Caz-1, Hancock, 4573 Syracuse Rd, Rt. 92 west of Cazenovia Lake [Mad-2]

Documentation

Building date: Circa 1844

Original use:

Corner structures:

Mortar application and content: Vertical pyramids - bottom of vertical expanded into a pyramid.

Types and uses of stones:

Types and choice of windows:

Structures with similar masonry details:

Masons who worked on building: Chapman

Unique features:

Map Location

Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°56'35.37"N 75°52'58.51"W. Current owner of record, Ferguson as of date (YMD) 190420.

Town of Cazenovia and Madison County Maps

Comments, Additional Information, References

This Greek Revival-style house at 4573 Route 92, Cazenovia, was built about 1844 by James Beckwith with cobblestones hauled in from the shoreline of Lake Ontario. It is a typical Greek Revival upstate New York farmhouse with a certain elegance for which Cazenovia is noted. In 1924, it became the property of Stewart F. Hancock, a prominent Syracuse attorney who made extensive alterations and added columns on the south wing. The Hancocks no longer own it. Richard Palmer blog.

"The Cobblestone Houses of Upstate New York", compiled by Dorothy Wells Pease. Research done in collaboration with Hazed B. Jeffery, supplemented with material furnished by Carl F. Schmidt, 1941. Reference the eighth paragraph on page 41.

Excerpt from thesis "Nineteenth Century Cobblestone Structures in Madison County, New York", by Ruthanne Mills, 1972. Titled as Hancock House.

National Register of Historic Places Registration This property is listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places. Asset Detail National Register of Historic Places effective 9/2/1987. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form provides detailed information about cobblestone structure. Cobblestone House (Cazenovia, New York) Wikipedia article.

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"Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Hancock House

Page 38

"Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978, by Olaf William Shelgren, Jr., Cary Lattin, and Robert W. Frasch, Photographs by Gerda Peterich: Name reference, Beckwith House

Pages 152 - 153

"The Era of Cobblestone Architecture", unpublished manuscript 1972. To access the manuscript content about this structure, see 21. Madison County, Beckwith-Hancock House.

Photographs

Caz-1 Hancock 1.jpg ¹ 1930	GP Madison Cazenovia Caz-1-2 N.jpg ²	Caz_2_1.jpg	Caz_2_2.jpg
Caz_2_3.jpg	Caz_2_4.jpg	Caz-1 4573 Syracuse Rd Rt 92 1.jpg ³	Caz-1 4573 Syracuse Rd Rt 92 2.jpg ³
Caz-1 4573 Syracuse Rd Rt 92 3.jpg ³	Caz-1 4573 Syracuse Rd Rt 92 4.jpg ³	Caz-1 4573 Syracuse Rd Rt 92 5.jpg ³	Caz-1 Hancock 2.jpg 4 January 1998
4572 Route 92, Cazenovia.jpg 4	IMG_0909.jpg 5

¹ Photography courtesy Charles Hopkins from the Cobblestone Museum archives.
² Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
⁴ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
⁵ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.