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Camillus
East Syracuse
Scottholm
Dewitt
South Salina

Camillus

Present-day map of the Camillus in Syracuse, New York, west of Onondaga Lake and State Fair Boulevard. Camillus tracts 44, 55, 56, 67 are in a 4 by 4 grid shape. Tracts 55 and 56, on the east side, are elongated and off center to the north. Garden Terrace is 171 parcels, in a semi fragmented right trapezoid shape, in the center of Camillus 55, along the west side of Pottery Road. Edgewood Garden is 154 parcels, in a semi fragmented shape, in the northwest corner of Camillus 56, along the west side of Van Buren Road Two parcels along the west side of Pottery Road.

Military tract: Camillus 55.
Sub-division: Garden Terrace, 171 covenants.
Covenant: “This land shall never be occupied by a colored person nor alien.”
Grantor: Grafton Johnson.
Date range: March 15, 1913 to November 11, 1930.
Example covenant: Book 430, Page 439.

Military tract: Camillus 56.
Sub-division: Edgewood Garden, 154 covenants.
Covenant: “This land shall never be occupied by a colored person nor alien.”
Grantor: Grafton Johnson.
Date range: July 6, 1916 to July 13, 1929.
Example covenant: Book 450, Page 224.

Military tract: Camillus 67.
First parcel covenant: “This property shall not be sold to Italian, Polish, or colored people.”
Grantors: George M. Schuyler and Mary McCarty Schuyler.
Date: August 8, 1929.
Recorded in: Book 606, Page 175.

Second parcel covenant: “This property shall not be sold to Italians, Polish, Hungarian or colored peoples, or persons of foreign birth.”
Grantors: George M. Schuyler and Mary McCarty Schuyler.
Date: March 27, 1930.
Recorded in Book 606, Page 364.”

East Syracuse

Present-day map of East Syracuse. Manlius 21, 30, and 31 are in an L shape above James Street. One parcel, south of Court Street Road and north of Carrier Parkway James Street Terrace is 169 covenants, roughly a square shape with a panhandle from the center of the western side, on the north side of James Street. Two parcels on Winchester Road on the east side of Franklin Neighborhood Park.

Military tract: Manlius 21.
Parcel south of Court Street Road and north of Carrier Parkway:
Covenant: “Neither the parties of the second part, their heirs or assigns shall or will erect, maintain, or carry on… a hospital for the care or treatment of disease, whether of persons or of animals, or any asylum for the care or treatment of the insane”.
Grantor: Syracuse Land Development Co. Inc.
Date: May 28, 1946.
Minimum home cost: 3,500.
Recorded in: Book 1209, Page 387.

Military tract: Manlius 30.
Sub-division: James Street Terrace, 169 covenants.
Covenant: “This land shall never be conveyed to a colored person or alien.”
Grantor: Grafton Johnson.
Date range: June 27, 1911 to March 6, 1923.
Example covenant: Book 480, Page 324.

Military tract: Manlius 31.
Parcels on Winchester Road on the east side of Franklin Neighborhood Park.
Covenant: “Neither the party of the second part, his heirs or assigns, shall or will erect, maintain, or carry on… a hospital for the care or treatment of disease, whether of persons or of animals, or any asylum for the care or treatment of the insane.”
Grantor: Syracuse Land Development Co. Inc.
Date: April 12, 1946.
Minimum home cost: 3,500.
Recorded in Book 1199, Page 545.

Scottholm

Present-day map of the east side of Syracuse, New York. Manlius 49 and Manlius 60 are stacked on one another over the Meadowbrook neighborhood. The border cuts across Nottingham High School, east of University Hill and Westcott. Scottholm is 173 covenants, in a right trapezoid shape, across both Manlius 49 and 60 below East Genesee Street. Parcels with covenants are concentrated in the upper half and more scattered in south end.

Military tract: Manlius 49, Manlius 60.
Sub-division: Scottholm, 173 covenants.
Covenant: “Said lot shall not during the aforesaid period be occupied by or conveyed to negroes as owners or tenants.”
Grantor: East Genesee Extension Corporation.
Date range: November 18, 1914 to June 17, 1940.
Minimum home cost range: 4,000 to 10,000.
Covenants remain in effect for 25 years. A majority of bona fide residents can extend covenant restrictions for 25 years by January 1, 1940.
Example covenant: Book 489, Page 227.”

Dewitt

Present-day map of Dewitt, New York. Manlius military tracts 62, 63, and 72 are in an upside-down L shape, pointing east. East Genesee Street passes through Manlius 62 and 63. The eastern border of Manlius 72 is Maple Drive. Dewittshire A, B, C, D have 199 covenants, south of East Genesee Street, along Cornwall Drive, Jamesville Road, Wellington Road, and Ambergate Road. Wellington Hills block E has 15 covenants, in a strip on Butternut Drive north of East Genesee Street. Lyndonlea has 41 covenants, in two parallel strips on both sides of Edwards Drive, off East Genesee Street. Lynacres, 60 covenants, two parallel strips on both sides of Lynacres Boulevard, also off East Genesee Street. 6 parcels along Maple Drive.

Military tract: Manlius 62.
Sub-divisions: Dewittshire A, B, C, D, 199 covenants, south of East Genesee Street, along Cornwall Drive, Jamesville Road, Wellington Road, and Ambergate Road.
Covenant: “No person of other than the Caucasian race may become the grantee or lessee of this property.”
Grantor: J.W. Clark Real Estate Co. Inc.
Date range: July 8, 1927 to February 1, 1931.
Minimum home cost range: 4,000 to 5,000.
Covenants remain in effect for 50 years, beginning on May 1, 1929.
Example covenant: Book 608, Page 433.

Military tract: 62.
Sub-division: Wellington Hills block E, 15 covenants, in a strip on Butternut Drive north of East Genesee Street.
Covenant: “No race other than the Caucasian Race shall use or occupy any building on any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race employed by an owner or tenant.”
Grantor: J.W. Clark Real Estate Co. Inc.
Date: August 11, 1939.
Minimum home cost: 4,500.
Covenants remain in effect until January 1, 1963.
Example covenant: Book 911, Page 421.

Military tract: 63.
Sub-division: Lyndonlea, 41 covenants, in two parallel strips on both sides of Edwards Drive, off East Genesee Street.
Covenant: “No persons of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant.”
Grantors: Ernest C. Edwards, Emily Kate Edwards.
Date range: August 11, 1939 to June 17, 1940.
Minimum home cost: 5,000.
Covenants remain in effect for 25 years, beginning on May 1, 1940.
Example covenant: Book 933, Page 421.

Military tract: 63.
Sub-division: Lynacres, 60 covenants, two parallel strips on both sides of Lynacres Boulevard, also off East Genesee Street.
Covenant: “No person of other than the Caucasian race may become the grantee or lessee of this property.”
Grantor: J.W. Clark Real Estate Co. Inc.
Date: June 1, 1926.
Minimum home cost: 10,000.
Example covenant: Miscellaneous Records Book QQ, Page 290.

Military tract: Manlius 72.
6 parcels along Maple Drive.
Covenant: “No part of said premises shall ever be used or occupied by any person or persons of any race or blood other than the white race… nothing herein contained shall prevent the lawful owner or occupant… from keeping servants of other than the white race thereon.”
Grantor: Mabel V. Bingle.
Date range: October 19, 1935 to October 15, 1936.
Example covenants: Book 784, Page 382 and Book 814, Page 173.

South Salina

Present-day overhead map of South Salina. The rectangular Onondaga 147 tract of the Late Onondaga Reservation is above Nedrow on South Salina Street. The tract’s left side borders a winding section of Onondaga Creek. Everingham Tract has 13 covenants, along Ruhamah Ave and Everingham Road, west of South Salina Street.

Tract: Onondaga 147, of the Late Onondaga Reservation.
Sub-division: Everingham Tract, 13 covenants, along Ruhamah Ave and Everingham Road, west of South Salina Street.
Covenant: “said premises are to be used for residence purposes only and cannot be sold to negroes, Italians, or foreigners that might have a tendency to decrease the valuation of adjoining properties.”
Grantor: Bernard V. Kelley and Nellie B. Kelley.
Date range: May 28, 1923 to June 6, 1928.
Minimum home cost range: 2,500 to 5,000.
Covenants remain in effect for 99 years.
Example covenant: Book 519, Page 403.