106 Oak Hill Place
Year Built: 1920
Architect: Clinton Vivian
Builder: William E. Lamkin
Landscape Architect: Ralph W. Curtis
Click on the documents below to read an account of Oak Hill Place and its environs in the 1920s, written by lifelong resident "Midge" Wilson. Midge's father who moved into the house from Iowa, was three-time president of the Council of Social Agencies between 1925 and 1935, and director of the Tompkins County Community Fund during World War II.
Year Built: 1920
Architect: Clinton Vivian
Builder: William E. Lamkin
Landscape Architect: Ralph W. Curtis
Click on the documents below to read an account of Oak Hill Place and its environs in the 1920s, written by lifelong resident "Midge" Wilson. Midge's father who moved into the house from Iowa, was three-time president of the Council of Social Agencies between 1925 and 1935, and director of the Tompkins County Community Fund during World War II.
Note the mention of the original slate sidewalk and plaque (which still welcomes visitors today), the Oak Hill Trail (created through the woods behind the homes as a way to stay close to nature), and stone Indian arrowheads (likely Iroquois, as the name of the two nearby streets.)
