White was an architect and the mentor of Archimedes Russell. Named for the British Admiral hero of the Battle of Trafalgar, he moved to Syracuse in 1843. Following business failures he moved to Brooklyn and then California where he worked during the gold rush building boom of 1849-1851. During the Civil War he was a major in the 51st Regiment of the National Guard and staff engineer for General John A. Green. Returning to Syracuse his first assignment was assisting James Renwick in designing a home for Cornelius Longstreet, the famous Yates Castle. He also designed the third Onondaga County Courthouse (1857-1907), the Onondaga Savings Bank, now the Gridley Building, and the Hall of Languages, the first building constructed on the Syracuse University campus. He created the first “hanging gallery” in the Wieting Block in which the second floor was suspended from trusses without supporting pillars. He designed the mausoleums for John A. Green and Burr Burton.
Although he designed many houses, his personal papers were lost which obscured the identity of most of them. Source - The man who changed the face of Syracuse : Horatio Nelson White by Elinore Taylor Horning. Mexico, NY: E.T. Horning, c1988.
Although he designed many houses, his personal papers were lost which obscured the identity of most of them. Source - The man who changed the face of Syracuse : Horatio Nelson White by Elinore Taylor Horning. Mexico, NY: E.T. Horning, c1988.
White was an architect and the mentor of Archimedes Russell. Named for the British Admiral hero of the Battle of Trafalgar, he moved to Syracuse in 1843. Following business failures he moved to Brooklyn and then California where he worked during the gold rush building boom of 1849-1851. During the Civil War he was a major in the 51st Regiment of the National Guard and staff engineer for General John A. Green. Returning to Syracuse his first assignment was assisting James Renwick in designing a home for Cornelius Longstreet, the famous Yates Castle. He also designed the third Onondaga County Courthouse (1857-1907), the Onondaga Savings Bank, now the Gridley Building, and the Hall of Languages, the first building constructed on the Syracuse University campus. He created the first “hanging gallery” in the Wieting Block in which the second floor was suspended from trusses without supporting pillars. He designed the mausoleums for John A. Green and Burr Burton.
Although he designed many houses, his personal papers were lost which obscured the identity of most of them. Source - The man who changed the face of Syracuse : Horatio Nelson White by Elinore Taylor Horning. Mexico, NY: E.T. Horning, c1988.
Although he designed many houses, his personal papers were lost which obscured the identity of most of them. Source - The man who changed the face of Syracuse : Horatio Nelson White by Elinore Taylor Horning. Mexico, NY: E.T. Horning, c1988.
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Interment records say DOB is 1805
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