The Alvord House is a historic stone farmhouse in the Town of Salina, New York

Salina, New York

Salina is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 33,290 at the 2000 census. The name of the town is derived from the Latin word for "salt."...

, just north of Syracuse

Syracuse, New York

Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...

. The Alvord family were merchants in the then-emerging salt manufacturing business in the Salina area in the early 19th century. In 1835, this house was constructed on what was then a large tract of farmland. It was the main house amongst a small cluster of other homes and outbuildings on the family farm. Presently, the stone house is all that remains of the Alvord estate. It is contained within a small public park in the hamlet of Lyncourt

Lyncourt, New York

Lyncourt is a hamlet in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 4,268 at the 2000 census.Lyncourt is in the Town of Salina.-Geography:Lyncourt is located at ....

. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1976.