Very nearly the last glimse of a true Greek colonnade, is this structure facing once proud Fayette Park. Built by John F. Wyman, this house was sold shortly before 1847 to Horace White for $8,000. The eldest of the astounding Whites, Horace was born in Homer April 19, 1802, and in 1838 moved to Syracuse where he rapidly became a business leader, founding the Bank of Syracuse and helping to organize the Syracuse and Utica Railroad.

The scale, more easily appreciated in figure two, is monumental; more precisely ancient than that of its next door neighbor the, Valentine house (see page 119). "Disregarding its aweinspiring classic prodigiousness, we find correctly proportioned columns with perfect Greek bases and capitals, spaced in an irregular manner not unlike Greek propylaeas with the large center opening serving as a chariot entrance; the ensemble capped by a magnificent pediment and pure Greek entablature, complete with three fillets in the architrave, which originally extended completely around the building. With correct dentals under the cornice, the facade rivals in exactness the home at 471 James Street (page 125).

Purity ceases with the door jamb and its strangely off-center location. The plan here is a compromise between a completely off-center and a "four square" arrangement which produced for the builder a large over-size parlor in place of two usual sized ones demanding a ridiculous width.* The jamb itself is extraordinary (figure 4), with a typical entablature displaying polished features of acanthus leaves and bead and reel moulding. It nevertheless lacks true classic feeling, chiefly due to the round headed gothic panels of the posts - a shadow of coming events. Our greatest attention should, however, be drawn to the Corinthian capital, a rare product of the Revival in Syracuse and the only such in the survey that is as close to pure Corinthian.

The small bay window seen in figure three is likewise deserving of attention with its small pediment, swags and other Greek details making for an impressive adjunct to the main building - a building whose present use as a hotel amplifies its tremendous scale and the legerdomain possible with Greek Revival.

Notes:

Note 1: Built on this latter plan, the Leavenworth house is over fifty feet wide.