Comstock Tract Buildings Explained

Syracuse University-Comstock Tract Buildings
Nrhp Type:	hd
Nocat:	yes
Location:	Syracuse University campus, Syracuse, New York
Built:	1887
Architect:	Multiple
Architecture:	Classical Revival, Renaissance Revival, Romanesque Revival
Added:	July 22, 1980
Refnum:	80004279

43.0377°N -76.134°W

The Comstock Tract Buildings of Syracuse University are a set of buildings that were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

The name assigned in the listing was "Syracuse University-Comstock Tract Buildings". Included in the registration are 15 buildings, all located on the original Syracuse University campus, a tract of land originally donated by George F. Comstock. The buildings include what has been known as the "Old Row".^[1]

• Archbold Gymnasium (1907)
• Bowne Hall (1907)
• Carnegie Library (1907)
• Crouse College (1888–89) (separately listed on the NRHP in 1974)
• Hendricks Chapel (1933)
• Hall of Languages (1873) (separately listed on the NRHP in 1973)
• Holden Observatory (1887)
• Maxwell Hall (1937)
• Lyman C. Smith Hall (1902)
• Lyman Hall of Natural History (1907)
• Machinery Hall (1907)
• Sims Hall (1907)
• Slocum Hall (1919)
• Steele Hall (1898)
• Tolley Administration Building (1889)

See also

• List of Registered Historic Places in Onondaga County, New York
• List of Syracuse University buildings

External links

• • Syracuse University Buildings Archive list

Notes and References

1. none . Robert A. Mann . Alice Jean Stuart . National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Syracuse University-Comstock Tract Buildings . July 22, 1980 . 23 February 2023 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230223232629/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80004279.pdf . 23 February 2023 . 155 pages including numerous photos.