Diane, I live very close to that spot. I don't know who lives in that house, but I can most certainly tell you that the spot took a major beating during the Labor Day storm (i.e. the downdrafts on Labor Day, 1998, which toppled about 30,000 trees in 15 minutes). We were without power for almost a week after that, because of all the damage in the area. Somewhere I have photos taken not far away from that spot the morning after those nasty winds. It won't be very difficult for me to see if there is still a house there next time I go to the grocery store. Though I could probably get a digital photo of the house if it exists, that might be considered rude without asking the owner first. -- Mary 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

Diane, I found one of the photos from the Post Standard that was taken about a block away from 1000 Cumberland Ave the day after the storm. It doesn't show much, but may give you some sense of things: <http://www.syracuse.com/news/labordaystorm/gallery/gallery.ssf?/cgi-bin/slide-show.cgi/syr/slide_show.ata?index=2&g_id=1749> It's a very long URL, so I have enclosed it in angle brackets to keep it intact. If it still wraps around, you'll need to paste it back together first. -- Mary "Mary D. Taffet" wrote: > > Diane, > > I live very close to that spot. I don't know who lives in that house, > but I can most certainly tell you that the spot took a major beating > during the Labor Day storm (i.e. the downdrafts on Labor Day, 1998, > which toppled about 30,000 trees in 15 minutes). We were without power > for almost a week after that, because of all the damage in the area. > Somewhere I have photos taken not far away from that spot the morning > after those nasty winds. > > It won't be very difficult for me to see if there is still a house there > next time I go to the grocery store. Though I could probably get a > digital photo of the house if it exists, that might be considered rude > without asking the owner first. > > -- Mary 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