Hazelhurst is a historic house located at 150 East Genesee Street in
Skaneateles, New York
Skaneateles ( , ) is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 7,112 at the 2020 census. The name is from the Iroquois term for the adjacent ''Skaneateles'' Lake, which means "long lake." The town is on the western ...
. It was originally a small summer home built for William Loney about 1866, and enlarged and renovated in 1904. It had an extensive lawn stretching down to
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" ...
, which was later split up into 30 separate building lots that now share a common lake access. Hazelhurst is a three-story, irregular plan,
Queen Anne style balloon frame dwelling. It features a wraparound porch with
Ionic order
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columns, multiple gabled roof,
porte cochere
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, and corner tower with conical roof.
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''Accompanying photographs''
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''Skaneateles Lake''
Arcadia - Postcard History series. 2002. p.38 The mansion is now used as a 14-bedroom home for the elderly called "The Athenaeum".The Athenaeum of Skaneateles website
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The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2010.
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Queen Anne architecture in New York (state)
Houses completed in 1904
Houses in Onondaga County, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Onondaga County, New York
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