{"nrhp_refnum":"12000407","name":"Scottholm Tract Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by E. Genesee St., Scottholm Terrace, Meadowbrook Dr., & Bradford Pkwy.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Syracuse","county":"Onondaga County","state":"NY","lat":43.04286795550007,"lon":-76.10896393078846,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-07-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 49 acres in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, roughly two miles east of downtown. It is a streetcar suburb laid out in 1914 by landscape architect Arthur C. Comey and developed from 1915 to 1940.","why_significant":"The district is significant for community planning and development, architecture, and landscape architecture. It most fully realizes Comey and developer Amon Sanderson's plan for a streetcar suburb, built out before restrictive covenants on house design expired in 1940. Its curving streets, boulevard medians, ornamental lighting, granite curbs, stone entrance gates and cohesive Revival-style houses set it apart from nearby neighborhoods.","narrative":"Scottholm Tract is a planned residential neighborhood of about 49 acres in Syracuse, roughly two miles east of downtown. Landscape architect Arthur C. Comey laid out the plan in 1914 for developer Amon Sanderson, who intended a streetcar suburb. Lots were developed between 1915 and 1940, when restrictive covenants governing house design and setbacks were in force. The district includes 266 contributing buildings, mostly Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Spanish Colonial and Arts and Crafts homes, along with cobblestone entrance gates. Its landscape features include curving streets that follow a glacial drumlin, a planted boulevard median, granite curbs, five-foot concrete sidewalks, 48 ornamental streetlights and electrical lines hidden behind the lots. Larger, architect-designed houses line Scottholm Boulevard, while side streets hold more modest Colonial Revivals with sleeping porches. Later Cape Cod and Ranch houses built after the covenants expired are noncontributing. The district was listed for its planning, architecture and landscape design.","period_of_significance":"1850; 1915-1940","architect_builder":"Arthur Comey - Landscape Architect; Amon Sanderson - Developer","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival; Late 19th and 20th Century American Movements: Bungalow/Craftsman; Other: Shingle Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Remains a single-family residential neighborhood; current zoning keeps it so. Contributing landscape features retain a high level of integrity, though the western entrance arch is no longer extant.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.232212-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12000407.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320431","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/onondaga-county/scottholm-tract-historic-district-12000407/"}