Built in 1896, it is significant as an example of High Victorian Italianate architecture.

Sanborn filed for bankruptcy around 1911, and was forced to sell the building.

A Masonic lodge occupied the third floor shortly after the building was completed, and remained until 1968.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

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