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PlaqueID
0468
Building Name
Barker-O'Connor
House
Address
517
S
.
Front
Street
Plaque Text
Queen
Anne
style
house
built
as
investment
property
for
E
.
Gerry
Barker
(1850-1933)
,
native
of
Onondaga
County
,
NY
,
commission
merchant
; and
wife
,
Alice
M
.
Schonwald
(1850-1932)
.
Purchased
in
1904
by
Major
Daniel
O'Connor
(1834-1925)
; and
wife
,
Mary
Ann
Reilly
(1853-1919)
. A
Union
Army
veteran
, he
settled
here
after
the
Civil
War
when
he was
appointed
U.S
.
mail
agent
. A
native
of
County
Roscommon
,
Ireland
, he was a
real
estate
agent
and
founder
of
local
Hibernian
Society
.
House
converted
to
duplex
and
double
story
porch
added
by
1915
.
Remained
in
family
until
1949
.
Building Date
c
.
1896
Style
Queen
Anne
Renovated Date
1915
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