Plainville, New York

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Plainville is a hamlet on NY Route 370 about 4.5 miles west of Baldwinsville in Onondaga County, New York.

It is noted for the extensive Plainville Turkey Farms, which have remained in the same family since 1835. Nearby on Route 370 west of the hamlet is the James Leslie Voorhees house, Whig Hill (1833), one of the major historic houses of Onondaga County. Voorhees was a wealthy landowner of nearby property and a builder of New York City as well as Central New York engineering projects who was active in New York State politics.

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  • McKee, Harley J., Patricia Earle, Paul Malo. Architecture Worth saving in Onondaga County. Syracuse University Press, 1964.
  • Onondaga Landmarks: A Survey of Historic and Architectural Sites in Syracuse and Onondaga County. Syracuse-Onondaga County Planning Agency, 1987

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