The Cunningham residence was razed in 2000 due to deterioration and later replaced by Stewart's.
The Cunningham house was a contributing and excellent example of c.1840 Greek Revival residential architecture (historically known as the “Cunningham House”) features a 2-story, gable-front design with a rear 1-1/2-story addition. The building had a stone foundation, clapboard siding; 6-pane windows on the second story and 6/6 sash on the first story, a pediment on the gable with boxed cornices, an exterior brick chimney, and 1-story front entry porch with hipped roof and square, wood Doric columns.
The Cunningham House is believed to have been constructed for mill owner Joseph Russell. It was purchased in 1858 by attorney Thomas Cunningham upon his marriage to Mary E. Burdick. Sometime around 1862 he commissioned Moses Sutton to build a small office of similar style on the corner of the property to serve as his law office. This building was also used as a tailor shop by Mr. Katz. This was later used by grandson Arthur J. Cunningham as a dental office. In 1931 this office building was removed to the Robert Cunningham property on lower Library Avenue where it exists today as a residence.
The Cunningham house was a contributing and excellent example of c.1840 Greek Revival residential architecture (historically known as the “Cunningham House”) features a 2-story, gable-front design with a rear 1-1/2-story addition. The building had a stone foundation, clapboard siding; 6-pane windows on the second story and 6/6 sash on the first story, a pediment on the gable with boxed cornices, an exterior brick chimney, and 1-story front entry porch with hipped roof and square, wood Doric columns.
The Cunningham House is believed to have been constructed for mill owner Joseph Russell. It was purchased in 1858 by attorney Thomas Cunningham upon his marriage to Mary E. Burdick. Sometime around 1862 he commissioned Moses Sutton to build a small office of similar style on the corner of the property to serve as his law office. This building was also used as a tailor shop by Mr. Katz. This was later used by grandson Arthur J. Cunningham as a dental office. In 1931 this office building was removed to the Robert Cunningham property on lower Library Avenue where it exists today as a residence.
The Thomas Cunningham law office. Note Cunningham House at right. (Richards Library collection)
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Thomas Cunningham (1825-1907) was born on a farm in Essex County, NY. He attended Troy Conference Academy and apprenticed with an Elizabethtown law firm. He was admitted to the bar in 1853 and soon located his law office in Warrensburgh on the corner of Stewart Farrar Avenue and Main Street, the current location of Stewart's Shop. He had a large clientele and was politically active, serving as Town Supervisor 1861/1862, again in 1864/1865 and finally from 1872-1877. He served as Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue for several years and filled a vacancy as the District Attorney. His estate encompassed an area stretching from Main Street to Milton Avenue, plus property in the vicinity of Ridge Street and Burdick Avenue. He married Mary Elizabeth Burdick, for whom Burdick Avenue was named, and they had ten children, of which all but three survived past childhood: Charles; Frank; Fred; Harry; Robert; Alice and Maude Cunningham. Charles became a doctor who also served the community of Warrensburg.
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The Cunningham House ~ by Marie Fisher
The house standing on the corner of Stewart Farrar Avenue and Main Street, was the home of Thomas Cunningham, attorney, who located in Warrensurgh in 1856. The house is believed to have been built before 1876. During the lifetime of Thomas Cunningham, a small law office stood on the property, very close to the sidewalk. In later years, the office was used by Arthur Cunningham, dentist. ( Office moved to Library Avenue, converted into living quarters.) |
