Buckhout–Jones Building

The Buckhout–Jones Building is a historic commercial building located at 5-13 West Bridge Street in Oswego, Oswego County, New York.

Buckhout–Jones Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Building in 2011
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Location	5-13 W. Bridge St., Oswego, New York
Coordinates	43°27′24″N 76°30′41″W
Area	less than one acre
Architectural style	Gothic, Queen Anne, et al.
MPS	Freedom Trail, Abolitionism, and African American Life in Central New York MPS
NRHP reference No.	01001322[1]
Added to NRHP	December 4, 2001

Description and history

It is a three-story brick building. It was built originally in the 1850s and rebuilt in 1876 after a fire. The building exhibits Gothic and Queen Anne design details. Two fugitive slaves operated barber shops in the building from the 1850s to 1880s.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 4, 2001.^[1]

Tudor E. Grant

Tudor E. Grant was a former slave whose barbershop business was in the building.^[3]