The Eastman Dental Dispensary was constructed between 1915 and 1917 in the Italian Renaissance architectural style by architects Gordon, Madden, and Kaelber.

It was built as a free dental dispensary to serve the community of Rochester, New York, later expanding into throat and nose diseases.

[2] Over the next few years, the dispensary continued to grow, prompting George Eastman to make an endowment of 1,000 additional Kodak stock shares in 1919.

[2][3] Following the move, the Eastman Dental Dispensary building sat vacant for close to four decades, and fell into a state of disrepair.

[1] In 2013, Home Leasing LLC, a for-profit developer of affordable housing based in Rochester, New York, announced plans to redevelop the Eastman Dental Dispensary into 57 rental apartments.