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Historic Places in Cortland County

Cincinnatus Historic District

Main St. and Taylor Ave.

Cincinnatus, NY 13040

Architect: Unknown

Style: Greek Revival, Federal

Period: 1825-1949

Ownership: Private, Local Govt.

Cortland County Courthouse

Courthouse Park

Cortland, NY 13045

Architect: James Riley Gordon

Style: Beaux Arts

Period: 1900-1924

Ownership: Local Govt.

Note: The building was constructed in 1924 on the site of the Cortland Normal School, which burned in 1919.

Cortland County Poor Farm

Rt. 13 NE of Cortland

Cortland, NY 13045

Architect: Various

Style: Not listed

Period: 1800-1924

Ownership: Local Govt.

Note: This structure was built in 1836 to house the needy. Before then, citizens were paid by the towns and villages to provide lodging for those in need.

Cortland Fire Headquarters

21 Court St.

Cortland, NY 13045

Architect: Sackett & Park

Style: Not listed

Period: 1900-1924

Ownership: Local Govt.

First Presbyterian Church (Preble Congregational Church)

Co. Rt. 108B

Preble

Architect: Earl Dennis

Style: Federal, Colonial Revival

Period: 1825-1924

Ownership: Private

Note: Built in 1831, the church was moved to its current location in 1859. The church's steeple is lit at night, the light of which can often be seen across Preble Valley.

First Presbyterian Church Complex (United PresbyterianChurch)

23 Church St.

Cortland, NY 13045

Architect: Samuel Burrage Reed, et al.

Style: Late Victorian, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals

Period: 1875-1924

Ownership: Private

Glen Haven District No. 4 School and Public Library

7325 Fair Haven Rd.

Homer, NY 13077

Architect: Ehrick K. Rossiter, Andrew Lieber

Style: Shingle

Period: 1900-1924

Ownership: Private

Hathaway Homestead

Rt. 41

Town of Solon

Cincinnatus, NY 13040

Architect: Unknown

Style: Greek Revival

Period: 1825-1849

Ownership: Private

Note: Currently operating as a wedding/banquet/conference center under the name Hathaway House.

Little York Pavilion (Dwyer Memorial County Park, Main Pavilion)

S. of Preble off Rt. 281

Preble, NY 13141

Architect: Cephas B. Barker

Style: Stick/Eastlake

Period: 1900-1924

Ownership: Local Govt.

Main Street Historic District

Main St. between South and Washington Sts.

McGraw, NY 13101

Architect: Unknown

Style: Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Federal

Period: 1800-1924

Ownership: Private, Local Govt.

Old Homer Village Historic District

Main St., Central Park, Clinton, James, Cayuga, and Albany Sts.

Homer, NY 13077

Architect: Unknown

Style: Greek Revival, Octagon

Period: 1800-1899

Ownership: Private, Local Govt.

Historic Significance: Association with Jedediah Barber (1787-1876), who ran the popular Great Western Store, which was later rebuilt as the Barber Block when the store burned down in 1853. It is now a restaurant. He also owned Salina-Port Watson Railroad, which ran between Syracuse and Cortland. Barber's 32-room Federal-style mansion is located at 18 N. Main St. It was built in 1826. This historic district also includes a frame house built by Asa White in 1799 at 20 Clinton St., an octagonal house with cupola and paired chimneys at 26 Clinton St., and the David Hannum House at 80 S. Main St., a Federal-style house with a three-bay blinded arcaded façade with Ionic Pilasters, hip roof, and balustrade.

Peck Memorial Library

28 E. Main St.

Marathon, NY 13803

Architect: Miles F. Howe, Lewis G. Ville

Style: Late Victorian

Period: 1875-1899

Ownership: Private

Note: The library opened in January 1896. It has an upstairs auditorium that operated for many years as a movie house.

Presbyterian Church of McGraw

3 W. Main St.

McGraw, NY 13101

Architect: J.H. Pierce, H.H. Bickford, John R. Holmes

Style: Queen Anne

Period: 1900-1924

Ownership: Private

Randall Farm

3713 Page Green Rd.

Cortland, NY 13045

Architect: Not listed

Style: Federal

Period: 1825-1949

Ownership: Private

Tarbell Building

2 Cortland St.

Marathon, NY 13803

Architect: Not listed

Style: Queen Anne

Period: 1875-1899

Ownership: Private

Note: Gage Tarbell was a prosperous attorney and insurance broker. This three-story brick building was built in 1885 to house his businesses.

Tompkins Street Historic District

Tompkins and intersecting streets from Main St. to Cortland Rural Cemetery

Cortland, NY 13045

Architect: Unknown

Style: Stick/Eastlake, Italianate

Period: 1800-1899

Ownership: Private, Local Govt.

Tompkins Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Main St. from Tompkins St. to Clifton Ave.

Cortland, NY 13045

Architect: Not listed

Style: Mid-19th Century Revival, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Period: 1800-1949

Ownership: Private, Local Govt.

U.S. Post Office

88 Main St.

Cortland, NY 13045

Architect: Oscar Wenderoth, Ryah Ludins

Style: Classical Revival

Period: 1900-1949

Ownership: Federal

U.S. Post Office

2 S. Main St.

Homer, NY 13077

Architect: Louis A. Simon, Frank Romanelli

Style: Colonial Revival

Period: 1925-1949

Ownership: Federal

Union Valley Congregational Church (Union Valley Community House)

Union Valley Cross Rd.

Town of Taylor

Cincinnatus, NY 13040

Architect: Not listed

Style: Greek Revival, Gothic

Period: 1825-1899

Ownership: Private

Unitarian/Universalist Church

3 Church St.

Cortland, NY 13045

Architect: Benjamin Davis, Horace Bliss

Style: Greek Revival, Federal

Period: 1825-1924

Ownership: Private

Note: One of Cortland's first churches, this cobblestone church was built in the "New England Meeting House" style and completed in 1837. A way station on Underground Railroad, the members of the church supplied blankets and other provisions to escaped slaves. They invited abolitionists like Henry Ward Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Sojourner Truth to speak at the church.