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For sale, 1904 | Fairmount History
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History of Fairmount, NY and surrounding area. For sale, 1904. Jan 28, 1904. The Famous “Geddes Farm,”. Located at Fairmount, three miles west of Syracuse N.Y., is offered FOR SALE at a low price, and on terms to suit purchaser. Or, if not sold at once, will be rented to desirable party for a term of years. Fairmount Station, on the NYC&HRR, is about 1/4 mile distant, and two trolley lines, each about one mile distant, running to Syracuse. Fairmount Fair: the band. A new church, 1949 ». You are commentin...
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An ideal home site, 1892 | Fairmount History
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History of Fairmount, NY and surrounding area. An ideal home site, 1892. The first new resident to build a home worth more than $1000 would receive a prize of two hundred dollars in gold. A year’s worth of free transportation would furthermore be offered to all families living in the new subdivision by July 1 of the following year. October 22, 1892; “Fairmount Subdivision Celebrates 100 Years,”. October 28, 1992.]. Ice harvesting, 1878. Street layout, 1943 ». Leave a Reply Cancel reply. K mcmurtrie on St...
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Fairmount Fair: the band | Fairmount History
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History of Fairmount, NY and surrounding area. Fairmount Fair: the band. It appears that the Athens, Georgia-based group Fairmount Fair. Has broken up (yes, they’re named after. Fairmount Fair), but you can still hear some of their demos on Myspace. To some Fairmount Fair is a band based in Athens GA that makes experimental hip-hop songs and short films, often addressing issues of the pains of suburban sprawl and other such evils. Sanitary condition of Geddes Brook, 1917. For sale, 1904 ». K mcmurtrie on...
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December | 2016 | Fairmount History
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History of Fairmount, NY and surrounding area. Monthly Archives: December 2016. A mill pond, 1807. Frederick Pursh, an eminent German botanist, visited the Fairmount area in the summer of 1807 on a plant-investigation trip through the Northeast. He passed by the mill pond of the Geddes farm (via today’s Onondaga Road) on July 13:. Near Mr. Geddes I found the. In fruit, and in his mill dam a monstrous thick covering of. Which emitted a most horrid smell, the dam being broke and dry, and the whole of this.
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January | 2017 | Fairmount History
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History of Fairmount, NY and surrounding area. Monthly Archives: January 2017. Street layout, 1943. A 1943 Land Use Analysis map. Of interest in lower Fairmount Hills is the existence of a short lost street (running north-south) which originally divided the western part of Inwood Drive. This cut-through had disappeared by the 1950s. Source: Syracuse and the abandonment of the Erie Canal. An ideal home site, 1892. The Panic of 1893 caused the U.S. unemployment rate to explode to nearly 20%, and bu...This ...
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Ice harvesting, 1878 | Fairmount History
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History of Fairmount, NY and surrounding area. Ice harvesting, 1878. This post departs from my usual format, as I’ve written this one by request from a former Fairmount resident.]. The current Fairmount Glen Miniature Golf. This hill, fed by gravity. Legend: “B.Y.” = Barnyard, “C” = Canal, “P” = Pool). While the 1840s ice pond (which was possibly also the mill pond) originally extended across the small valley, it was inefficient, which prompted the building of an artificial ice pond of much smaller size&...
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Aerial photo of Fairmount, 1938 | Fairmount History
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History of Fairmount, NY and surrounding area. Aerial photo of Fairmount, 1938. Cornell University maintains historic aerial photos of New York State, including this view. Views of the area from 1951. Portrait of George Geddes, 1836 ». One thought on “ Aerial photo of Fairmount, 1938. January 6, 2017 at 5:39 am. There are 1920’s era air photos of Syracuse at Bird Library. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public).
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A new church, 1949 | Fairmount History
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History of Fairmount, NY and surrounding area. A new church, 1949. The Post-Standard last week wrote about the upcoming demolition of the remains of Hancock Air Base’s residential complex. In Cicero. The Air Force chapel from the base was moved to Fairmount in 1949, where it now serves as Fairmount Community Church. For sale, 1904. A sheep barn, 1884 ». Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public).
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Geddes family home | Fairmount History
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History of Fairmount, NY and surrounding area. Source: Solvay-Geddes Historical Society. Home of the Geddes family. Built c. 1820, demolished December 1929. This view looks south from the southwest corner of West Genesee Street and Onondaga Road. Date of photo unknown. (Current location of M&T Bank). George Geddes: Letter to Matilda Joslyn Gage on 1848 Property Bill ». One thought on “ Geddes family home. October 25, 2014 at 1:33 am. Fabulous blog. Please add more. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.