Historic house
1890 House Museum
Cortland, New York
About
The 1890 House Museum in Cortland, New York preserves the Chester F. Wickwire mansion, a stunning example of Chateauesque architecture built in 1890 for a local wire screen manufacturer. The house is preserved largely as it was originally furnished, offering visitors an intimate portrait of upper-class Victorian life in upstate New York. Its ornate interiors, original furnishings, and collection of period decorative arts make it a rare surviving window into the Gilded Age.
Highlights & Things Not to Miss
Chateauesque Architecture
A remarkably intact Victorian mansion from the Gilded Age
Original Victorian Interiors
Period rooms furnished as they appeared in 1890
Wickwire Family History
The story of the wire manufacturer who built his dream house