Scottholm Tract Historic District

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.