Syracuse, New York: House Atop a Factory
It's just a shell of a house, but it appears legit from the street. Makeover transformed Victorian look to a more modern-sided house.
- Address:
- 1710 North Salina St., Syracuse, NY
- Directions:
- Penfield Mfg. Co.(closed), Salina and Wolf Streets. Visible from I-81 looking north.
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The house has been rehabbed. It now has siding, and is gray.
[Seamus, 08/26/2023]It looks like they are beginning to tear the factory building down. The house may not be there much longer.
[Dorothy M Galphin, 08/08/2022]A property developer is gutting the factory for loft apartments, but claims that the building's "exterior architectural details" -- including the house on the roof -- will be left unmolested.
This wasn't something I planned to stop for, but we saw it a few times during our evening in Syracuse. It made us laugh every time, and was visible from the highway.
[Misty Albaugh, 04/27/2022]
There's a billboard blocking one side of the house, and graffiti on another side.
[Ruth Sargent, 05/29/2021]
Penfield Mfg. Co. in Syracuse, New York. A local landmark. The little red Victorian house sits on top of the factory. It was a local mystery for years as to why a house was up there. The factory was a staple in the city, making therapeutic mattresses. The company closed its doors in 2005.
[Natalie Monteith, 12/03/2006]Some details from a recent story in The Post-Standard: The factory was built in 1880 by H.A. Moyer. The 2 and a half story house on the roof, an "architectural gimmick," according to a 1937 newspaper interview with a Moyer family member, was never inhabited -- it contains elevator machinery and rafters.
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