William J. Gillett House

Historic house in New York, United States

United States historic place

Location515 W. Onondaga St., Syracuse, New York

Coordinates43°2′22″N 76°9′31″W / 43.03944°N 76.15861°W / 43.03944; -76.15861

Built1877

ArchitectGillett, William J.


William J. Gillett House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	515 W. Onondaga St., Syracuse, New York
Coordinates	43°2′22″N 76°9′31″W / 43.03944°N 76.15861°W / 43.03944; -76.15861
Built	1877
Architect	Gillett, William J.
Architectural style	Second Empire
NRHP reference No.	82003393^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 06, 1982

The William J. Gillett House, also known as Trinity Exchange Shop Building or William J. Gillett Residence, is a building in Syracuse, New York. It was designed by William J. Gillett.

Gillett was born in 1840 and served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He designed and built this house ca. 1875, and died in 1903.^[2]^[3]

The house continued as a private residence until 1957, when it was purchased by the neighboring Trinity Episcopal Church. The church used the downstairs as a thrift shop, and rented apartments on the second floor.^[4]

It was listed in 1982 for its architecture.^[5] A local neighborhood group purchased the property, along with the Trinity Episcopal Church next door, in 2018.^[2] They expected to begin stabilization and renovations of the structure in 2023.^[2]

The city conducted an "emergency partial demolition" of the structure in December 2023, citing extensive deterioration.^[6]

William Gillett House

2022 (side view)

Abandoned and overgrown in 2022

References

↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
1 2 3 Boyer, Jeremy (October 20, 2023). "Efforts to save historic Syracuse house languish. Will it survive?". Syracuse Post-Standard. Archived from the original on October 21, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
↑ "Help save 515 West Onondaga Street". Facebook. Syracuse History. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
↑ "City starts partial demolition of historic Syracuse house over owner's objections". VN Explorer. December 15, 2023. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
↑ Janette Johnstone and Alice Jean Stuart (July 1980). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Gillett, William J., House. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 16, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
↑ Boyer, Jeremy (December 14, 2023). "City starts partial demolition of historic Syracuse house over owner's objections". Syracuse.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2024. Retrieved April 15, 2024.

External links

Chris Baker, David Haas, Katrina Tulloch. "Syracuse's Gillett House stands on brink of rebirth". YouTube. Syracuse.com. Retrieved August 21, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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