Cedar Cove (Cazenovia, New York)

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Cedar Cove
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Nearest city Cazenovia, New York
Coordinates 42°57′0″N75°51′49″W / 42.95000°N 75.86361°W / 42.95000; -75.86361 Coordinates: 42°57′0″N75°51′49″W / 42.95000°N 75.86361°W / 42.95000; -75.86361
Area5.5 acres (2.2 ha)
Built1884
ArchitectPost, George Browne; Potter, Henry H.
Architectural styleStick/Eastlake, Shingle Style, Romanesque
MPS Cazenovia Town MRA
NRHP reference No. 91000867 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 15, 1991

Cedar Cove (1884), also known as Villa LeMoyne or the Joseph D. Peet Estate, is a "summer cottage" on the eastern shore of Cazenovia Lake in Cazenovia, Madison County, New York. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [1]

The listing includes 4 contributing buildings, 2 non-contributing buildings over a 5.5-acre (2.2 ha) area. [2] Also on the property is a Tudor-style boathouse. [3]

Cedar Cove is "architecturally and historically important as an outstanding early example of the type of large mansions constructed chiefly as summer residences by wealthy clients in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries near the shores of Cazenovia Lake in central New York." [2] :5

Designed by architect George Browne Post, it set a high standard. Other "summer cottages" following included Ormonde, designed by architect Frank Furness; Notleymere, designed by architect Robert W. Gibson; Scrooby, designed by architect Robert S. Stephenson; and Shore Acres, designed by architect Stanford White.

It is part of the Cazenovia Town Multiple Resource area. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 Kathleen LaFrank and James Warren (December 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cedar Cove / Villa LeLoyne" . Retrieved 2010-02-18. and Accompanying six photos, undated
  3. Cedar Cove Boathouse Archived 2016-10-12 at the Wayback Machine from Panoramio.
  4. Todd, Nancy (August 1985), National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Cazenovia Town Multiple Resource Area (pdf), National Park Service. (Note: This is overview portion of MRA document, omitting sections on separate individual elements.)