The Skaneateles Historic District is a 17 acres (6.9 ha) historic district

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 the village of Skaneateles, New York that dates back to 1796. It includes 59 contributing buildings and one other contributing site, a park along Skaneateles Lake

Skaneateles Lake

Skaneateles Lake is one of the Finger Lakes in central New York in the United States. The name Skaneateles means long lake in one of the local Iroquoian languages. The lake is sometimes referred to as "The Roof Garden of the Lakes" because its altitude is higher than the other Finger Lakes. It...

. There are five non-contributing structures in the district. It is "an intact, cohesive collection of commercial and residential buildings located on a picturesque, tree-lined street…."

Architects whose work is represented in the district include Stanford White

Stanford White

Stanford White was an American architect and partner in the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White, the frontrunner among Beaux-Arts firms. He designed a long series of houses for the rich and the very rich, and various public, institutional, and religious buildings, some of which can be found...

 and Horatio White. 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...

, Italianate

Italianate architecture

The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...

, and Federal

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 are represented.

Significant contributing properties include:

• 101 East Genesee Street, 1831, wood-framed Federal
  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...
  
   style house with Italianate
  Italianate architecture
  The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...
  
   modifications (including bracketed, overhanging eaves) in the 1880s. Pilasters divide gable front into 3 bays.

External links

• Freeborn Jewett Mansion, 11 Genesee Street, Skaneateles, Onondaga, NY: 1 photo, 1 data page, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Small Jewett House, 81 Genesee Street, Skaneateles, Onondaga, NY: 1 photo, 1 data page, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Legg Hall, Genesee Street, Skaneateles, Onondaga, NY: 1 photo, 1 data page, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
• Benoit Lee Law Office, Skaneateles Public Library, Skaneateles, Onondaga, NY: 1 photo, 1 data page, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey