Other Public Facilities
What is now Burnet Park was the farm of Major John Burnet, who willed his acreage to the city of Syracuse in 1886. The park is the largest in the city, with 88 acres (360,000 m2). The Rosamond Gifford Zoo, within the park, was originally named Burnet Park Zoo. It is now operated by the Onondaga County Department of Parks. Over 600 animals inhabit diverse habitats ranging from tropical to woodlands.
Adjourning Burnet Park on the northwest is James Pass Arboretum, located on the property of James Pass, an English potter who, along with his father, Richard Pass, helped found the Onondaga Pottery Company, which later became Syracuse China.
Churches
- St. John's Ukrainian Catholic Church (1913)
- St. Brigid's Church, also Catholic, (1926)
- St. Patrick's Church (1872)
- St. John the Baptist Greek Catholic Church (1913)
Cemeteries
- Sacred Heart Cemetery, Catholic
- The Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Protestant
- St. John the Baptist Greek Cemetery
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