Enderlin Building

Enderlin Building. Built circa 1840. In 1852, John B. Gould purchased a "tin shop” in this original structure built in 1840. His son, Jason "Jay” Gould, born in Roxbury in 1836, became a partner with his father in the shop at age 16. The younger Gould was sent to New York City to purchase manufactured hardware items introducing Roxbury to factory-made pots and pans. In 1853 Jay turned his attention to surveying, producing maps of Ulster, Albany, and Delaware Counties. While convalescing from an illness, the 18-year-old Jay Gould wrote a definitive history of Delaware County., Jay Gould went on to become a partner in the tanning business with Zadock Pratt in Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania; a town named for him. Gould had a storied and controversial career as an investor, railroad developer and as an innovative businessman and skilled speculator on Wall Street. He rescued the Union Pacific Railroad from near bankruptcy, built the Missouri Pacific system and controlled many other railroads along with the Western Union Telegraph Company and the Manhattan Elevated Railroad. His efforts earned him one of the largest fortunes of the late nineteenth century. He died at age 56 in 1892., The building continued to be used as hardware store and in 1905 a two story front was added to the building by the owner Frank Enderlin and the Greek Revival style structure became known as the Enderlin building.