The John Gridley House is located in the southern section of Syracuse, New York. This section of Syracuse was originally known as Onondaga Hollow, and was settled thirty years before the City of Syracuse. The John Gridley House is significant as one of few houses remaining of the original Onondaga Hollow settlement. The two storey Federal style house was built around 1812 of local limestone. an
''Accompanying 4 photos, interior and exterior, from 1974''
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in 1977. The house was built by the same stonemasons who built the Gen. Hutchinson House on Onondaga Hill, several miles away along the same route, the

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. In 2010 a historic plaque was placed in front of the house. Image:GridleyHouseEastEnd.jpg, Eastern end of the house Image:GridleyHABSdoorcropped.jpg, Entrance as it was in 1936 Image:GridleyHABSfireplacecropped.jpg, Fireplace in the parlor Image:GridleyHABSarchcropped.jpg, Archway between parlor and sitting room

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* Houses completed in 1812 Federal architecture in New York (state) Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Historic American Buildings Survey in New York (state) Houses in Syracuse, New York National Register of Historic Places in Syracuse, New York {{OnondagaCountyNY-NRHP-stub