{"nrhp_refnum":"10000512","name":"Barnes-Hiscock House, The","other_names":["The Corinthian Club"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"930 James St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Syracuse","county":"Onondaga County","state":"NY","lat":43.05935849800005,"lon":-76.13636531899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-07-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick mansion at 930 James Street in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, built in 1851 as an Italianate home for industrialist George Barnes and enlarged in 1884 and 1894. It is now used as a clubhouse.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion C as an important late-nineteenth-century Colonial Revival mansion, remodeled in 1894, on James Street, once a residential street of Syracuse's elite. It is significant under Criterion B as the home of Frank Hiscock, chief judge of the New York State Court of Appeals from 1916 to 1926. It is also noted as one of few large houses left on a street now lined with office and apartment buildings.","narrative":"Set well back from James Street, just east of downtown Syracuse, this three-story brick mansion began as an Italianate house built in 1851 for industrialist George Barnes. Barnes enlarged it in 1884 with a dining room by James Lyman Silsbee, and in 1894 his daughter Mary Elizabeth and her husband Frank Hiscock had architect Henry Wilkinson remake it in the Colonial Revival style, adding a third story, a two-story portico with Corinthian-style columns, and Palladian windows. Boston landscape designers Bowditch and Bowditch laid out formal gardens, since removed. Frank Hiscock served as chief judge of the New York State Court of Appeals from 1916 to 1926, and former President William Howard Taft was a frequent guest. The house is among the few large mansions that survive on a street now dominated by office and apartment buildings. It was recognized for its architecture and for its association with Hiscock, and today it serves as a clubhouse and foundation headquarters.","period_of_significance":"1851-1946","architect_builder":"James Lyman Silsbee; Henry Wilhelm Wilkinson","architectural_style":"Late 19th & Early 20th Century Revival: Colonial Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a clubhouse and home of a foundation dedicated to preserving the building; the formal gardens have been removed and a gravel parking lot lies to the east.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.641301-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000512.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000512/89769d265c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000512/89769d265c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Crazyale","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barnes-Hitchcock_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Crazyale</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barnes-Hitchcock_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320301","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnes-Hiscock_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4861500"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/onondaga-county/barnes-hiscock-house-the-10000512/"}