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The National Register of Historic Places listings in Syracuse, New York are described below. There are 120 listed properties and districts in the city of Syracuse, including 19 business or public buildings, 13 historic districts, 6 churches, four school or university buildings, three parks, six apartment buildings, and 43 houses.
The Tipperary Hill Heritage Memorial, dedicated in 1997, [1] is located on Tipperary Hill in Syracuse, New York.The memorial was erected in honor of early citizens who, in the opinion of local residents, were brave sons of Ireland who stood up to City Hall and won the battle of the "Green over Red" traffic light.
Gillett was born in 1840 and served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.He designed and built this house ca. 1875, and died in 1903. [2] [3]The house continued as a private residence until 1957, when it was purchased by the neighboring Trinity Episcopal Church.
In the 1820s, when the Erie Canal first was built from Albany, New York to Buffalo, New York, the Irish were the chief laborers. Syracuse is about the middle of the route, the "hub" of the system. When the canal was finished many of the Irish settled west of Syracuse on a hill overlooking the canal. This area became known as Tipperary Hill.
The North Salina Street Historic District is a national historic district located on the north side of Syracuse, New York.It encompasses 85 contributing buildings in a section of Syracuse that was home to many German immigrants in the 19th century, and Italian immigrants after the turn of the 20th century.
Modern stamped concrete resembling natural wood and stone. Stamped concrete is concrete that has been imprinted, or that is patterned, textured, or embossed to resemble brick, slate, flagstone, stone, tile, wood, or various other patterns and textures.
Skunk City is a Syracuse, New York neighborhood that for a number of years has been known by this name, and before 1886 was a rural part of the Town of Geddes.The area was first inhabited by Irish immigrants but later grew to include a variety of ethnic communities. [1]
Syracuse (/ ˈ s ɪr ə k j uː z, ˈ s ɛr-,-k j uː s / SIRR-ə-kewz, SERR-, -kewss) [3] [4] [5] is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States.With a population of 148,620 and a metropolitan area of 662,057, [6] it is the fifth-most populated city and 13th-most populated municipality in the state of New York.