| Tarbell Building | |
| Location: | 2 Cortland St., Marathon, New York |
| Coordinates: | 42.4419°N -76.0328°W |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Built: | 1885 |
| Architecture: | Queen Anne |
| Added: | November 22, 2000 |
| Refnum: | 00001408 |
The Tarbell Building is a historic commercial building located in the Village of Marathon in Cortland County, New York. It is a three-story brick structure constructed in 1885 in the Queen Anne style. It has retail storefronts on the first floor and apartments and storage on the second and third. A rock-faced foundation pierced with basement windows is exposed on the south side.[1] The Tarbell Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
It was built by Gage E. Tarbell (1856-1936), who rose from poor boy to become, over time, a jeweler, lawyer, mining promoter and insurance broker. He served as vice president of the Equitable Assurance Company.[2] Tarbell again commissioned fine architecture at Garden City, a model suburb he later helped develop on Long Island.[3]