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Manlius Village Historic District

New York, US

Manlius Village Historic District

The Manlius Village Historic District is a 15-acre (6.1 ha) historic district on the east side of the Village of Manlius, in the Town of Manlius, New York, about 9.5 miles from the downtown of Syracuse. The village was bypassed by later transportation—Genesee Street/Route 5, which took a flatter cou

rse to the north, the Erie Canal, which generated growth of Syracuse, railroads, and the NYS Thruway in the 1950s—and "thus retains much of the flavor of the turnpike era to which this small Onondaga County village owes its existence." The historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The district includes four churches and one commercial block building on the western edge of the district. "The district does not include the downtown commercial area of Manlius because a number of fires, remodelings, and demolitions have infringed on its visual continuity." Most of the 50 contributing buildings in the district are single-family homes. Most of the buildings are on Seneca Street, part of the old Seneca Turnpike, or one block north on Pleasant Street. The district, which comprises a three-block area, includes several buildings dating from approximately 1813...

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