Swart--Wilcox House - Oneonta, NY
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ripraff
N 42° 26.700 W 075° 04.162
18T E 494295 N 4699188
Used as a private house from 1807 to 1970, it is now a museum. It was part of Oneonta's 1976 Bicentennial Celebration.
Waymark Code: WMWV34
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
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(visit link)
"open every Sunday during the summer for informal tours"
"In 1807, Revolutionary War Soldier Lawrence Swart (1753-1841), built this German Palatine Vernacular house on the banks of the Susquehanna River on land which had been purchased from the Wallace Patent. He cleared his 230 acres and lived there with his family until 1841."
"The land was sold to Peter Collier and Jared Goodyear who used this land to entice the railroad to come through Oneonta. In 1867, they sold the remaining 74 acres to Henry and Phoebe Wilcox for $9,000. They and their 3 children lived in the house for over 100 years, with the last member of the Wilcox family, Merton, dying in 1970 at age 92."
"In 1972, the City of Oneonta bought the Wilcox house with the remaining 14.7 acres of land and used it as the focal point for the City’s 1976 Bicentennial Celebration."
Street address:
Wilcox Ave and Henry Street
Oneonta, NY USA
13820


County / Borough / Parish: Otsego

Year listed: 1990

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Exploration/Settlement, Architecture German Palatine Vernacular

Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Historic function: Domestic Single Dwelling

Current function: community house museum

Privately owned?: no

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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