Mycenae is a
hamlet
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in the
Town of Manlius,
New York, within
Onondaga County
Onondaga County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 476,516. The county seat is Syracuse.
Onondaga County is the core of the Syracuse, NY MSA.
History
The name ''Onondaga'' derives from ...
, United States. It lies at the meeting point of
New York Route 5 and
Route 290. Mycenae is located at 43° 02' 56" North, 75° 55' 50" West.
Presumably the hamlet was named after the ancient Greek city of
Mycenae
Mycenae ( ; grc, Μυκῆναι or , ''Mykē̂nai'' or ''Mykḗnē'') is an archaeological site near Mykines in Argolis, north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece. It is located about south-west of Athens; north of Argos; and south of Corinth. ...
.
History
Historically the hamlet was sometimes known as ''Hartsville''; it is however not to be confused with the
Hartsville in
Steuben County.
Community
The area is the site of some small farms, as well as the Aspinall Tree
Nursery. Some local homes are large, while others are more modest. The
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
Mycenae Schoolhouse, built 1850, was added to 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 1983.
Local mail is handled at ZIP code 13066 in the nearby
Village of Fayetteville.
New York State Route 5 passes through the hamlet.
References
External links
Mycenae Cemetery
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Hamlets in New York (state)
Syracuse metropolitan area
Hamlets in Onondaga County, New York
Manlius, New York