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{{short description|Historic house in New York, United States}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name         = Barnes-Hiscock House
| nrhp_type    =
| image        = Barnes-Hitchcock House.jpg
| caption      =
| location     = 930 James Street,<br>[[Syracuse, New York]]
| coordinates  = {{coord|43|3|26|N|76|8|12|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin     = New York#USA
| area         = <!---- {{convert|__|acre}} --->
| built        = 1851
| architect    = [[Joseph Lyman Silsbee]]
| architecture = Colonial Revival
| added        = July 30, 2010
| refnum       = 10000512<ref name="newlistings2010aug06">{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20100806.htm |title=Announcements and actions on properties for the National Register of Historic Places for August 6, 2010 |date=August 6, 2010 |accessdate=2010-08-09 |work=Weekly Listings |publisher=[[National Park Service]]| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100830152907/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20100806.htm| archivedate= 30 August 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
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The '''Barnes-Hiscock House''' (also known as the '''Corinthian Club''') is a historic building located at 930 James Street in [[Syracuse, New York]]. It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on July 30, 2010.<ref name="newlistings2010aug06" />
== Description and history ==
It was built in 1851-1853 by industrialist and abolitionist [[George Barnes (abolitionist)|George Barnes]], in an Italian villa style. It was later the home of [[Frank H. Hiscock]], "who served as the chief justice of the [[New York State Court of Appeals]], the state's highest court, and who with his wife Mary Elizabeth remodeled it in the [[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival]] style in the 1890s."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nysparks.state.ny.us/newsroom/press-releases/release.aspx?r=777 |title=Press Release - NYS Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation |access-date=2010-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225025459/http://nysparks.state.ny.us/newsroom/press-releases/release.aspx?r=777 |archive-date=2010-12-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="case" /> Renovations on the home were completed for the Barnes family under the direction of architect [[Joseph Lyman Silsbee]] in 1878 and 1882. The home was subsequently enlarged and significantly altered to its current Classical Revival appearance for the Hiscock family by architect's Green and Wicks of Buffalo.
The house was the primary asset of the Corinthian Club, a private women's club which had occupied the building since its founding in 1949, but which faced severe financial difficulty in 2009.<ref name="case">{{cite web|url=http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2009/07/syracuses_corinthian_club_face.html| title=Syracuse's Corinthian Club Faces Financial Stress| date=July 25, 2009 |author=Dick Case}}</ref><ref name="aia">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QYCm57fb_NUC&q=Barnes-Hiscock&pg=PA218 |author=Evamaria Hardin |title=Syracuse landmarks: an AIA guide to downtown and historic neighborhoods|date=February 1993 |isbn=9780815625995 }}</ref> The club was named for the Corinthian-style pillars gracing the front of the mansion, which were added in the 1890s renovation.
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.grbarnes.org/ The George and Rebecca Barnes Foundation], located inside the Barnes-Hiscock Mansion, owns the building and hosts tours, historical lectures and other events to raise money for restoration and maintenance of the building.
*[http://newyorkculturalheritagetourismnetwork.com/members_id_get.php?member_id=50 Barnes Hiscock Mansion]
*[http://www.facebook.com/pages/George-Rebecca-Barnes-Foundation/192909364090 Facebook page relating to the house]
{{National Register of Historic Places}}
[[Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Houses in Syracuse, New York]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Syracuse, New York]]
[[Category:Colonial Revival architecture in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Houses completed in 1853]]
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