Ormonde (1885–88) is a Shingle Style country house built on the eastern shore of

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. It was designed by architect

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for George R. Preston, a

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. The 9-bedroom "summer cottage" was originally the centerpiece of a 300-acre (121.4 ha) estate, that was expanded to 400 acres (161.8 ha) early in the 20th century. The

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and other buildings have since been demolished, and the land subdivided, leaving the main house and boathouse on 2.4 acres (1 ha). The boathouse's design is unusual: a square stone ground floor at lake's edge supporting a circular shingled second floor, ringed by a 360-degree deck. It relates to Furness's

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(1882–83) on Philadelphia's

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, and the architect's own summer cottage, Idlewild (c. 1890), in

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. The property was listed on the

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in 1991. In addition to the main house and boathouse, it includes one non-contributing building.

Ormonde is "architecturally and historically important as an outstanding early example of the type of large mansions constructed chiefly as summer residences by wealthy clients in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries near the shores of
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It followed Cedar Cove (1884), designed by architect

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, the first "summer cottage" built on the lake. Others included Notleymere, designed by architect

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;

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, designed by architect Robert S. Stephenson; and Shore Acres, designed by architect

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. Ormonde is part of the Cazenovia Town Multiple Resource area.. (Note: This is overview portion of MRA document, omitting sections on separate individual elements.)

References

* George E. Thomas, Jeffrey A. Cohen, & Michael J. Lewis, ''Frank Furness: The Complete Works'' (New York, Princeton Architectural Press, 1996), pp. 242, 251, 295. {{Frank Furness Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Queen Anne architecture in New York (state) Colonial Revival architecture in New York (state) Houses completed in 1888 Shingle Style houses Houses in Madison County, New York Frank Furness buildings National Register of Historic Places in Cazenovia, New York Shingle Style architecture in New York (state)