Emily E Sheldon

"The Little House"
303 E. Upland Rd
Year Built: 1900
Style: Colonial Revival

"Originally an outbuilding of the Wyckoff Estate in Cornell Heights, the structure was called a 'gymnasium' because of a dirt track that encircled it. Intended for fitness and sport for the leisured class, it was a hastily built structure. The small building was sold for financial reasons, and the Sheldon family purchased it.
  Moving homes (called "removal") was a common practice during the nineteenth century to "make way for progress." Cut in half with hand saws, this house was transported up Triphammer Road to number 901. Emily Sheldon was widowed when her husband [Ralph Edward Sheldon], a doctor, died treating patients in Pittsburgh during the influenza epidemic at the end of World War I. When an interested buyer offered to purchase her Triphammer Road property, she happily hired a tractor to move the house to a lot on E. Upland Road, though it got stuck in the neighbor's mud on the way!"

Note: Emily Sheldon died in 1949.

Extracts from Twice "Removed" and Thrice Survived, by Elizabeth Mount, ©1993

TO COME. Chronology of the moves and other details related to the moves.

Note: This booklet describes the social context for the development of the Village of Cayuga Heights and includes a number of maps for geographical context.

Obituary for Mrs. Emily Sheldon
The Ithaca Journal, Sep 3 1949, P. 2

  "Mrs. Emily Sheldon of 305 E. Upland Rd. died today, Sept. 3, 1949, in Memorial Hospital after a long illness.
  She is survived by two sons, Evan H. Sheldon of Ithaca and Bert T. Sheldon of New York City.
  In accordance with her wishes there will be no funeral services."

Emily Abigale Evans Sheldon

DoB: 1889
PoB: South Eaton, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
Died: 3 Sep 1949, Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York
Burial Details Unknown