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Graff's Market was an historic, commercial building that was located in the community of
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in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the
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in 1980.


History and architectural features

Built between 1887 and 1892, Graff's Market was a three-story, wood building that was erected on a stone foundation in Indiana, Pennsylvania. Designed with a
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storefront in a High Victorian Italianate-style, the building measured thirty feet by fifty-seven feet, six inches, and had a flat roof. The building housed the Graff family business for more than ninety years. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1980. The structure has since been demolished; a modern two-story brick office building was erected in its place.


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