{"nrhp_refnum":"10000013","name":"Skoler, Louis and Celia, Residence, The","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"213 Scottholm Terrace","address_restricted":false,"city":"Syracuse","county":"Onondaga County","state":"NY","lat":43.04283815600007,"lon":-76.11121143799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-02-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-family modern house at 213 Scottholm Terrace in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, built in 1957 and first occupied in spring 1958. Architect Louis Skoler designed it for himself and his wife Celia.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an outstanding, highly intact example of mid-twentieth-century modern residential design and was Syracuse's first modern house. It also reflects the introduction of modern architecture into the middle-class housing market in central New York. Skoler used it as a teaching laboratory and tested design ideas there, such as flexible multi-use spaces and an enclosed service core, that he applied in later work.","narrative":"Perched near the crest of a drumlin in eastern Syracuse, this 1,900-square-foot house was designed by architect Louis Skoler as his own home and occupied in the spring of 1958. It is a long, low rectangle with a flat roof that cantilevers five feet beyond the walls, redwood trim, and post-and-beam walls filled with glass. The main floor sits at street level, while bedrooms below use the slope and open east through a full-height window wall. Inside, the upper level works as an open pavilion around a central core of enclosed functions. The nomination describes it as the city's first modern house and a highly intact example of mid-century residential design. Skoler later taught at Syracuse University for decades and used the house as a teaching laboratory. Features he first tried here, including a multi-use children's area, reappeared in many of his later residential designs.","period_of_significance":"1957","architect_builder":"Louis Skoler","architectural_style":"Modern","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed function is still a single dwelling. A 1986 alteration to the lower level and a dismountable screened pet enclosure were added.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.186139-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000013.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000013/2bd6827a94-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000013/2bd6827a94-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skoler_House.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:Skoler_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"12000407","name":"Scottholm Tract Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/scottholm-tract-historic-district-12000407/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320437","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_and_Celia_Skoler_Residence","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6688412"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/onondaga-county/skoler-louis-and-celia-residence-the-10000013/"}