Dick Block Explained

Dick Block
Location:62 Webster St, North Tonawanda, New York
Coordinates:43.0236°N -78.8778°W
Area:less than one acre
Built:1891
Architecture:Romanesque Revival
Added:November 21, 2012
Refnum:12000957[1]

Dick Block is a historic commercial building located at North Tonawanda in Niagara County, New York. It was built in 1891 and is a three-story, three-bay, red brick building in the Romanesque Revival style. It features rounded windows and arches, rusticated stone detailing, and ornamental brickwork. The first floor storefronts were modernized about 1946, when the building was occupied by the Witkop and Holmes Company furniture store.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places. 2012-12-14. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/03/12 through 12/07/12. National Park Service.
  2. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) . https://archive.today/20150701003048/http://cris.parks.ny.gov/ . dead . July 1, 2015 . . Searchable database . 2016-07-01 . Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Dick Block . 2016-07-01 . Caitlin T. Boyle . PDF . September 2012 . and Accompanying eight photographs