William and Mary Hosmer House is a historic home located in Auburn in Cayuga County, New York. It is a two-story, three-bay, side hall frame house in a vernacular

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...

style. It is believed to have been built in the 1840s and enlarged sometime after the conclusion of the

Civil War A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...

. The house was owned by anti-slavery editor and author William Hosmer. Includes four photos from 2005. It 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 ...

in 2006.

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* Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Pre-emancipation African-American history Houses in Cayuga County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Cayuga County, New York Buildings and structures in Auburn, New York {{CayugaCountyNY-NRHP-stub