 Williamson, struck with the peculiar beauty of the elevated plain which crowns the high bank of the lake, and the many advantages which it possessed as a site for a town, began here to lay out his building. lots parallel with and facing the lake.  Visit to the Falls of Niagara in 1800 - Seite 87von John Maude - 1826 - 313 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Henry O'Reilly - 1838 - 570 Seiten
...Lake. It is divided into Upper and Lower Town. The first establishments were on the margin of the Jake, as best adapted to business ; but Captain Williamson,...possessed as a site for a town, began here to lay out his building-lots parallel with and facing the lake. These lots are three quarters of an acre deep, and... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1842 - 652 Seiten
...Town. The first establishments were on the margin of the lake, as best adapted to business ; but Capt. Williamson, struck with the peculiar beauty of the...an acre deep, and half an acre in front, and valued (in 1800) at $375 per lot. One article in the agreement with Capt. Williamson is, that no buildings... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1842 - 666 Seiten
...Town. The first establishments were on the margin of the lake, as best adapted to business; but Capt. Williamson, struck with the peculiar beauty of the...possessed as a site for a town, began here to lay out his building-lots parallel with and facing the lake. These lots are three quarters of an acre deep, and... | |
 | J. C. Gilleland - 1851 - 478 Seiten
...Town. The first establishments were on the margin of the lake, as best adapted to business; but Capt. Williamson, struck with the peculiar beauty of the...possessed as a site for a town, began here to lay out his building-lots parallel with and facing the lake. These lots are three quarters of an acre deep, and... | |
 | 1916 - 318 Seiten
...Captain Charles Williamson, Pulteney's agent: for, as John Maude, who visited the town in 1800, records: "Captain Williamson, struck with the peculiar beauty...of the Elevated plain which crowns the high bank of Seneca Lake, inserted a clause in the deeds, that no buildings shall be erected on the east side of... | |
 | Geneva Historical Society - 2003 - 132 Seiten
...best adapted to business; Captain Williamson, struck with the peculiar beauty of the elevated plane which crowns the high bank of the lake, and the many...building lots parallel with and facing the lake." To this day Geneva has been divided into the Hill and the Bottom — the quiet, cultured, and picturesque... | |
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