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1890 House Museum
The 1890 Museum House features restored period room settings, changing exhibitions and special programs and events.
This impressive limestone mansion is located right in the heart of downtown Cortland. Built for the late 19th-century inventor and industrialist Chester Wickwire, the home is a veritable time capsule illuminating the life of the wealthy Wickwire family and features restored period room settings, changing exhibitions and special programs and events.
Designed in an eclectic, Chateauesque-style, the inside of this lavish 30-room mansion showcases parquet floors, jewel-like stained glass windows, oak and cherry woodwork, and ornate decorative stenciling.
Designed in an eclectic, Chateauesque-style, the inside of this lavish 30-room mansion showcases parquet floors, jewel-like stained glass windows, oak and cherry woodwork, and ornate decorative stenciling.
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