Hatheway Homestead, also known as Tinelli's Hathaway House, is a historic home located at Solon

Solon, New York

Solon is a town in Cortland County, New York, United States. The town has a total population of 1,108, as of the 2000 census. The name of the town comes from the Greek lawmaker Solon....

 in Cortland County, New York

Cortland County, New York

Cortland County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, named after Federico Van Cortlandt, president of the convention at Kingston that wrote the first New York State Constitution in 1777, and first lieutenant governor of the state. The county seat is Cortland...

. It consists of a -story main block built in 1844, with a later 2-story wing addition, in the Greek Revival

Greek Revival architecture

The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...

 style. It was built by Major General Samuel G. Hathaway

Samuel G. Hathaway

Samuel Gilbert Hathaway was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Freetown, Massachusetts, Hathaway attended the public schools.He worked at various occupations and made one sea voyage....

 (1790–1867). The main block is constructed of smooth-surfaced fieldstone

Fieldstone

Fieldstone is a building construction material. Strictly speaking, it is stone collected from the surface of fields where it occurs naturally...

 and wing of random ashlar

Ashlar

Ashlar is prepared stone work of any type of stone. Masonry using such stones laid in parallel courses is known as ashlar masonry, whereas masonry using irregularly shaped stones is known as rubble masonry. Ashlar blocks are rectangular cuboid blocks that are masonry sculpted to have square edges...

 stone blocks. The main block features a distinctive parapet

Parapet

A parapet is a wall-like barrier at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony or other structure. Where extending above a roof, it may simply be the portion of an exterior wall that continues above the line of the roof surface, or may be a continuation of a vertical feature beneath the roof such as a...

 of alternating balustrade and panels. It was later converted for use as a restaurant.

It 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 1978.

External links

• Samuel Gilbert Hathaway House, Solon Road (State Route 41), Cortland, Cortland County, NY: 12 photos, 6 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Tinelli's Hathaway House in CNY (Central New York): weddings, receptions, banquets or conferences