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Rutger Park Residences
Utica,
Oneida County
landmark status: Rutger Park local, State and National
Historic District; No. 3 Rutger Park designated National Historic
Landmark.
threat: Vacancy, deferred maintenance.
Located in a planned
park-like setting in what was once the rural outskirts of Utica,
the architecturally significant residences at Rutger Park are linked
to state and national leaders who made Utica their home in the
19th century. Two are associated with nationally prominent architects,
especially active in New York State. Number 3 Rutger Park was designed
by Philip Hooker of Albany, and the imposing 1854 Italian Villa
style house at 1 Rutger Park is considered one of Andrew Jackson
Davis’ most important works. Appropriate
preservation of these properties hold the promise of spurring new
economic activity within Utica. Currently, the buildings are vacant,
and are enduring yet another winter without stabilization. Plans
for their stabilization and rehabilitation should be made promptly
so that these local, state and national treasures can again become
useful and a point of pride in Utica and the state.
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