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Plumer Block, also known as the Hancock Building, was an historic, American commercial building that was located in
Franklin Franklin may refer to: People and characters * Franklin (given name), including list of people and characters with the name * Franklin (surname), including list of people and characters with the name * Franklin (class), a member of a historic ...
,
Venango County, Pennsylvania Venango County is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 50,454. Its county seat is Franklin, Pennsylvania, Franklin ...
. It was listed on the
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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. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1978. It was delisted in 1986, after being demolished following a fire.


References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Italianate architecture in Pennsylvania Commercial buildings completed in 1866 Buildings and structures in Venango County, Pennsylvania 1866 establishments in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Venango County, Pennsylvania