ca. 1894 - Charles and Frederic Wickwire (Photograph from an archival source: the1890house.org, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
2006-01-16 - Identified through information adapted from <i>E. M. Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List</i>, by Sand Lawn and Allen Kinzey (Organ Historical Society, 1997), and included here through the kind permission of Sand Lawn: <br><i> With player attachment; removed in 1990 by Richard Strauss; to be restored.</i> -Database Manager
2009-11-04 - Updated through on-line information from John Elwood. -Database Manager
2021-12-07 - Founded by Charles's father, Wickwire Brothers was the largest producer of wire products in the US, as well as Cortland's largest employer. A biography from the 1890house.org : Charles (1879-1956), the oldest son of Chester and Ardell, was eleven years old when the family moved into the house in 1890. As a boy, Charles played with Mabel Fitzgerald, the girl next door, and they married in 1902. See the entry on Mabel Fitzgerald for more information. Chester took Charles and Frederic on many cultural trips to places like New York City, Saratoga Springs, the West Coast, as well as the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. Charles played several musical instruments, including the banjo, the autoharp, and the xylophone. Charles was a member of the local Banjo Club, and his club certificate sits on the bed in the Boys’ Bedroom. Charles took banjo lessons from a local teacher, Professor Leonard, and French lessons from Professor Henrique. He and Frederic attended a weekly French club, where students were required to speak only in French. Charles attended the Cortland Normal School, and as a high school student, he attended Phillips Andover Academy in Massachusetts. He later attended Yale University, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree. Upon his marriage to Mabel, Charles built the red mansion to the left of the 1890 House (when viewed from outside). This mansion is now the SUNY Cortland Alumni House. After college, Charles became Vice President of the Wickwire Brothers factory. Upon his father’s death, he became the President, and managed the company during its peak production period of the 1920s-1940s. -Jeff Scofield
Source: Courtesy of Allen Kinzey from shop files
Cortland, New York
Charles C. Wickwire Residence
Skinner Op. 403 1924 2/11
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