Lys-2, Charles Mills Farm Cobblestone, 1301 W Genesee Rd.

    Documentation

    Building date: Razed about 1950. Glenn Hinchey states demolished in 1980 - see below in "Comments"

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    Unique features: Greek Revival.

    Map Location

    Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°09'57.09"N 76°24'57.80"W.

    Town of Lysander and Onondaga County 1976 Highway Maps

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    "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 third paragraph on page 41.

    Greek Revival. Cecil Reeves House in 1940's. Demolished in 1980. "Cobblestone Buildings in Onondaga County", 1992, Structure No. 38, compiled by Glenn Hinchey.

    Cobblestone on Charles Mills Farm history sheet. From the personal research of cobblestone historian Karen Crandall.

    Photographs

    1859 Onondaga Map Lys-2 Excerpt
    1859 Onondaga Map Lys-2 Excerpt.jpg ¹
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    ¹ 1859 Onondaga County Map Lys-2 excerpt courtesy Library of Congress.

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