daylight in these projects. The residences were designed within the Second Empire mode, while his commercial buildings were stylistically more eclectic, employing Gothic Revival, Second Empire and/or Italianate details. Perry's most distinctive work of this period was the Perry Block (1876, standing), a highly ornate Neo-Grec style cast-iron building that he built for himself, prominently situated at the corner of Court and Chenango Streets across from the Broome County Courthouse and his earlier Phelps Block.

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