Tower Homestead and Masonic Temple explained

Tower Homestead and Masonic Temple
Location:210 Tower St. and Sanger St., Waterville, New York
Coordinates:42.9308°N -75.3836°W
Built:ca. 1800
Architect:Multiple
Architecture:Mixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
Added:October 5, 1977
Refnum:77000968

Tower Homestead and Masonic Temple, also known as Harding Residence and Masonic Temple, is a historic home and Masonic Temple located at Waterville in Oneida County, New York. The house is an 85by residence and consists of three attached sections: a central Greek Revival style, two-story central section built in 1830; an older Federal-style wing built about 1800; and a west wing built in 1910 by Charlemagne Tower, Jr. The homestead also includes a small brick building built as a law office by Charlemagne Tower and later used as a schoolhouse, a barn, two horse barns, the old gardener's house, a small bathhouse, two modern garages, and a modern nursing home (1973). The Masonic Lodge building was built in 1896 by Reuben Tower II as an office. It was later purchased by a local Masonic Lodge and used as a meeting hall. It features a 103adj=midNaNadj=mid, three-stage tower.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Tower Homestead and Masonic Temple. September 1976. 2010-01-08 . Doris Vandelipp Manley. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying 10 photos.