The Little Red House

06/02/2022

Moyer Carriage Lofts to include housing for people with mental illnesses.

03/22/2022

The historic status will make redevelopment of the building into loft apartments eligible for tax credits.

10/01/2017

Yiorgos Kyriakopoulos went to his native Greece to attend his brother's funeral.

10/01/2017

Read the Obituary and view the Guest Book, leave condolences or send flowers. | Yiorgos Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos, 62, passed away tragically in a head on collision while visiting Greece. Born August 30, 1955, Yiorgos left home at age 12 and jumped ship in New York City at age

08/03/2013

Owner of the Little Red House speaks!

Yiorgos Kyriakopoulos recently gave The Post-Standard and Syracuse.com a look inside the 118-year-old complex that housed the Moyer carriage and car factory and later the Porter-Cable Machine Co. and Penfield Manufacturing Co. in Syracuse. The factory, which has been vacant since 2006, is best known...

07/05/2013

July 4th Fireworks

06/11/2013

This morning's Post Standard. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/06/syracuses_building_with_a_hous.html

01/14/2013

The Victorian Home Atop the Penfield Building

As you drive along route 81 north of downtown Syracuse, look for a red brick factory with the name "Penfield Manufacturing" on the side. Then look to the roof and you will see the Victorian home that has been a mystery to most who grew up in Syracuse. Built by the Moyer family when the factory was used to manufacture mattresses, the rumors about the house were that Mrs. Moyer refused to move to Syracuse when her husband opened a factory there, not wanting to leave her home. So, Mr. Moyer moved the house atop the factory, and they lived there. As romantic as it sounds, it is as untrue as all other variations of the tale. The truth is, the building houses pulleys and an elevator housing and is nothing more than an architectural gimmick. The best viewing spot is from the corner of South Salina Street and Wolf Street. Look north on Salina and up to the right.

At first glance, the city of Syracuse, New York, seems to be a normal college city, but if you take the time to look to your left and right as you drive through the streets of this central New York city, you'll notice a few oddities that make this city all the more interesting. These "roadside" attr...

01/14/2013

See the house on top of the Penfield Bldg in this photo? It has been the subject of more conversations than I would care to know. Was it built for tax purposes? Was it built to house the elevator? ...

01/14/2013

Owner of New Jersey trucking company buys Penfield Building on North Salina Street. He’s entertaining the idea of putting an office in the roof-top house.