Tarbell Building

The Tarbell Building is a historic commercial building located in the Village of Marathon in Cortland County, New York. It is a three-story brick structure constructed in 1885 in the Queen Anne style. It has retail storefronts on the first floor and apartments and storage on the second and third. A rock-faced foundation pierced with basement windows is exposed on the south side.[2] The Tarbell Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

Tarbell Building
Location2 Cortland St.,
Marathon, New York
Coordinates42°26′31″N 76°1′58″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1885
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No.00001408[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 22, 2000

It was built by Gage E. Tarbell (1856-1936), who rose from poor boy to become, over time, a jeweler, lawyer, mining promoter and insurance broker. He served as vice president of the Equitable Assurance Company.[3] Tarbell again commissioned fine architecture at Garden City, a model suburb he later helped develop on Long Island.[4]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Mark Peckham (July 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Tarbell Building". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-11-10. See also: "Accompanying two photos".
  3. "Gage E. Tarbell," StevenWarRan Research
  4. "Gage E. Tarbell's New Garden City Home," The New York Times, January 23, 1910


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