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Colony's Block

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Built
  
1870 (1870)

Architectural style
  
Second Empire

Opened
  
1870

Added to NRHP
  
24 March 1983

Built by
  
J. M. Buzzell

NRHP Reference #
  
83001134

Area
  
800 m²

Architect
  
Elbridge Boyden

Colony's Block

Location
  
4-7 Central Square, Keene, New Hampshire

Colony's Block is a historic commercial building at 4-7 Central Square in the heart of Keene, New Hampshire. The five story brick building was built in 1870 to a design by Worcester, Massachusetts architects E. Boyden & Son. The owners were Henry and Alfred T. Colony, whose family controlled the Cheshire Mills. The building is one of the most imposing buildings on Central Square, and is an elaborate example of Second Empire styling.

The building was built together with the adjacent Bank Block. Also by the Boydens, it and the Colony were meant to be seen as a single structure. The Bank Block was altered in the twentieth century, attaining a more Colonial Revival appearance.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

References

Colony's Block Wikipedia