The Gilded Age on Syracuse's James Street
From the 1890s to 1930s, stately mansions lined Syracuse's James Street, their elegant gardens, architecture, and streetscapes a point of city-wide pride. The Gilded Age on Syracuse's James Street combines newly published photographs with histories of the mansions and people that once occupied Syracuse's most fashionable street. More than just beautiful facades, the mansions and people who inhabited them represented the cultural life, political leadership, industrial growth, and social reform that animated Syracuse and the nation during this period of opulence. Drawing on photos and rich archival material from the Onondaga Historical Association, Dennis Connors assembles an architectural and social history of Gilded Age James Street. These ornate homes were widely admired, drawing visits from Ulysses S. Grant and literary giant Henry James, but by the 1940s, many of the homes were demolished to accommodate post-World War II urban development. Tracing the origins and reveling in the splendor of these famous homes, The Gilded Age on Syracuse's James Street offers a rare glimpse back in time to a lost era in Syracuse and American history.
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The Gilded Age on Syracuse's James Street
From the 1890s to 1930s, stately mansions lined Syracuse's James Street, their elegant gardens, architecture, and streetscapes a point of city-wide pride. The Gilded Age on Syracuse's James Street combines newly published photographs with histories of the mansions and people that once occupied Syracuse's most fashionable street. More than just beautiful facades, the mansions and people who inhabited them represented the cultural life, political leadership, industrial growth, and social reform that animated Syracuse and the nation during this period of opulence. Drawing on photos and rich archival material from the Onondaga Historical Association, Dennis Connors assembles an architectural and social history of Gilded Age James Street. These ornate homes were widely admired, drawing visits from Ulysses S. Grant and literary giant Henry James, but by the 1940s, many of the homes were demolished to accommodate post-World War II urban development. Tracing the origins and reveling in the splendor of these famous homes, The Gilded Age on Syracuse's James Street offers a rare glimpse back in time to a lost era in Syracuse and American history.
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The Gilded Age on Syracuse's James Street

The Gilded Age on Syracuse's James Street

The Gilded Age on Syracuse's James Street

The Gilded Age on Syracuse's James Street

Overview

From the 1890s to 1930s, stately mansions lined Syracuse's James Street, their elegant gardens, architecture, and streetscapes a point of city-wide pride. The Gilded Age on Syracuse's James Street combines newly published photographs with histories of the mansions and people that once occupied Syracuse's most fashionable street. More than just beautiful facades, the mansions and people who inhabited them represented the cultural life, political leadership, industrial growth, and social reform that animated Syracuse and the nation during this period of opulence. Drawing on photos and rich archival material from the Onondaga Historical Association, Dennis Connors assembles an architectural and social history of Gilded Age James Street. These ornate homes were widely admired, drawing visits from Ulysses S. Grant and literary giant Henry James, but by the 1940s, many of the homes were demolished to accommodate post-World War II urban development. Tracing the origins and reveling in the splendor of these famous homes, The Gilded Age on Syracuse's James Street offers a rare glimpse back in time to a lost era in Syracuse and American history.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780815611738
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Publication date: 04/15/2025
Series: New York State Series
Pages: 488
Product dimensions: 8.60(w) x 11.10(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Dennis Connors is the former curator of history and executive director of the Onondaga Historical Association. He is the author of Greater Syracuse: A Twentieth-Century Album and Historic Photos of Syracuse, and has contributed to other works on Syracuse and the Central New York region. Gregg A. Tripoli is the former executive director of the Onondaga Historical Association.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. 480 James St.: Burnet Residence-Century Club 2. 607 James St.: Leavenworth-Van Duyn Residence 3. 742 James St.: Sedgwick-Judson Residence 4. 407 James St.: Blair-Lynch Residence 5. 714 James St.: Davis-Andrews Residence 6. 731 James St.: Outwater-White Residence 7. 754 James St.: Hough-Everson Residence 8. 930 James St.: Barnes-Hiscock Residence 9. 757 James St.: Brown-Yates-Longstreet Residence 10. 723 James St.: Peck-McChesney Residence 11. 918 James St.: White-Smith Residence (Uarda) 12. 1045 James St.: Burns-Smith Residence 13. 831 James St.: H. K. White-Shea Residence 14. 996 James St.: Soule-Bresee Residence 15. 935 James St.: Pierce-Edwards Residence 16. 953 James St.: Graves-Edwards Residence 17. 1100 James St.: Holden-Soule-Hofmann Residence 18. 1054 James St.: Soule-Leonard Residence 19. 1072 James St.: Wiard-Nelson Residence 20. 973 James St.: Chapin Residence Conclusion Notes on Sources Index
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