Dr. Sylvester Willard Mansion - Auburn, NY - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

The mansion was constructed in 1836 by John Seymour, but failing to pay back taxes resulted in the purchase of the mansion by Sylvester Willart in 1843. Willard's familly, wife Jane and daughters Georgiana and Carolina and in-laws Erastus and Mary Case moved to Auburn from Bristol, CT. Georgiana died in 1901, Carolina in 1916, leaving the mansion and 1.5 million dollar estate to their cousin Willard E. Case. Willard's son Theodore lived in the mansion and built Case Research Lab there. The Lab invented the first commerically successful method of recording sound film, which was purchased by Fox films in 1926. Theodore and his wife Gertrude built a mansion for themselves and the old Willard mansion became a private school, Logan School and was still the offices for Case Research Lab. In 1936, Theodore and Gertrude donated the mansion for use as a museum. Today you will find the Cayuga Museum of Art and History and Case Research Lab at the mansion. See museum website for hours of operation.

Street address: 203 Genesee Street Auburn, NY United States 13021 County / Borough / Parish: Cayuga Year listed: 1989 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1825-1949 Historic function: Domestic Current function: Recreation and Culture Season start / Season finish: From: 02/01/2007 To: 12/31/2007 Hours of operation: From: 12:00 PM To: 5:00 PM Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Privately owned?: Not Listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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