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Smith-Ely Mansion is a historic home located at Clyde in
Wayne County, New York Wayne County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 91,283. The county seat is Lyons. The name honors General Anthony Wayne, an American Revolutionary War hero and American sta ...
. It is a large, 2½-story brick masonry residence featuring elements of the
Classical Revival Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassic ...
style. The original house was built about 1850 and extensively altered in 1875–1877. That renovation added an extensive
verandah A veranda (also spelled verandah in Australian and New Zealand English) is a roofed, open-air hallway or porch, attached to the outside of a building. A veranda is often partly enclosed by a railing and frequently extends across the front an ...
and 3-story tower. The front is dominated by a colossal, four-columned
portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cu ...
added during a renovation dated to 1908–1911.''See also:'' The Erie Mansion has been known through the years as the Smith-Ely Mansion. Today it has been transformed into a bed and breakfast and renamed The Erie Mansion. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1992.


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{{National Register of Historic Places in New York Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Neoclassical architecture in New York (state) Houses completed in 1911 Houses in Wayne County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Wayne County, New York