Strathmore "By the Park" Subdivision

Strathmore "By the Park" is a 46-acre residential neighborhood in southwest Syracuse, designed in 1917 by developers Judson W. Clark and Raymond E. Porter of Clark & Porter, Inc. Its curving, climbing streets follow the natural contours of a hilly site and contrast with the street grid to the north. Strathmore Drive, the main street, is a boulevard with a planted central median known as Strathmore Park. Clark & Porter set protective provisions that allowed only single-family homes, with set lot frontages and setbacks, no outbuildings or commercial uses, and minimum construction costs. Buyers had to submit house plans for approval. Most of the neighborhood was built up quickly, with 76 percent of properties developed by 1926 and 93 percent by 1930. The houses are mainly Colonial Revival, Dutch Colonial Revival and Tudor-influenced designs, along with Prairie, Spanish Eclectic, Mission and Craftsman examples. Local architects Ward Wellington Ward and Merton Elwood Granger each designed houses here. Of 203 properties, 198 contribute to the district's character.