Van Ornam & Murdock Block

New York, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Heritage registerNational Register of Historic Places↗

Located in Port Henry, Essex County, New York, the Van Ornam & Murdock Block (also known as Lee House Block) is a historic commercial ensemble comprising four attached structures built between 1874 and approximately 1880. The block is executed in the Italianate style and serves as the focal point of the Port Henry business district. The Van Ornam Block itself, completed in 1874, is a 3½-story brick structure distinguished by an ornately bracketed wood cornice. Adjacent to it stands the 4-story Lee House Hotel, also built in 1874 as a brick structure. Two additional buildings, constructed around 1880, complete the block: a 2-story wood-frame structure with a stamped metal facade and the Harlan building, a 2-story, flat-roofed brick structure. The block was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.