Williamsburg Park
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Williamsburg Park is a residential section east of North Triphammer Road. It was laid out in the 1960s by developer Otto B. Schoenfeld. (See "Who is the 'Texan' who developed Texas Lane?".) The northern part of Williamsburg Park was originally part of the Manning Farm; the land had been purchased by Franklin Cornell in 1903 and used as summer pasture for his coal company’s horses.[1] The southern section of the neighborhood was part of the Eunice and Charles Leigh Taylor’s dairy farm, which was later transferred to Emily Cornell Stagg, who sold to Schoenfeld. Rather than reflecting this agricultural heritage, the street names in Williamsburg Park evoke connections to the English colonial past, especially to the Williamsburg, Virginia region.
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Williamsburg Park was carved from land owned by Emily Cornell Stagg, which had been the Isaac and Mary Owen Manning farm in the 1800s. "Map of Cornell-Taylor Farm," by Carl Crandall, November 15, 1948. From the Tompkins County Clerk's Office.
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FOOTNOTE
[1] Carol U. Sisler, Enterprising Families, Ithaca, New York, Their Houses and Businesses (Ithaca, NY: Enterprise Publishing, 1986), p. 67.
[1] Carol U. Sisler, Enterprising Families, Ithaca, New York, Their Houses and Businesses (Ithaca, NY: Enterprise Publishing, 1986), p. 67.
