| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| Dr Sylvester Willard | Significant name | |||||
| Louis Comfort Tiffany | Architect | |||||
| 1836/00/00 | ||||||
| 1843/00/00 | ||||||
| 1892/00/00 | ||||||
| 1916/00/00 | Theodore Willard Case | Home, Work | Theodore Case buys the Willard Mansion and remodels several outbuildings to support his research into sound-on-film technology: former C19th carriage house into an experimental movie studio, C19th century greenhouse into the Case Research Laboratory. | |||
| 1925/06/00 | Theodore Willard Case | Inventor | Theodore Case directs vaudevillian Gus Visser and his singing duck. | Theodore Case Sound Test: Gus Visser and His Singing Duck | Invention of Talking Pictures |
| Particulars for Dr Sylvester Willard Mansion: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Art |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Entertainment - Recreation |
| Architectural Style | Greek Revival |
| Area of Significance | Health-medicine |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Area of Significance | Industry |
| Area of Significance | Invention |
| Architectural Style | Neoclassical |
| Criteria | Person |
| Owner | Private |
| Area of Significance | Science |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
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