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.

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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 4, 2001.

Tudor E. Grant

Tudor E. Grant was a former slave whose barbershop business was in the building.