{"nrhp_refnum":"06000564","name":"Strathmore \"By the Park\" Subdivision","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Glenwood, S. Geddes, Wellesley, Twin Hills, Strathmore, Arden, Alanson, Charmouth, Robineau","address_restricted":false,"city":"Syracuse","county":"Onondaga County","state":"NY","lat":43.021380203000035,"lon":-76.17165538743723,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-07-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 46-acre residential subdivision in the southwest part of Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, laid out in 1917 by developers Judson W. Clark and Raymond E. Porter of Clark & Porter, Inc.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a cohesive cultural landscape that exemplifies early twentieth-century American subdivision design. Its curving streets follow the hilly terrain, and protective provisions limited it to single-family houses. Houses in a consistent range of revival and Craftsman styles, including some by Ward Wellington Ward and Merton Elwood Granger, give it a distinct character.","narrative":"Strathmore \"By the Park\" is a 46-acre residential neighborhood in southwest Syracuse, designed in 1917 by developers Judson W. Clark and Raymond E. Porter of Clark & Porter, Inc. Its curving, climbing streets follow the natural contours of a hilly site and contrast with the street grid to the north. Strathmore Drive, the main street, is a boulevard with a planted central median known as Strathmore Park. Clark & Porter set protective provisions that allowed only single-family homes, with set lot frontages and setbacks, no outbuildings or commercial uses, and minimum construction costs. Buyers had to submit house plans for approval. Most of the neighborhood was built up quickly, with 76 percent of properties developed by 1926 and 93 percent by 1930. The houses are mainly Colonial Revival, Dutch Colonial Revival and Tudor-influenced designs, along with Prairie, Spanish Eclectic, Mission and Craftsman examples. Local architects Ward Wellington Ward and Merton Elwood Granger each designed houses here. Of 203 properties, 198 contribute to the district's character.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Clark & Porter, Inc. (developers Judson W. Clark and Raymond E. Porter); architects Ward Wellington Ward and Merton Elwood Granger designed individual houses","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals (Colonial and Tudor Revival, Prairie, Spanish Eclectic, Mission, Craftsman)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a single-dwelling residential neighborhood; the form says the houses and original features retain a high level of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.125946-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/06000564.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000564/cd3146cb71-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000564/cd3146cb71-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strathmore.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lvklock</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strathmore.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314069","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strathmore_%22By_the_Park%22_Subdivision","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7622136"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/onondaga-county/strathmore-by-the-park-subdivision-06000564/"}