870s, making it five. An original Greek Revival storefront survives on the eastern portion of the Broadway facade. In the later nineteenth century the building housed Frear's Troy Bazaar, one of the city's best-known commercial establishments. Its architecture, its association with Davis and its commercial history supported its listing in 1970.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1835)","architect_builder":"Alexander Jackson Davis (architect)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival storefront; mansard roof added in the 1870s","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in good condition and altered; shops on the first floor and offices above, with commercial present use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.581731-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/70000427.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000427/e9246c276f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000427/e9246c276f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cannon_Building,_Troy,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cannon_Building,_Troy,_NY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"86001527","name":"Central Troy Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/central-troy-historic-district-86001527/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321188","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon_Building_(Troy,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1033446"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rensselaer-county/cannon-building-70000427/"}