{"nrhp_refnum":"91000872","name":"York Lodge","other_names":["Bittersweet"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"4448 E. Lake Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cazenovia","county":"Madison County","state":"NY","lat":42.93921787800008,"lon":-75.85781614499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-07-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"York Lodge (originally Bittersweet) is a summer estate on the eastern shore of Cazenovia Lake, near Cazenovia, Madison County, New York. It includes a two-and-one-half-story frame mansion, a gazebo and five outbuildings, designed in 1904 and finished by 1911.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an outstanding example of the large summer mansions built by wealthy clients near Cazenovia Lake around the turn of the twentieth century. It combines Jacobethan Revival, Georgian Revival and Shingle styles and retains a high level of integrity. It was designed by Philadelphia architect George Bispham Page, whose only known commission outside Pennsylvania this was. It is also tied to the McKean family and to Buffalo banker Albert J. Wright.","narrative":"York Lodge, originally named Bittersweet, is a lakeside summer estate near Cazenovia in Madison County, New York. The property centers on an L-shaped, two-and-one-half-story frame mansion that blends Jacobethan Revival, Georgian Revival and Shingle styles. A gazebo, a Jacobethan carriage house, a gardener's cottage, a garage and two tool sheds complete the group. Philadelphian Elizabeth Wharton McKean commissioned the house in 1904 from architect George Bispham Page, and it was not finished until 1911. It was one of the most extensive estates built along the lake's eastern shore, at a time when rail links made Cazenovia a resort for wealthy city families. Page's work here is his only known commission outside Pennsylvania. Albert J. Wright, a Buffalo businessman and benefactor of the town, later owned the estate until his death in 1940. The buildings remain largely intact, inside and out, which supports the listing for architecture and social history.","period_of_significance":"1904-1940","architect_builder":"George Bisham Page, architect; Timothly Heffernan, builder (Syracuse)","architectural_style":"Jacobethan Revival; Georgian Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The estate house and outbuildings retain a high degree of integrity, and the carriage house has been converted to mainly residential use. The former theater north of the house was excluded because of heavy alteration.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:46.207483-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/91000872.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313526","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Lodge_(Cazenovia,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8055492"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/madison-county/york-lodge-91000872/"}