The Tefft-Steadman House in

Marcellus, New York Marcellus is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 6,210 at the 2010 census. The town was probably named after Marcus Claudius Marcellus, a Roman general, by a clerk interested in the Classics. The Marcellus F ...

is a

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...

-style house that was designed by major architect

Minard Lafever Minard Lafever (1798–1854) was an American architect of churches and houses in the United States in the early nineteenth century. Life and career Lafever began life as a carpenter around 1820. At this period in the United States there were no ...

. (Or is it just from one of his pattern books?) It was built in 1835, apparently faithfully implementing a design from architect

's pattern-book, and was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...

in 2007. an
''Accompanying 17 photos, exterior and interior, from 2007 (see captions on page 21 of text document)''
/ref> The house is now operated as a local history museum by the Marcellus Historical Society.

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Marcellus Historical Society

- Marcellus Historical Society Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Houses completed in 1835 Houses in Onondaga County, New York Museums in Onondaga County, New York Historical society museums in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Onondaga County, New York {{NewYork-museum-stub