Genesee Street Hill-Limestone Plaza Historic District
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The Genesee Street Hill-Limestone Plaza Historic District is a historic district
in Fayetteville, New York
that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1982. The western border of the district is Limestone Creek. The district includes multiple Greek Revival houses, as well as Italianate and Federal architecture
styles, along East Genesee Street as it rises from Limestone Plaza to Chapel Street, near the top of East Genesee Street Hill (which is the village center of Fayetteville).
It includes a 12 acres (4.9 ha) area.
, one house away from Genesee Street.
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
in Fayetteville, New York
Fayetteville, New York
Fayetteville is a village located in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the village had a population of 4,190. The village is named after Lafayette, a national hero of both France and the United States...
that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1982. The western border of the district is Limestone Creek. The district includes multiple Greek Revival houses, as well as Italianate and Federal architecture
Federal architecture
Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design...
styles, along East Genesee Street as it rises from Limestone Plaza to Chapel Street, near the top of East Genesee Street Hill (which is the village center of Fayetteville).
It includes a 12 acres (4.9 ha) area.
Grover Cleveland Boyhood Home
The district includes the boyhood home of U.S. President Grover ClevelandGrover Cleveland
Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents...
, one house away from Genesee Street.
External links
- John McViciar House, 315 Genesee Street, Fayetteville, Onondaga, NY: 1 photo, 1 data page, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey