Did Davis Curtis Dodge own the property? I know in my areas the post office has re-numbered streets to suit its own ends. Only the recorded deeds would give a description of the lot without referring to a changeable street number. Good luck. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary D. Taffet" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [NYOnonda] 1000 Cumberland Avenue > Diane, > > I finally had a chance to go looking for this address today. It appears > that there is no longer any house at 1000 Cumberland Avenue -- and there > is also no visual evidence that a house was ever located there. At the > spot where 1000 Cumberland should be found if it existed, there is a > small park, about a block long on each side, called Sherman Park. I saw > a house with an address of 1001 Cumberland Avenue, so I know that the > even-numbered houses would have been located on the side of the street > that is now Sherman Park. > > I don't know when Sherman Park was first created, but it's certainly > been there as long as I've lived in this area (i.e. since 1986 at > least). There is a town-sponsored football team called the "Sherman > Park Bulldogs", but from what I can tell, they play somewhere else (near > Thornden Park, which is close to the SU campus). So perhaps there are > two parks called Sherman Park. The one that has replaced any house > formerly located at 1000 Cumberland is the Sherman Park that is bordered > by Cumberland, Westmoreland, Tecumseh, and Sherman Place. > > I'm guessing that an article about the creation of this Sherman Park > might mention the homes that were torn down in order to create it, but I > have yet to find such an article. > > -- Mary D. Taffet > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > Dear Listers: > > > > My mother, age 95, now living in California, remembers visiting her > > great-grandfather Dodge -- the only grandparent she ever knew -- when she was five or > > six years old. Mom especially remembers her Grandpa's bushy black eyebrows; > > that memory was corroborated by a newspaper article picture of him at 85 that I > > found last week at newspaperarchive.com. > > > > My research shows that this man, David Curtis Dodge, resided at 1000 > > Cumberland Avenue by 1905 until his death in 1920 at age 87-4-9. > > > > David Curtis Dodge descended from the English emigrant Richard Dodge, Sr. and > > his wife Edith. "Curtis" Dodge, son of David S. and Sylda (Colvin) (Howlett) > > Dodge was age 17 in the 1850 census; he was b. 7 Nov 1832, according to his > > death certificate. It's so amazing to me that I know someone who knew someone > > who was born 172 years ago! > > > > My mother is wondering if there is still a residence at 1000 Cumberland > > Avenue in Syracuse, whether it is the same home where she visited all those years > > ago and what the chain of ownership has been since her grandfather died. > > > > Does anyone know of a way to find out online whether this address is still a > > residence? I checked Yahoo and Mapquest, which shows the address on a map. > > The reverse lookups with which I am familiar require a telephone number. > > > > Thanks for any help you can give . . . > > > > Diane Wilson Flynn > >