In 1926 Dorothy Cornell, Ezra Cornell’s youngest granddaughter, began construction of a home for herself on the north side of Hanshaw Road in what is now the village of Cayuga Heights. The property was a gift from her sister and brother-in-law, Eunice Cornell and Charles Leigh Taylor, who lived next door in the red brick residence that was originally the Kline family farm house.
Dorothy, 51, who had grown up in Forest Park, the Cornell family farm on Ithaca's East Hill, was moving back home from the town of Sugar Hill in New Hampshire to be close to her family. An artist -- she worked in oil and watercolors, linoleum woodcut block prints and eventually photography -- Dorothy was supported financially by money made in real estate by her father, Franklin Cornell. Having established bookbinderies at Forest Park and in New Hampshire (a wooden book press that belonged to Dorothy Cornell is on display at The History Center in Tompkins County) she would continue with that and her other artistic interests (an accomplished needlewoman, she embroidered altar cloths and vestments for St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ithaca)in the home she called "Stonecroft".
Whatever future Dorothy envisioned in her meticulously designed artist's sanctuary was short-circuited by the Depression. To save money, in 1937 she moved in with her now-widowed sister Eunice. In 1940 she advertised Stonecroft for sale, offering to "Sacrifice at Less Than Cost," and in 1942 both she and Eunice died. Stonecroft passed through a succession of owners until 1969, when it was acquired by the Village of Cayuga Heights. Twenty years later Stonecroft was renamed Marcham Hall in honor of Cornell professor of English history Frederick G.Marcham (Find A Grave Memorial# 163732646)on the occasion of his retirement,having served for thirty-two years as mayor of Cayuga Heights.
-- This information is drawn largely from"The Story of Marcham Hall", the excellent history written by Beatrice Szekely, Village of Cayuga Heights Historian for the June 13, 2015 Historic House Tour and the Centennial Celebration of the Village of Cayuga Heights.
Dorothy, 51, who had grown up in Forest Park, the Cornell family farm on Ithaca's East Hill, was moving back home from the town of Sugar Hill in New Hampshire to be close to her family. An artist -- she worked in oil and watercolors, linoleum woodcut block prints and eventually photography -- Dorothy was supported financially by money made in real estate by her father, Franklin Cornell. Having established bookbinderies at Forest Park and in New Hampshire (a wooden book press that belonged to Dorothy Cornell is on display at The History Center in Tompkins County) she would continue with that and her other artistic interests (an accomplished needlewoman, she embroidered altar cloths and vestments for St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ithaca)in the home she called "Stonecroft".
Whatever future Dorothy envisioned in her meticulously designed artist's sanctuary was short-circuited by the Depression. To save money, in 1937 she moved in with her now-widowed sister Eunice. In 1940 she advertised Stonecroft for sale, offering to "Sacrifice at Less Than Cost," and in 1942 both she and Eunice died. Stonecroft passed through a succession of owners until 1969, when it was acquired by the Village of Cayuga Heights. Twenty years later Stonecroft was renamed Marcham Hall in honor of Cornell professor of English history Frederick G.Marcham (Find A Grave Memorial# 163732646)on the occasion of his retirement,having served for thirty-two years as mayor of Cayuga Heights.
-- This information is drawn largely from"The Story of Marcham Hall", the excellent history written by Beatrice Szekely, Village of Cayuga Heights Historian for the June 13, 2015 Historic House Tour and the Centennial Celebration of the Village of Cayuga Heights.
In 1926 Dorothy Cornell, Ezra Cornell’s youngest granddaughter, began construction of a home for herself on the north side of Hanshaw Road in what is now the village of Cayuga Heights. The property was a gift from her sister and brother-in-law, Eunice Cornell and Charles Leigh Taylor, who lived next door in the red brick residence that was originally the Kline family farm house.
Dorothy, 51, who had grown up in Forest Park, the Cornell family farm on Ithaca's East Hill, was moving back home from the town of Sugar Hill in New Hampshire to be close to her family. An artist -- she worked in oil and watercolors, linoleum woodcut block prints and eventually photography -- Dorothy was supported financially by money made in real estate by her father, Franklin Cornell. Having established bookbinderies at Forest Park and in New Hampshire (a wooden book press that belonged to Dorothy Cornell is on display at The History Center in Tompkins County) she would continue with that and her other artistic interests (an accomplished needlewoman, she embroidered altar cloths and vestments for St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ithaca)in the home she called "Stonecroft".
Whatever future Dorothy envisioned in her meticulously designed artist's sanctuary was short-circuited by the Depression. To save money, in 1937 she moved in with her now-widowed sister Eunice. In 1940 she advertised Stonecroft for sale, offering to "Sacrifice at Less Than Cost," and in 1942 both she and Eunice died. Stonecroft passed through a succession of owners until 1969, when it was acquired by the Village of Cayuga Heights. Twenty years later Stonecroft was renamed Marcham Hall in honor of Cornell professor of English history Frederick G.Marcham (Find A Grave Memorial# 163732646)on the occasion of his retirement,having served for thirty-two years as mayor of Cayuga Heights.
-- This information is drawn largely from"The Story of Marcham Hall", the excellent history written by Beatrice Szekely, Village of Cayuga Heights Historian for the June 13, 2015 Historic House Tour and the Centennial Celebration of the Village of Cayuga Heights.
Dorothy, 51, who had grown up in Forest Park, the Cornell family farm on Ithaca's East Hill, was moving back home from the town of Sugar Hill in New Hampshire to be close to her family. An artist -- she worked in oil and watercolors, linoleum woodcut block prints and eventually photography -- Dorothy was supported financially by money made in real estate by her father, Franklin Cornell. Having established bookbinderies at Forest Park and in New Hampshire (a wooden book press that belonged to Dorothy Cornell is on display at The History Center in Tompkins County) she would continue with that and her other artistic interests (an accomplished needlewoman, she embroidered altar cloths and vestments for St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ithaca)in the home she called "Stonecroft".
Whatever future Dorothy envisioned in her meticulously designed artist's sanctuary was short-circuited by the Depression. To save money, in 1937 she moved in with her now-widowed sister Eunice. In 1940 she advertised Stonecroft for sale, offering to "Sacrifice at Less Than Cost," and in 1942 both she and Eunice died. Stonecroft passed through a succession of owners until 1969, when it was acquired by the Village of Cayuga Heights. Twenty years later Stonecroft was renamed Marcham Hall in honor of Cornell professor of English history Frederick G.Marcham (Find A Grave Memorial# 163732646)on the occasion of his retirement,having served for thirty-two years as mayor of Cayuga Heights.
-- This information is drawn largely from"The Story of Marcham Hall", the excellent history written by Beatrice Szekely, Village of Cayuga Heights Historian for the June 13, 2015 Historic House Tour and the Centennial Celebration of the Village of Cayuga Heights.
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