Plumer Block Explained

Plumer Block
Location:	1205 Liberty St., Franklin, Pennsylvania
Built:	1866
Builder:	Plumer, Arnold
Architecture:	Italianate
Added:	1978
Delisted:	June 27, 1986
Refnum:	78002476

Plumer Block, also known as the Hancock Building, was an historic, American commercial building that was located in Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It was delisted in 1986, after being demolished following a fire.

History and architectural features

Built in 1866, this historic structure was a three-story, red brick building with a flat roof that was in the Victorian Italianate style. It housed the first bank in Franklin, as well as numerous commercial enterprises and law offices.^[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It was delisted in 1986, after being demolished following a fire.

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. June 5, 2012. July 21, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H001203_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Plumer Block]. 2012-06-03. Kathryn H. YaSenka and Susan M. Zacher. PDF. July 1977.