Community Place Explained

Community Place
Location:	S. of Skaneateles Falls at 680 Sheldon Rd.
Nearest City:	Skaneateles, New York
Coordinates:	42.9828°N -76.4549°W
Built:	1830
Architect:	Elijah Cole
Architecture:	Greek Revival, Federal
Added:	April 20, 1979
Refnum:	79001611

Community Place, in Skaneateles, New York, was built in 1830. It was photographed by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1963^[1] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

It was a relatively successful Fourierist commune for three years, Skaneateles Community.^[2]

It is now known as Frog Pond.

It is located south of Skaneateles Falls, New York, at 680 Sheldon Road.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Community Place (photo caption page) . Ask . Gilbert . April 1963 . Historic American Buildings Survey . Library of Congress . Washington, D.C. . March 18, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023162552/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/ny/ny1000/ny1022/data/ny1022cap.pdf . October 23, 2012 . dead .
2. Web site: Rowe . David L. Rowe . National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Community Place . August 15, 1978 . 2009-07-15. and Accompanying eight photos, exterior and interior, from 1978
3. Note: an incorrect 725 Sheldon Road address is given in the NRHP application, but that is a different house, a quarter mile away. According to a resident at 725, that was the home or a mailing address of the former owner of Community Place.