Walton and Willett Stone Store, Oswego

#16 among attractions in Oswego

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Walton and Willett Stone Store, also known as the Cahill Building or Cahill's Fish Market, is a historic commercial building located in Oswego, New York. It is a three and four story, limestone structure with a distinctive stepped gable roof on the banks of the Oswego River. The oldest commercial building in the city of Oswego, it was built in 1828 and first used as a ship chandlery. In later years, it housed a newspaper office, customs collector, steamboat ticket and freight office, and warehouse. In 1945, it was purchased for use as a fish market. ()

Built: 1828 (196 years ago)Coordinates: 43°27'35"N, 76°30'43"W

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Walton and Willett Stone Store – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fort Ontario, Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Light, Richardson-Bates House, H. Lee White Marine Museum.

0.5 miNE
Museum, Forts and castles
Fort Ontario, Oswego
12 min walk • Fort Ontario is an American historic bastion fort situated by the City of Oswego in Oswego County, New York. It is owned by the state of New York and operated as a museum known as Fort Ontario State Historic Site.
1 miN
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Light, Oswego
25 min walk • Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Lighthouse is an active aid to navigation located off the coast of Oswego, New York. It was built in 1934 to replace an earlier light constructed in 1880. It stands at the end of a 2,000-foot-long breakwater at mouth of Oswego River, extending.5 miles out onto Lake Ontario.
0.5 miSE
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Richardson-Bates House, Oswego
13 min walk • Richardson-Bates House is a historic home located at Oswego in Oswego County, New York. It is constructed primarily of brick and built in two stages. The main section is a 2+1⁄2-story, Tuscan Villa style brick residence with a gable roof and 4-story tower designed by architect Andrew Jackson Warner about 1867.
~1700 ftNW
Museum, Maritime museum
H. Lee White Marine Museum, Oswego
9 min walk • The H. Lee White Marine Museum is located in Oswego, New York. It was founded in 1982 by Rosemary Sinnett Nesbitt, a local professor and the City of Oswego Historian. Nesbitt retired from directorship of the museum in 2008 after completing 25 years of service.
~1800 ftSE
Library
Oswego Public Library, Oswego
9 min walk • Oswego City Library is a historic library building located at Oswego in Oswego County, New York. It has also been known as the Oswego School District Public Library. It was built in about 1855 and is a two-story brick structure over a full basement.
~1580 ftS
City tours, Walking tours, Food tours
Oswego City Hall, Oswego
8 min walk • Oswego City Hall is a historic city hall located at Oswego in Oswego County, New York. It was built in 1870 and is a 2+1⁄2-story masonry, mansarded structure with a distinctive central clock tower. It was designed by architect Horatio Nelson White.
~1440 ftS
Concerts and shows, Theater
Oswego Theater, Oswego
7 min walk • Oswego Theater, now known as Oswego 7 Cinemas, is a historic movie theater located at Oswego in Oswego County, New York. It was designed in 1940 in the Art Deco style and opened in 1941. The front features bands of yellow, red, and dark red brick that create broad horizontal and perpendicular belts.
~1590 ftN
Harbor
Port of Oswego, Oswego
8 min walk • The Port of Oswego is the main waterfront area of the City of Oswego in Oswego County, New York. Over the course of its history, the Port of Oswego has been the focus of military conflict and conquest, asite of record trade revenue, and a significant part in the History of American expansion and industrialism.
0.5 miNE
Museum, History museum
Safe Haven Museum and Education Center, Oswego
13 min walk • The Safe Haven Museum and Education Center is a museum in Oswego, New York that tells the story of 982 mainly Jewish refugees who fled Europe in the U.S. Government "Safe Haven" program. They came to the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter in Oswego, New York, in August 1944.
~1880 ftSE
Architecture
Oswego County Courthouse, Oswego
10 min walk • Oswego County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Oswego in Oswego County, New York. It was built in 1859-1860 and altered in 1891 and again in 1962. The two story building rises above a cruciform plan and is constructed of load bearing masonry walls faced with smooth ashlar limestone.
~880 ftNW
43°27'41"N • 76°30'51"W
Oswego Valley Railroad Association and Oswego Railroad Museum, Oswego
5 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum

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Nearby attractions include Oswego Valley Railroad Association and Oswego Railroad Museum, Oswego (5 min walk), Buckhout-Jones Building, Oswego (6 min walk), Derrick Boat No. 8, Oswego (7 min walk), Oswego Theater, Oswego (7 min walk).