Dr. John Ives House
Encyclopedia
The Dr. John Ives House is a Federal
style house in the town of DeWitt, New York, on a hill overlooking the hamlet of Jamesville
. It has a widow's walk on top. The original property included 630 acres (255 ha). Over the years the property was sold and divided amongst family members.
It includes 3 contributing buildings—the house, a barn, and a smokehouse—over a 6 acres (2.4 ha) area.
It was the home of John Ives, a Jamesville dentist.
Federal architecture
Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design...
style house in the town of DeWitt, New York, on a hill overlooking the hamlet of Jamesville
Jamesville, New York
Jamesville is a hamlet in De Witt, Onondaga County, New York, United States, part of the greater Syracuse area.The history of the community is documented in the book Water, Wheels and Stone: Heritage of the Little Village by the Creek, Jamesville, New York, written by Jean Schutz Keough, and...
. It has a widow's walk on top. The original property included 630 acres (255 ha). Over the years the property was sold and divided amongst family members.
It includes 3 contributing buildings—the house, a barn, and a smokehouse—over a 6 acres (2.4 ha) area.
It was the home of John Ives, a Jamesville dentist.
External links
- Dr. Ives House, East Seneca Turnpike, Jamesville vicinity, Onondaga, NY: 1 photo, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey