Ford Block is a historic commercial building located at Oneonta in

Otsego County, New York Otsego County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,524. The county seat is Cooperstown. The name ''Otsego'' is from a Mohawk or Oneida word meaning "place of the rock." History In 178 ...

. It is a large, three story brick building in a modified Queen Anne style. It was built between 1881 and 1882 and is built of load-bearing brick walls and covered by a flat composition roof. The first floor is a series of storefronts; the second window openings on the second level have segmental arches and those on the third floor round arches. In 1975, it was saved from demolition as part of the

urban renewal Urban renewal (also called urban regeneration in the United Kingdom and urban redevelopment in the United States) is a program of land redevelopment often used to address urban decay in cities. Urban renewal involves the clearing out of blighte ...

of Oneonta by a group of local businessmen. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 1984. It is located within the

Oneonta Downtown Historic District Oneonta Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Oneonta in Otsego County, New York. It encompasses 64 contributing buildings and one contributing site. It encompasses the city's intact commercial and civic core an ...

established in 2003.

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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Queen Anne architecture in New York (state) Commercial buildings completed in 1882 Buildings and structures in Otsego County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Otsego County, New York Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in New York (state) {{OtsegoCountyNY-NRHP-stub