Dining Room – July 31, 2020

Gustav Stickley referred to the dining room in the November 1905 edition of The Craftsman as “the center of hospitality and good cheer.” The dining room and Inglenook in the Columbus Avenue home have largely remained the same since the time of his...

The Four Fireplaces – June 10, 2020

The home Stickley shared with his family on Columbus Avenue in Syracuse was not a Craftsman built home. It was a Queen Anne style tract home he purchased in 1900 designed by a local architect, Wellington Watt Taber.  We do not have the original floor plans but we...

Main Bath – April 25, 2020

During the time Gus and his family lived in the house (1901-1910) there was only one bathroom shared by the entire family. It consisted of a tub, toilet and sink. If you look at the image above from Samuel Howe’s 1902 article in The Craftsman, A Visit to the...