snap that sign 2021: list of pomeroy foundation markers

Snap That Sign 2021: List of Pomeroy Foundation Markers & Plaques

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PALATINE TRAIL

ROAD USED FOR TRAVEL

WEST TO SCHOHARIE VALLEY.

AS EARLY AS 1767, THE

TOWN OF KNOX BEGAN

TO GROW AROUND THIS PATH.

WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2015

North side of Knox Gallupville Road,

KnoxAlbany X NYS

PAPER MILLS

1818 EPHRAIM ANDREWS

ACQUIRES CLOTH DRESSING AND

WOOL CARDING MILLS. BY 1850

JOHN E. ANDREWS ESTABLISHES

A STRAW PAPER MAKING MILL


County Route 111 and Water Board Rdl,

CoeymansAlbany X NYS

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF

ALBANY405 Quail Street, Albany Albany x x NR

RAPP ROAD COMMUNITY HISTORIC DISTRICT 28 Rapp Road, Albany Albany x NR

CUBA CEMETERY Medbury Ave, Cuba Allegany x x NR

CANASERAGA FOUR CORNERS HISTORIC

DISTRICT67 Main St., Canaseraga Allegany x NR

A HAIRY LEGEND

FIRST SIGHTED AUG 18, 1926

HAIRY WOMEN OF KLIPNOCKY,

ONCE YOUNG GIRLS, INHABIT

THIS FOREST, WAITING FOR

THEIR PARENTS' RETURN.

NEW YORK FOLKLORE SOCIETY


1329 County Route 13C, Canaseraga Allegany x L&L

STURTEVANT HOUSE

BUILT CA. 1871. HOME OF JAMES

W. STURTEVANT, CO-FOUNDER

OF PROMINENT CARRIAGE AND

SLEIGH MANUFACTURER,

STURTEVANT-LARRABEE COMPANY


47 North Street, Binghamton Broome x x NYS

LATOURETTE FARM

HOLLOW LOGS SUPPLIED SPRING

WATER TO THIS PRE-1831 HOUSE

WITH GREEK REVIVAL STYLE

TRIM KNOWN LOCALLY AS

COLD SPRING FARM


2000 Castle Gardens Road, Vestal Broome x NYS

MERSEREAU HOUSE

CA. 1832 FEDERAL FARM HOUSE

OF EARLY PIONEER JOHN

MERSEREAU. FARM INCLUDED A

SHAD FISHERY ON THE SOUTH

BANK OF SUSQUEHANNA RIVER


1808 Vestal Rd., Vestal Broome x NYS

EARLY SCHOOL

THE NORTH LYNDON SCHOOL WAS

BUILT CA. 1844 AND REMAINED

IN USE UNTIL 1947. THE

SCHOOL STILL RETAINS MANY

OF ITS ORIGINAL FEATURES.

WILLIAM G. FOUNDATION 2013

7621 North Center Rd., Lyndon Cattaraugus x x NYS


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FRANK W. HIGGINS

1856-1907

FROM 1896-1906 SERVED AS

NY GOVERNOR, LT. GOVERNOR

AND STATE SENATOR.

BURIED HERE.


730 S. Union St., Olean Cattaraugus x x NYS

PETER JONES

1850-1933, BELIEVED TO HAVE

ESCAPED SLAVERY, LIVED AND

WORKED FOR HATCH FAMILY ON

MAYVILLE FARM. BURIED AT

CHESTNUT HILL CEMETERY


1008 Portville-Obi Road, Portville Cattaraugus x x NYS

PLANK ROAD HOUSE

BUILT CA 1856 AT JUNCTION OF

ELLICOTTVILLE-GREAT VALLEY

PLANK ROAD & ROAD TO

FRANKLIVILLE. SERVED AS

HOTEL, LIVERY & POST OFFICE


5997 Rt. 98, Great Valley Cattaraugus x NYS

OSCAR F. WILBER

CIVIL WAR PRIVATE BURIED HERE

DIED IN 1863 FROM WOUNDS

REC’D AT CHANCELLORSVILLE.

SUBJECT OF WALT WHITMAN'S

1864 ESSAY "A NEW YORK SOLDIER".


Five Mile Cemetery, 3974 Church Road,

AlleganyCattaraugus x NYS

CADIZ CEMETERY

EARLIEST BURIAL

ABIGAIL CURTIS IN 1837.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR,

WAR OF 1812 AND CIVIL WAR

VETERANS BURIED HERE.


Cadiz Road and Route 98, Franklinville Cattauragus x x NYS

1ST COURTHOUSE

IN CAYUGA COUNTY, ERECTED

HERE C.1795, CONSISTING OF

CROTCHED POSTS AND POLES

COVERED WITH BRUSH,

IN USE FOR SEVERAL YEARS

WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION

Court Street, Aurora Cayuga x x NYS

EARLY CEMETERY

KNOWN AS HATHAWAY CEMETERY

BURIALS FROM 1823-1903

FINAL RESTING PLACE OF

PRIVATE ARCHIBOLD BOWKER

KILLED IN CIVIL WAR 1864


About 3/4 miles on Hinman Road and

Route 90, SummerhillCayuga x x NYS

POSTAL SERVICE

FIRST REGULAR MAIL DELIVERY

WEST OF CANAJOHARIE

EST. APRIL 1, 1795

IN AURORA

JUDGE WOOD, POSTMASTER


Main Street, State Route 90, Village of

AuroraCayuga x x NYS


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STONE SCHOOL

1858-1944. DIST #7, THEN #6

CA. 1901. LAND PROVIDED BY

CORNELIUS PETERSON.

PUPILS TRANSPORTED TO

AUBURN SCHOOLS AFTER 1944.


5277 West Lake Road, Auburn Cayuga x x NYS

AUBURN AIRPORT

1941-1952 BUILT BY THE

FLYING FARMERS: LEMAN INGALLS,

HUGH DARROW, RALPH BOWER,

FRANK NUGENT. OFFERED

LESSONS AND CHARTER FLIGHTS


Beechtree Rd and North Division Street

RD, AuburnCayuga x NYS

EARLY CEMETERY

OLD MONTEZUMA CEMETERY

REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN

RICHARD DAMEWOOD BURIED

HERE 1850. SERVED AT SEIGE

OF BRITISH AT YORKTOWN


Route 90 North, Montezuma Cayuga x NYS

EARLY INDUSTRY

THE FORKS OF THE CREEK

WHERE LITTLE SALMON CREEK

MEETS BIG SALMON CREEK

LAND CULTIVATED BY CAYUGA

GRIST & SAW MILLS CA.1830

THE WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2012

Intersection of Indian Field Rd. and

Blakely Rd. GenoaCayuga x NYS

MENTZ CHURCH

FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL

CHURCH INC. 1825. TRUSTEES,

JOHN GILMORE, WM. BELL AND

JAMES WESTON. ADJOINING

CEMETERY IN USE BY 1813.


Mentz Church Road at McDonald Road,

MontezumaCayuga x NYS

ONE-ROOM SCHOOL

BAPTIST CORNERS

OWASCO DISTRICT NO. ONE

BUILT 1834 WITH LOCAL STONE

SERVED FOR 116 YEARS

CLOSED IN 1950


4130 Baptist Corners Road, Owasco Cayuga x NYS

PROSPECT HILL

PETER CLARKE BURIED IN THIS

CEMETERY 1858. EARLY SETTLER

PROMINENT IN SALT INDUSTRY,

ERIE CANAL AND

MONTEZUMA TURNPIKE.


McDonald Road, Montezuma Cayuga x NYS

FIVE CORNERS

SETTLED CA. 1820 AT

INTERSECTION OF 4 MILITARY

TRACTS WITH STORES, CHURCH,

POST OFFICE AND SCHOOL ON

DIRECT ROUTE TO CAYUGA LAKE.


At the Five Corners intersection of

Bartnick, Atwater, Hill Rds., GenoaCayuga x x NYS


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TRAIN DEPOT

ON THIS SITE FROM 1907-1924

A SHORT LINE RAILROAD

PROVIDED FREIGHT AND

PASSENGER SERVICE

FROM AUBURN TO ITHACA.


10127 State Route 90, Genoa Cayuga x x NYS

HUGH C. BEDIENT

1889-1965. FALCONER HIGH

SCHOOL GRADUATE WHO PLAYED

BASEBALL AT THIS PARK. 1912

WORLD SERIES CHAMPION,

PITCHED FOR BOSTON RED SOX.


85 W. Mosher St., Falconer Chautauqua x x NYS

VINCENT M. POWERS

BORN WESTFIELD 1891. WON

KENTUCKY DERBY 1909. LEADING

US FLAT JOCKEY 1908-1909,

US STEEPLECHASE RIDER 1917.

LATER A NOTED TRAINER.


2 Portage St., Westfield Chautauqua x x NYS

BROCTON ARCH Main Street, Brocton Chautauqua x NR

CHEMUNG VILLAGE

THE DELAWARE VILLAGE NEAR

THIS SITE INCLUDED 30 TO 40

BUILDINGS AND FARM FIELDS.

BURNED BY CONTINENTAL

TROOPS ON AUGUST 13, 1779.


1284 CR 60, Chemung Chemung x NYS

PRATT HOUSE 413 Lake Street, Elmira Chemung x NR

PITCHER SPRINGS

BY 1843 A VILLAGE WITH TWO

PUBLIC HOUSES, AN ACADEMY,

A STORE & 30 DWELLINGS GREW

NEAR SULPHER SPRINGS THOUGHT

TO HAVE HEALING PROPERTIES


Corner of Horton & Grewe Rd, Pitcher Chenango x x NYS

ELMER BABCOCK

BORN 1854

TOWN OF PHARSALIA

SERVED IN US 7TH CAVALRY

DIED JUNE 25, 1876

BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN


1040 County Route 8, Pharsalia Chenango x NYS

FORMER HOTEL

BEAVER MEADOW HOTEL

BUILT CA 1872. PROVIDED A

REST STOP FOR OVERNIGHT

GUESTS PASSING THROUGH THIS

AREA UNTIL CLOSING IN 1916.


1519 County Route16, Beaver Meadow Chenango x NYS

UNION SCHOOL

BUILT HERE IN 1899.

SERVED SOUTH OTSELIC AND

THE SURROUNDING AREA UNTIL

REPLACED BY THE

CENTRAL SCHOOL IN 1936.


133 County Road 13, South Otselic Chenango x NYS


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EVERGREEN CEMETERY

EST. 1849 FINAL RESTING

PLACE OF VETERANS, MEMBERS

OF U.S. CONGRESS & CITIZENS

WHO WERE CRITICAL IN

KEESVILLE'S HISTORY

1815 Main Street, Keeseville Clinton x NYS

REDFORD PICNIC

FIRST HELD CA. 1855

ASSUMPTION OF MARY CHURCH

CAROUSEL FIRST RECORDED USE

AUG. 15, 1925 USED ONLY

ON DAY OF THE PICNIC


78 Clinton Street; Redford Clinton x x NYS

THE WAR OF 1812

CAPT. VAUGHAN'S MILITIA

REPULSED 500 BRITISH TROOPS

SEEKING TO CROSS THE SARANAC

AND ENCIRCLE AMERICAN FORTS

SEPT. 7, 1814.


1971 Route 22B, Plattsburg Clinton x x NYS

THE WAR OF 1812

HALSEY'S CORNER

250 AMERICAN SOLDIERS

PLUS MILITIA MET 4,000 BRITISH

TROOPS IN BLOODY BATTLE

HERE ON SEPT. 6, 1814


2 Halsey Court, Plattsburg Clinton x x NYS

CATHOLIC SUMMER

SCHOOL OF AMERICA 1896-1941

ON THIS SITE. RESORT AND

EDUCATIONAL CAMPUS WITH

COTTAGES, CHAPEL, DINING HALL,

AUDITORIUM & POST OFFICE.


Lakeshore Drive & Valcour Blvd,

PlattsburgClinton x NYS

HATTIE LYON

LIFELONG HOME 1843-1930.

FIRST WOMAN TO REACH LYON

MT. SUMMIT AU 11, 1876.

MOUNTAIN NAMED FOR HER

GRANDFATHER NATHANIEL LYON


76 Barnham Brook Rd., Saranac Clinton x NYS

JEAN ARTHUR

BORN GLADYS GREENE

IN PLATTSBURGH, NY ON

OCT 17, 1900. STAR OF SHANE

MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN,

MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON


94 Oak Street, Plattsburgh Clinton x NYS

SCHUYLER FALLS

CEMETERY EST. NOV. 21, 1876

RESTING PLACE OF MANY EARLY

AREA FAMILIES - EELS, KEET,

MASON, MERCHANT, LOBDELL,

LADUE, TURNER, WEAVER


370 Felton Road, Schuyler Falls Clinton x NYS

ST. MARY’S ACADEMY

1906-2012. DAUGHTERS OF THE

CHARITY OF THE SACRED HEART

OF JESUS SAILED FROM FRANCE

IN 1905 TO START THE ACADEMY.

“TOUT POUR LA GLOIRE DE DIEU”


1129 State Rt. 9, Champlain Clinton x NYS


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THE WAR OF 1812

CULVER HILL

SITE OF BLOODY SKIRMISH

BETWEEN AMERICAN FORCES AND

THE INVADING BRITISH ARMY

SEPT. 6, 1814.


Culver Hill Historic Park, 6453 State

Route 22, BeekmanClinton x NYS

CHAMPY

LEGENDARY LAKE MONSTER LIVES

HERE. OVER 300 SIGHTINGS

REPORTED SINCE 1819. UP

TO 200 FEET LONG. NYS LAW

PROTECTS THIS REGIONAL ICON.

NEW YORK FOLKLORE


685-593 Cumberland Head Road,

PlattsburgClinton x L&L

ICHABOD CRANE

WASHINGTON IRVING BASED THE

CHARACTER ICHABOD CRANE IN

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW

ON KINDERHOOK SCHOOL

TEACHER JESSE MERWIN.



2589 Route 9H, Kinderhook Columbia x L&L

BARTON’S MILLS

SAW, GRIST AND CIDER MILLS

BUILT BEFORE 1804

POWERED BY WATER FROM

THE AGAWAMUCK CREEK

RESTORED IN 1990


2136 County Route 11, Hillsdale Columbia x x NYS

BURIAL GROUND

1816 - CA 1861

BEQUEST BY JOHN ROGERS

PROVIDED THIS QUARTER ACRE

EXCLUSIVELY FOR BURIALS OF

PERSONS OF COLOR.


17 Rothermel Avenue, Kinderhook Columbia x NYS

CLARK HOME

MARY E. CLARK, PROMINENT

PHYSICIAN & PHILANTHROPIST

LIVED HERE 1845-1937. LAND

OWNED BY EARLY SETTLER

NEHEMIAH SPENCER UNTIL 1799.


1909 Route 9, Chatham Columbia x NYS

PETER WHEELER

BORN 1789. ESCAPED FROM

SLAVERY IN 1806 AND

SETTLED NEAR HERE CA. 1825.

PUBLISHED HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY

"CHAINS AND FREEDOM" IN 1839.


920 Dugway Road, Spencertown COLUMBIA x NYS

POMEROY HOMES

NEAR THIS SITE 3 HOMES BUILT

CA. 1850 BY LEMUEL POMEROY

FAMILY, FOUNDERS OF COPAKE

IRON WORKS. REMAINING HOME

ACQUIRED BY PARK IN 1928.


33 Valley View Rd., Copake Falls Columbia x NYS

LUYCAS VAN ALEN HOUSE 2589 Route 9H, Kinderhook Columbia x x NR

AUSTERLITZ HISTORIC DISTRICT 11622 State Route 22, Austerlitz Columbia x x NR


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SPOOK ROCK

BEAUTIFUL INDIAN MAIDEN AND

HER LOVER FROM OPPOSING

NATION RESTS BENEATH THIS ROCK.

WHEN CHURCH BELL RINGS, ROCK

TURNS OVER, LOVERS APPEAR.



Spook Rock Road, Greenport Columbia x L&L

EARLY TAVERN

OWNED BY PHYLANDER KINGSBURY

BETWEEN 1844 AND 1869.

TAVERN KEEPER, BLACKSMITH,

AND UNION VALLEY POSTMASTER

APPOINTED 1857 BY BUCHANAN


4696 Union Valley Road, DeRuyter Cortland x x NYS

FIRST SCHOOL

BUILT IN PREBLE 1801

RUTH THORP, FIRST TEACHER

SERVED THE TOWNS OF

TULLY AND HOMER


Corner of Town Road named East Hill

Road, PrebleCortland x x NYS

OLD BAPTIST CEMETERY

1820 - 1864

1ST CEMETERY IN MCGRAWVILLE


East Main Street, McGraw Cortland x NYS

ONE-ROOM SCHOOL

BUILT ON THIS SITE IN 1868

FOR DIST #5. CHILDREN

EDUCATED HERE UNTIL SCHOOL

CLOSED IN 1897. STUDENTS

THEN SENT TO PITCHER SCHOOL.


Corner of Union Valley Rd and Hyde

Rd., DeRuyterCortland x x NYS

BURIAL GROUND

SITE OF GRAVES OF

EARLY SETTLERS

CIRCA 1810-1850

TAYLOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY


3343 State Route 26, Cincinnatus Cortland x NYS

EARLY SAWMILL

ON THIS SITE 1814 - CA. 1898

HOME OF HEIL TANNER

INCLUDED GRISTMILL

AND CIDER MILL.

PROPERTY IN FAMILY UNTIL 1995


5779 Chemingo Solon Pond Rd.,

CincinnatusCortland x NYS

FIRST STORE

SITE OF EARLY GENERAL STORE

EST. CA 1824 BY LEVI & ENOS

HALBERT. RUN BY HALBERT &

GILBERT. SOLD IN 1937 TO WM

MATTISON. BLDG RAZED 2004.


4613 Union Valley Rd., Taylor Cortland x NYS

PHELPS-FIELD CEMETERY

BURIALS 1828-1920


EDWARD HEDGER AND

CIVIL WAR VETERAN

HENRY J. MUDGE BURIED HERE


4673 Telephone Road, Cincinnatus Cortland x NYS


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REID ICE CREAM

A CREAMERY OPERATED HERE

1898-1967 SUPPLIED BY ABOUT

150 LOCAL FARMS. ACQUIRED

BY BORDEN COMPANY IN 1928

AND CLOSED IN 1967.


2554 ROUTE 26, Cincinnatus Cortland x NYS

SCHOOL HOUSE

DISTRICT #2

EST. 1855, CLOSED 1943

J. BENTLEY, O. COTTON,

J. BARRET, D. H. ELWOOD

EARLY TRUSTEES


Cheningo Salon Pond Road, DeRuyter Cortland x NYS

TOWN LINE BRIDGE Town Line Road, Taylor Cortland x NR

SAMUEL A. LAW

1771-1845

FOUNDED THE TOWN

OF MEREDITH IN 1800.

BUILT MANSION ON THIS SITE

CA. 1801. BURNED IN 1884.


4206 Turnpike Road, Delhi Delaware x NYS

UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF

DAVENPORT15705 State Hwy 23, Davenport Delaware x NR

THE NOOK

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE

FOUND BY KEN HOADLEY SHOWS

WEBATUCK CREEK SITE USED BY

NATIVE AMERICANS FOR CAMP,

POW WOWS UNTIL EARLY 1800S


South Amenia Church, 12 Kent Road,

WassaicDutchess x x NYS

IRONDALE SCHOOL

ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE

CA. 1850-1930. STOOD HERE

UNTIL 2013 WHEN MOVED TO

VILLAGE OF MILLERTON

FOR VISITORS' CENTER.


6126 Route 22, Millerton Dutchess x NYS

MARGARET FULLER

FIRST WOMAN REPORTER FOR

NEW YORK TRIBUNE WROTE

"WOMAN IN THE NINETEENTH

CENTURY" ATVAN VLIET HOUSE

FISHKILL LANDING, FALL 1844


1146 Wolcott Avenue, Beacon Dutchess x NYS

REFORMED DUTCH

;CHURCH OF HYDE PARK

ESTABLISHED 1789 AS THE

STOUTENBURGH RELIGIOUS

SOCIETY. OLDEST CONTINUOUS

CONGREGATION IN HYDE PARK.


4408 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park Dutchess x NYS

SAMUEL LOUDON

PRINTED THE NEW YORK STATE

CONSTITUTION IN FISHKILL

IN 1777. FISHKILL POSTMASTER

DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY

WAR YEARS 1777-1783

Loudon Drive and Old Main St., Fishkill Dutchess x NYS


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SITE OF

ZION PILGRIM M.E. CHURCH

SERVED BAXTERTOWN

COMMUNITY 1848-1930S.

EVIDENCE SUGGESTS STATION

ON UNDERGROUND RAILROAD


303 Baxtertown Road, Fishkill Dutchess x NYS

STEELWORKS

SITE OF MILL OWNED BY

JAMES REED CA. 1775.

PRODUCED STEEL TO MEET

NEEDS OF CONTINENTAL ARMY

DURING REVOLUTIONARY WAR


Old Route 22, Wassaic Dutchess x NYS

WORLD WAR II

EAST PARK OBSERVATION POST

AIRCRAFT WARNING SERVICE

CIVILIAN AIRPLANE SPOTTERS

ON 24-HOUR WATCH 1942-1943

SITE EAST SIDE VIOLET AVE.


1075 Violet Ave, Hyde Park Dutchess x NYS

INDIAN ROCK SCHOOLHOUSE 25 Mygatt Road, Amenia Dutchess x x NR

BANGALL POST OFFICE 105 Hunns Lake Road, Bangall, Dutchess x NR

BARRETT HOUSE 55 Noxon Street, Poughkeepise Dutchess x NR

ERIE CANAL SITE

TO AVOID THE STRONG CURRENT

OF THE MIGHTY NIAGARA RIVER

THE ERIE CANAL WAS BUILT

ADJACENT TO THE RIVER FROM

HERE TO BUFFALO IN 1825.


Kohler and South Niagara St.,

TonowandaErie x x NYS

FIRST RAILROAD

THE BUFFALO & NIAGARA FALLS

RAILWAY, THE FIRST WESTERN

NEW YORK STEAM RAILWAY, CUT

THROUGH DENSE FOREST HERE

BY MILITARY ROAD IN 1836

WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATOIN 2013

Main and Franklin St., Tonowanda Erie x x NYS

OLMSTED’S VISION

ON AUG. 25, 1868, FREDERICK

LAW OLMSTED FIRST DESCRIBED

HIS PARKS AND PARKWAYS

SYSTEM FOR BUFFALO HERE AT

SHERMAN S. JEWETT’S MANSION.


256 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo Erie x NYS

PETER B. PORTER

GENERAL, CONGRESSMAN AND

LATER SEC. OF WAR, LIVED

HERE UNTIL HIS HOME WAS

DESTROYED BY THE BRITISH AT

THE BURNING OF BUFFALO 1813.


1270 Niagara St., Buffalo Erie x x NYS

HULL HOUSE

FEDERAL STYLE STONE HOUSE

BUILT CA. 1810 BY WARREN HULL


AND HOLLAND LAND

PURCHASE SETTLER


5976 Genesee St at Pavement Road,

LancasterErie x NYS


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BENNET CEMETERY

EARLY CHEEKTOWAGA CEMETERY

OLDEST STONE DATED 1819.

GRAVES OF ARMITAGE, BENNET,

ADAMS, DAVIS, DOAT, ATTS,

BOOTHROY & OTHER FAMILIES.


1534 Walden Avenue, Cheektowaga Erie x NYS

ERASTUS GRANGER

SENECA INDIAN AGENT, JUDGE,

POST MASTER & COLLECTOR OF

PORT, LIVED HERE 1806-1826.

H RALLIED SENECA TO DEFEND

BUFFALO DURING WAR OF 1812


Section 20 of Forest Lawn Cemetery,

BuffaloErie x NYS

FORMER CEMETERY

AMHERST RESIDENTS BURIED

HERE CA. 1811-1910 IN WHAT

WAS EGGERTSVILLE CEMETERY.

MOVED TO SKINNERVILLE

CEMETERY 1952-1956.


3980 Main St., Buffalo Erie x NYS

SAMUEL HELM

A GERMAN-AMERICAN

SETTLED NEAR HERE IN 1809

KILLED DURING BRITISH RAID

IN WAR OF 1812, NAMESAKE

OF STEUBEN SOCIETY UNIT 144


Buffalo Police Station, B District, 695

Main St., BuffaloErie x NYS

SPRING BROOK

IN 1848 THIS HAMLET WAS

NAMED FOR A BROOK

WHOSE WATERS CROSSED

THE AURORA PLANK RD NOW

KNOWN AS SENECA STREET.


6211 Spring Street, Brook Erie x NYS

SOUTH BUFFALO LIGHTHOUSEStony Point, South end of Buffalo

Harbor South Breakwater. LackawannaErie x x NR

BROADWAY HISTORIC DISTRICT 5423 Broadway, Lancaster Erie x x NR

CENTRAL AVENUE HISTORIC DISTRICT 6 Central Avenue, Lancaster Erie x x NR

ALLAN HERSCHELL CAROUSEL FACTORY 180 Thompson St., N. Tonawanda Erie x NR

JOBS LAST STAND

NEAR HEAR, JOB HOISINGTON

GAVE HIS LIFE WHEN HE HELD

THE ENEMY & ALLOWED HULL'S

MILITIA TO ESCAPE BUFFALO'S

BURNING, DEC. 30, 1813

WILLIAM B. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2015

453 Porter Ave, Buffalo Erie x L&L

DENNIS E. NOLAN

1872-1956

WEST POINT GRAD & MAJOR

GENERAL LIVED HERE AS CHILD.

WWI VETERAN WHO ORGANIZED

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE.


237 East Avenue, Akron Erie x NYS


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LUCY MILLINGTON

BORN LUCY BISHOP NEAR HERE

IN 1825. BOTANIST WHO IN 1871

DISCOVERED PARASITIC DWARF

MISTLETOE SPECIES AFFECTING

ADIRONDACK SPRUCE TREES.


6690 U.S. 9 #1, New Russia Essex x x NYS

ROGERS' RANGERS

AMBUSHED BY SUPERIOR FRENCH

FORCES, ROBERT ROGERS AND

74 RANGERS FOUGHT NEAR THIS

SITE ON JAN. 21, 1757. ALL

BUT 14 RANGERS SURVIVED.


609 NY State Route 9N, Ticonderoga Essex x x NYS

ABOLITIONISTS

NOADIAH AND CAROLINE MOORE

LIVED ACROSS THE STREET IN

THE MOORE MANSION FROM 1828

TO 1873. THEY HELPED CONVEY

ESCAPED SLAVES TO CANADA


86 Church Street, Champlain Essex x NYS

WELLS MEMORIAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION12230 New York State Route 9N, Upper

JayEssex x NR

DISTRICT NO. 3

BLEECKER COMMON SCHOOL

AKA THE FACTORY SCHOOL

CONSTRUCTED 1873 THIS SITE.

REPLACED 1853 SCHOOL BUILT

IN PLACE OF OLDER SCHOOL


114 Lily Lake Road, Gloversville Fulton x x NYS

GAROGA HAMLET

EST. 1828 BY ROBERT WEVER

SAW & GRIST MILLS, STORES,

HOTEL, CHEESE FACTORY AND

HOMES DESTROYED BY FIRE

OCTOBER 10, 1946.


726 Old State Rd., Johnstown Fulton x x NYS

EARLY CEMETERY

BURIALS DATE FROM 1804.

RESTING PLACE OF EARLY

SETTLERS, VETERANS OF

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

AND CIVIL WAR.


Maple Lawn Cemetery, Main St., Bolivar Fulton x x NYS

SWEETS CROSSING

FJ&G RR CROSSED HERE

AT LEVI & ZERUAH SWEET FARM.

THE SWEET FAMILY PROVIDED

FOOD TO STRANDED PASSENGERS

DURING BLIZZARD OF MARCH 1888.


1151 State Highway 30, Mayfield Fulton x NYS

YANNEY MILL

FROM CA. 1866 - CA. 1907

FINE AND FANCY WOOL GOODS

WERE SPUN, CARDED, WOVEN AND

FINISHED IN A FOUR-STORY

STONE MILL ON THE CREEK


Yanney Road and County Highway 140,

St. JohnsvilleFulton x NYS


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EAST BOUNDARY

HOLLAND LAND PURCHASE

3.3 MILLION ACRES

TRANSIT LINE RAN N.&S.

FROM PA. TO LAKE ONTARIO

SURVEYED BETWEEN 1798-1800


6183 Rt. 5 Stafford Genesee x x NYS

C.E. HOUSEL HOME

W.S. & C.E. HOUSEL PRIVATE BANK

CLOSED ABRUPTLY MARCH 1929.

DEPOSITORS LOST NEARLY ALL

THEIR FUNDS. C.E. HOUSEL

FOUND GUILTY OF FRAUD.


19 South Lake Street, Bergen Genesee x NYS

LE ROY POST OFFICE 2 Main Street, LeRoy Genesee x NR

LAKE STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT 26 N Lake Ave, Bergen Genesee x NR

DR. M. TOWNSEND

SAVED LIFE OF ADELAIDE

RICHMOND BY PERFORMING

APPENDECTOMY. DROVE HORSES

SO HARD ANSWERING CALL ONE

DIED ON THE WAY. CA 1885.



33 Clinton Street, Bergen, NY Genesee x L&L

BIRTHPLACE OF

EMORY UPTON 1839-1881.

WEST POINT GRADUATE,

U.S. ARMY GENERAL AND CIVIL

WAR VETERAN. INFLUENTIAL

MILITARY AUTHOR & STRATEGIST


9244 Upton Road, Batavia Genesee x x NYS

ROUND TOP

EST. CA. 1879 WITH OPENING OF

POST OFFICE. "WAWANTEPEKOOK"

MEANING "ROUND HEAD PLACE"

WAS NAME GIVEN NEARBY HILL

BY LOCAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.


Route 39 Round Top Road Greene x x NYS

1808 SAYRE HOME

DANIEL SAYRE PURCHASED 100

ACRES ALONG SHINGLE KILL 1794

SHOEMAKER, JUSTICE 1800-1819

1ST TOWN SUPERVISOR 1803,

ELECTED STATE ASSEMBLY 1804.


55 Jerome Ave, Cairo Greene x NYS

COUNTY FARM

ERECTED 1883 TO SHELTER GREENE

COUNTY'S SICK AND DESTITUTE.

FARM WORKED BY RESIDENTS.

CLOSED 1962. CONVERTED TO

COUNTY OFFICE BLDG IN 1963.


905 Greene County Office Bldg, Cairo Greene x NYS

STANTON HILL

CEMETERY BEGAN AS

QUAKER BURIAL GROUND.

HEADSTONES DATE FROM 1826.

INCORPORATED AS CEMETERY

ASSOCIATION IN 1907.


County Route 51,Hannacroix Greene x NYS

HERVEY STREET STONE ARCH BRIDGE Hervey Street Road, Durham, Greene x NR

OAK HILL CEMETERY NY State Route 81, Oak Hill Greene x NR

BIG MOOSE COMMUNITY CHAPEL 1544 Big Moose Road, Eagle Bay Herkimer x x NR


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PATRIOT BURIALS

ADAMS STATE ROAD CEMETERY,

AKA HONEYVILLE CEMETERY.

BURIALS AS EARLY AS 1814.

SEVEN REVOLUTIONARY WAR

VETERANS INTERRED HERE.


18999 NY State Route 177, Adams

CenterJefferson x x NYS

WAR OF 1812

AT DAYBREAK ON SATURDAY,

MAY 29, 1813, BRITISH FORCES

WADED ASHORE FROM HORSE

ISLAND AND ENGAGED AMERICAN

FORCES DEFENDING THE HARBOR


448 Ontario St., Sackets Harbor Jefferson x x NYS

HUBBARD HOME

NOADIAH HUBBARD, FOUNDER

OF CHAMPION VILLAGE, BUILT

THIS STONE HOMESTEAD

IN 1820. IT PASSED TO

ELDEST SON HIRAM IN 1831


34237 NY State Route 126, Carthage Jefferson x NYS

PATRIOT BURIALS

MUSKELUNGE CEMETERY

BURIALS AS EARLY

AS CA. 1812.

SIX REVOLUTIONARY WAR



17748 Evans Rd., Dexter Jefferson x NYS

WORLD WAR II

157 MEN AND WOMEN SERVED

IN ARMED FORCES 1942-1945

FROM TOTAL POPULATION

OF 600 IN THIS MILLTOWN.

1O MADE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE

WILLIAM G. POEMROY FOUNDATION 2015

34434 NY-3, Carthage Jefferson x NYS

PATRIOT BURIALS

ELLISBURG CEMETERY

BURIALS AS EARLY

AS CA. 1805.

ELEVEN REVOLUTIONARY WAR



11689 Main Street, Ellisburg Jefferson x x NYS

PATRIOT BURIALS

ADAMS RURAL CEMETERY


TWELVE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

VETERANS AND TWO U.S.

CONGRESSMEN INTERRED HERE.


22 S. Main St., Adams Jefferson x NYS

PATRIOT BURIALS

OLD EVANS MILLS CEMETERY

BURIALS AS EARLY

AS CA 1816.

TWELVE REVOLUTIONARY WAR



8657 Cemetery Road, Evans Mills Jefferson x NYS


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REDWOOD GLASS

SITE OF WINDOW GLASS FACTORY

EST. 1833 BY JOHN S. FOSTER.

CLOSED PERMANENTLY CA. 1881.

HAMLET OF JAMESVILLE WAS

RENAMED FOR COMPANY CA. 1834.


SE corner Main St. and Pine St.

RedwoodJefferson x NYS

WAR OF 1812

FORT KENTUCKY

AKA "MUD FORT"

EARTHEN REDOUBT

CONSTRUCTED CA. 1814 ON THE

NORTHWESTERN FLANK OF THE

AMERICAN DEFENCE SYSTEM


505 Washington St., Watertown Jefferson x NYS

UNION MEETING HOUSE8471 County Rd 8 Millens Bay

Road,Cape Vincent, Jefferson x x NR

HIRAM HUBBARD HOUSE 34237 NYS Rt. 126, Champion Jefferson x NR

SALEM CHURCH

CHRISTIAN CHURCH FOUNDED

BY GERMAN-SPEAKING

PROTESTANTS IN 1854.

CROGHAN EVANGELICAL ASSOC.

ESTABLISHED HERE IN 1876.


9586 Beaver Falls Road, Beaver Falls Lewis x x NYS

CHAIR FACTORY

BUILT BY JOSEPH PAHUD-1859

MADE CHAIRS & SHINGLES

LATER KNOWN AS

KILBOURN PLANING MILL

CEASED OPERATION IN 1950S


14931 River St. Harrisville Lewis x NYS

FOREST CHURCH

ORIGINAL SITE OF CHURCH

DEDICATED AUGUST 6, 1854.

REBUILT ON OPPOSITE SIDE

OF RIVER IN 1894 AS

FOREST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH


Corner of Laura St.and Lyons Falls

Road, Lyons FallsLewis x NYS

GRIST MILL

BUILT BY JOSEPH PAHUD-1857

USED TO GRIND FLOUR & FEED

LARGE WOODEN DAM ABOVE MILL

PRODUCED THE WATER POWER

CEASED OPERATION IN 1938


River Street, Harrisville Lewis x NYS

RAILROAD DEPOT

CARTHAGE & ADIRONDACK RR

COMPLETED LINE TO HARRISVILLE

IN 1886 SHIPPING SAW-LOGS,

LUMBER & IRON ORE.

PASSENGER STATION BUILT 1887.


8203 Depot St., Harrisville Lewis x NYS

OLD LOWVILLE CEMETERYCemetery 5515 Jackson St, Lowville Lewis x NR

JOHN ARCHER

AS A CHILD, HID IN CORNFIELD

DURING 1782 RAID ON HOME IN

MOHAWK VALLEY. BECAME

KNOWN AS ‘CORNFIELD JOHN’.

BURIED HERE IN 1864.



Borkowski Rd, Lowville Lewis x x L&L


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POETRY PIONEER

JESSIE BELLE RITTENHOUSE

BORN 1869 ON FARM NEAR HERE.

AUTHOR, EDUCATOR, REPORTER

AND CRITIC. CO-FOUNDED

POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA.


7692 Dutch Street, Mt. Morris Livingston x x NYS

"NUNDA VALLEY"

EARLY NAME OF SETTLEMENT.

SQUARE LAID OUT BY 1830.

ORIGINAL ROW BUILDINGS

BUILT BEFORE 1840.

VILLAGE INCORPORATED 1839


3 N. State St., Nunda Livingston x NYS

DALTON RR DEPOT

ESTABLISHED HERE CA. 1852

AS NUNDA STATION. CHANGED

TO DALTON IN 1880. CLOSED IN

1959 AND RAZED IN 1966.

PART OF THE ERIE RAILROAD.


Depot and North Street, Nunda Livingston x NYS

BOYDE-PARKER PARK Route 20A-39 Cuylerville Rd. Leicester Livingston x x NR

SPARTA FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 4687 Scottsburg Rd., Groveland Station Livingston x NR

SITE OF

BELMONT POWDER MILL

EST. 1888 BY J.D. GRISWOLD

IN OCT. 1898 AN EXPLOSION

HEARD FOR 50 MILES ENDED

THE MILL OPERATION FOREVER


3248 E. Road, Cazenovia Madison x x NYS

CRAINE BROTHERS

THOMAS MADE CHEESE BOXES,

EGG CRATES, LUMBER AT MILL ON

THIS SITE. WILLIAM INVENTED

"TRIPLE WALL SILOS" IN 1901 AND

PATENTED MANY HOME DEVICES.


1356 Beaver Creek Road, West

EdmestonMadison x NYS

BROOKFIELD

1816 BIRTHPLACE OF

JOHN PALMER USHER, LAWYER &

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR

UNDER ABRAHAM LINCOLN

1863-1865


2390 Beaver Creek Road, West

EdmestonMadison x NYS

LATERAL CANAL

COMPANY INCORPORATED 1818.

CANAL IN USE BY 1824. SITE

OF TURN-AROUND BASIN FOR

CANAL BOAT TRANSPORTATION

NORTH TO THE GRAND OLD ERIE.


204 Genesee St., Chittenango, Madison x NYS

LOCUST LODGE

BUILT CA. 1795. LAND BOUGHT

1793 BY JOHN J. MORGAN.

SUMMER HOME NY GOV. JOHN

ADAMS DIX. 6 GENERATIONS OF

CAMENGA FAMILY RESIDED HERE.


1511 Beaver Creek Road, Brookfield Madison x NYS


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N. BROOKFIELD

CHILDHOOD HOME OF

MYRTILLA MINER (1815-1864)

FOUNDED MINER SCHOOL FOR

COLORED GIRLS

WASHINGTON DC IN 1851


9118 Main St., N. Brookfield Madison x NYS

SITE OF

BRUCE OPERA HOUSE 1888-1909

THIS CULTURAL HUB SEATED

802 PATRONS & SHOWED MOVIES

PROJECTED BY THE BIOGRAPH,

A CANASTOTA INVENTION


119 Peterboro Stl, Canastota Madison x NYS

GORTON TURTLE

AS TOM DORSEY CLEARED LAND

HIS WAGON LOAD OF HUGE ROCKS

COULDN'T BE MOVED BY HORSES.

A GIANT TURTLE SURFACED AND

DRAGGED WAGON INTO THE LAKE.



3226 Gorton Lake Road

West EdmestonMadison x L&L

BAKER FIELD

FROM APRIL-DECEMBER 1918,

U.S. ARMY SCHOOL OF AERIAL

PHOTOGRAPHY WAS LOCATED

ON THIS SITE. TRAINED AERIAL

PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR WWI.


1023 River Road, Rochester Monroe x NYS

CLARKSON ACADEMY

BUILT CA. 1853. LATER SERVED

AS A HIGH SCHOOL AND AS

SCHOOL #2 UNTIL 1956.

RESTORED 2003-2013 BY

CLARKSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY.


8343 W. Ridge Road, Clarkson Monroe x x NYS

WORLD WAR II

ODENBACH SHIPBUILDING CORP.

BUILT ON THIS SITE CA. 1942.

PRODUCED BARGES & TANKERS

FOR WAR EFFORT LAUNCHED VIA

CHANNEL TO LAKE ONTARIO


4777 Dewey Ave, Rochester Monroe x NYS

PARK AVE./STATE ST. HISTORIC DISTRICT

Southwest corner of State Street and

Park Avenue on village property,

Brockport

Monroe x x NR

FIRST UNITARIAN 220 Winton Road South, Rochester Monroe x NR

CHRIST CHURCH 141 East Avenue, Rochester Monroe x NR

SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL TOWER 333 South Ave, Brockport Monroe x NR

DOUGLASS HOUSE

FREDERICK DOUGLASS, NOTED

ABOLITIONIST AND ORATOR,

LIVED HERE WITH SPRAGUE

FAMILY, 1873-1874. OWNED

BUILDING FOR 32 YEARS.


271 Hamilton Street, Rochester Monroe x x NYS

CLINTON

LIBERAL INSTITUTE 1879-1900

MILITARY ACADEMY AND SCHOOL

UNIVERSALIST CHURCH FUNDED

BURNED MARCH 25, 1900


2 West St., Fort Plain Montgomery x NYS


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COMMUNITY HOUSE

ITALIANTE STYLE MANSION

BUILT 1869 FOR JAMES BATES.

F. ENGELHARDT PURCHASED IN

1897. VILLAGE OFFICES

LOCATED HERE IN 1962.


16 Washington Street, Johnsville Montgomery x NYS

FORT PLAIN

FREE LIBRARY FORMED 1885 BY

WOMEN'S LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

AND MARTHA BORTLE, LOCAL

EDUCATOR. CHARTERED 1894.


19 Willett Street, Fort Plain Montgomery x NYS

PAWLING HALL 86 Pawling Street, Hagaman Montgomery x x NR

WIDOW SUSAN ROAD

LEGEND OF SUSAN DEGRAFF,

WIDOW OF HARMANUS,

DIED 1848. PASSERSBY SEE

HER CRYING GHOST SEARCHING

FOR HUSBAND'S GRAVE.

NEW YORK FOLKLORE


179 Widow Susan Road, Amsterdam Montgomery x x L&L

60 ACRE GOLF CLUB

OPENED ON THIS SITE IN 1900.

WOMEN & MEN MEMBERS. 9 HOLE

COURSE. CLUBHOUSE BUILT BY

WM. G. MILLER, VILLAGE PRES.

SOLD AT AUCTION IN 1912


164 Stokes Ave, Freeport Nassau x NYS

BENNINGTON PARK

DEVELOPED BY W. NEWTON

BENNINGTON IN 1902. STREETS

GIVEN TO VILLAGE IN 1904.

LATER BECAME AN AFRICAN

AMERICAN & ITALIAN ENCLAVE.


129 E Merrick Rd, Freeport Nassau x NYS

CEDARMERE

THE HOME FROM 1843 TO 1878

OF WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT

(1794-1878), PROMINENT

AMERICAN POET, NEWSPAPER

EDITOR AND CIVIC LEADER


225 Bryant Avenue, Roslyn Harbor Nassau x NYS

COL. JAMES DEAN

1845-1918. CIVIL WAR VETERAN,

PRESIDENT OF FREEPORT &

FREEPORT CLUB. ANTIQUE

WEAPONS COLLECTOR.

FORMER HOME ON THIS SITE.


287 South Ocean Avenue, Freeport Nassau x NYS

FREEPORT BANK

BUILDING ERECTED IN 1905

PRESIDENT WAS JOHN J.

RANDALL AND BUILDER WILLIAM

G. MILLER. BANK WAS

ORGANIZED IN 1891


23 South Main St., Freeport Nassau x NYS


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KELBY HOUSE

HOME OF ROBERT H. KELBY CA.

1902, LIBRARIAN OF NEW

YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

FROM 1898 TO 1920. SON

CHARLES WAS NYS JUDGE


112 W. Lena Ave, Freeport Nassau x NYS

MONFORT CEMETERY

GRAVESITES OF EARLY

SETTLERS BURIED FROM 1737

TO 1892 INCLUDING THE

ONDERDONK, HEGEMAN, DODGE,

RAPELJE AND SCHENCK FAMILIES.


Entrance of Montfort Cemetery, Port

WashingtonNassau x NYS

ROSLYN GRIST MILL

BUILT BETWEEN 1715-1741,

THIS RARE SURVIVNG DUTCH-

FRAMED WATERMILL OPERATED

FOR OVER 150 YEARS. SERVED

AS A TEA HOUSE 1920-1974.


1347 Old Northern Boulevard, Roslyn Nassau x NYS

THE LANDING

NAMED FOR THE STEAMBOAT

WHARF BUILT HERE CA. 1829

BY WILLIAM WEEKS SERVING

THE NEW YORK CITY TO GLEN

COVE ROUTE UNTIL 1916.


Landing Road and Germain Street, Glen

CoveNassau x NYS

WOODCLEFT INN

FIRST SUMMER HOTEL IN FREEPORT

ON THIS SITE 1897. BUILT BY

RANDALL & MILLER. SOLD 1907

TO SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT

DE PAUL AS FRESH AIR HOME


Front Street, Freeport Nassau x NYS

BELLEROSE VILLAGE 50 Superior Road, Bellerose Village Nassau x NR

CHAPEL OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD 543 Main St., NY, NY New York x x NR

STRECKER MEMORIAL LABORATORY Southpoint Park, Roosevelt Island New York x NR

LAKEVIEW

BURIALS BEGAN CA. 1815.

EARLY RESIDENTS, SOLDIERS &

VETERANS OF CIVIL WAR,

WORLD WARS I & II AND

LATER WARS REST HERE.


1632 Lockport-Olcott Rd., Route 78,

OlcottNiagara x NYS

AARON MOSSELL

AND HIS SON CHARLES WERE

LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO ADVANCED

THE STRUGGLE TO INTEGRATE

LOCKPORT SCHOOLS. OPEN TO ALL

REGARDLESS OF RACE BY 1876.


Market Street, Lockport Niagara x NYS

BETSY DOYLE

HEROINE OF FORT NIAGARA

CARRIED HOT SHOT TO CANNON,

STOOD SENTRY DUTY, FLED 310

MILES TO GREENBUSH, NY WHEN

ENEMY ATTACKED FORT IN 1813


Main ST. Section of Faulkner Park,

YoungstownNiagara x NYS


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BILLY SHERMAN

NEARBY LIES BILLY SHERMAN

CONFEDERATE WAR HORSE

CAPTURED IN CHATTANOOGA, TN

BY LORENZO PRATT OF WILSON

BILLY DIED 1889, AGE ABOUT 32


4259 Wilson-Burt Road, Wilson Niagara x NYS

GREENWOOD

A RURAL CEMETERY CA. 1838.

VETERANS OF REVOLUTIONARY

CIVIL, CRIMEAN, SPANISH

AMER., WORLD WARS I & II

AND LATER WARS REST HERE.


235 Harbor Street, Wilson Niagara x NYS

PENDLETON

ERIE CANAL VILLAGE & PORTAGE

AT TONAWANDA CREEK JUNCTION

SYLVESTER PENDLETON CLARK

FIRST POSTMASTER & TAVERN

SETTLED 1821


7030 Washington St., Pendleton Niagara x NYS

SALT BATTERY

ON THIS SITE ARTILLERY

FORTIFIED BY SALT BARRELS

WAS CRUCIAL IN THE DEFENSE

OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER

DURING THE WAR OF 1812


Constitutions Park, Main Street,

YoungstownNiagara x NYS

NIAGARA COUNTY CLERKS BUILDING 139 Hawley Street, Lockport Niagara x NR

UNITED STATES CUSTOM HOUSE 2245 Whirlpool Street, Niagara Falls Niagara x x NR

MOULTON CEMETERY

COL. STEPHEN MOULTON & SON

SALMON BURIED HERE. BOTH

REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS

TAKEN PRISONER BY BRITISH

AT BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND 1776


8459 New Floyd Road, Rome Oneida x x NYS

JONES HOUSE

HOME OF POMROY JONES

WAR OF 1812 VETERAN, JUDGE,

HISTORIAN AND AUTHOR OF

"ANNALS AND RECOLLECTIONS

OF ONEIDA COUNTY"


4421 Deans Highway Westmoreland Oneida x NYS

STANLEY THEATER 261 Genesee Street, Utica Oneida x NR

AMBER CEMETERY


POET CAROLINE M. CONGDON,

1841-1860, AND INVENTOR

EMORY W. MILLS, 1842-1882,

INTERRED HERE.


2560 Otisco Valley Rod, Marietta Onondaga x x NYS

CAMILLUS CUTLERY

COMPANY PURCHASED IN 1902 BY

ADOLPH KASTOR. REC’D 1943 ARMY-

NAVY PRODUCTION AWARD. OPERATED

UNTIL 2007. FACTORY DESTROYED

IN 2013 FIRE, LEAVING HQ BLDG.


54 W. Genesee Street, Camillus Onondaga x x NYS


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CHERRY VALLEY TURNPIKE

COMPLETED 1811

FIRST COACH ROAD TO FACILITATE

TRAVEL BETWEEN ALBANY AND MANLIUS

JOINED SENECA TURNPIKE HERE

WILLLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION

Near intersecton of Academy St. and E.

Seneca St. on side of Gazebo in

Manlius Village, Manlius

Onondaga x x NYS

EARLY HOUSE

BUILT CA. 1808 IN POMPEY BY

JOHN JR. AND ALSON NEARING

SONS OF JOHN NEARING SR.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER

FARM REMAINS IN FAMILY 2013.


2327 Berry Road, Lafayette Onondaga x x NYS

GEORGE GEDDES

IN 1846 HIS FARM HERE

AWARDED BEST IN STATE

& SERVED AS TRAINING SITE

FOR FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED

DESIGNER OF CENTRAL PARK


SW Corner of W. Genesee St. & Route

173, SyracuseOnondaga x x NYS

HILLSDALE CEMETERY

AKA CLARK CEMETERY

EARLIEST BURIALS 1809.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR,

WAR OF 1812 AND CIVIL WAR



4475 Canty Hill Road, Tully onondaga x x NYS

OAK ORCHARD

SACRED AREA FOR NATIVES

HAUDENOSAUNEE GATHERING,

FISHING AND FORDING PLACE.

SITE OF MASSACRE OF

HAUDENOSAUNEE PEOPLE.


Oak Orchard Road, Clay Onondaga x x NYS

SCHOOL & ACADEMY

SITE OF FABIUS UNION

FREE SCHOOL & ACADEMY

BUILDING ERECTED IN 1841

TEACHER TRAINING: 1895

USED AS A SCHOOL UNTIL 1930


1348 Pettit Street, Fabius Onondaga x x NYS

THE PUDDIN’ MILL

GRIST MILL FOUNDED BY

AMOS MINER

IN THE EARLY 1800’S

CORN GROUND FINE ENOUGH

TO MAKE CORN PUDDIN’


Est side of Willowdale Road, near

intersection of NYS 174 at the head of

the gulf leading into Otisco Lake,

Spafford

Onondaga x NYS

WILLIAM G FARGO

BORN IN HAMLET/WATERVALE,

1818, PARTNER IN WELLS, FARGO

EXPRESS CO., CEO-AMERICAN

EXP[RESS CO., MAYOR-BUFFALO,

NY, 1862-1866. DIED 1881.


Hamlet of Watervale, Watervale Road,

PompeyOnondaga x x NYS

WOODFORD FAMILY

ISRAEL & LOWLEY WOODFORD OF

FARMINGTON, CT SETTLED HERE

WITH TEN CHILDREN CA. 1811.

DESCENDANTS OF THIS FAMILY

STILL LIVE NEARBY.


6983 Chase Road, Pompey Onondaga x x NYS


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OLD BURIAL PLACE

THE LOOMIS HILL CEMETERY

WAS THE BURIAL PLACE OF MANY

TOWN OF ONONDAGA SETTLERS

FROM 1812-1884

THE WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION

Howlett Hill Road approximately 400'

east of intersection with Harris Road,

Onondaga

Onondaga x NYS

MATTHIAS BERRY

BORN 1815 RENSSELAER COUNTY

DIED 1899 TOWN OF POMPEY

BUILDER IN POMPEY & FABIUS

1840 COMMISSIONED MAJOR IN

NEW YORK STATE MILITIA


7737 Four West Road, Pompey Onondaga x NYS

WYBORN CEMETERY

ALSO KNOWN AS

SALT SPRINGS CEMETERY

FIRST BURIAL - 1818

LAST BURIAL - 1877

EARLY SETTLERS & VETERANS HERE

ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

WILLIAM G POMEROY FOUNDATION

NW Corner of Salt Springs Rd. &

Salisbury Park Drive, SyracuseOnondaga x NYS

GILBERT CEMETERY

BURIAL PLACE OF MANY EARLY

SETTLERS, INCLUDING FAMED

CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHER,

GEORGE BARNARD


Pleasant Valley Road, Town of

OnondagaOnondaga x NYS

BENSON RD CEMETERY

ESTABLISHED 1827

GRAVES OF MOTTETT & WALSH

REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS &

LEVI CUDDEBACK

SON OF FIRST SETTLER


Benson Road, Skaneateles Onondaga x x NYS

BUELLVILLE

HAMLET NAMED FOR BUELL

FAMILY WHO ARRIVED IN 1799.

RAN LUMBER/PLASTER MILLS.

LUTHER BUELL, “POMPEY

PIONEER,” 1786-1876


Route 92, Pompey Onondaga x NYS

CHILDHOOD HOME

MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE 1826-98

WRITER AND ACTIVIST LEADER

OF NEW YORK AND NATIONAL

WOMAN SUFFERAGE ASSOCIATIONS

STAUNCH ABOLITIONIST


8560 Brewerton Road, Cicero Onondaga X NYS

CONRAD BUSH

c. 1757 - 1854 ONLY

REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER

WHO SETTLED HIS AWARDED

TOWN OF POMPEY LOT 47

600 ACRES


Bush Road, Pompey Onondaga x NYS

DERUYTER DAM

BUILT CA. 1861-1864

CREATING LAKE TO SUPPLY

WATER FOR ERIE CANAL

RESERVOIR FEEDS

LIMESTONE CREEK.


Corner of Dam Rd. & Deruyter Rd,

DeRuyterOnondaga x NYS


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DISCIPLES CHURCH

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST CHURCH

ORGANIZED IN 1834

WITH 28 MEMBERS

PRESENT BUILDING BUILT BY

MATTHIAS BERRY IN 1868


Academy Street, Pompey Onondaga x NYS

EARLY CEMETERY

HEADSTONES DATE TO 1803.

CIVIL WAR VETERAN & MEDAL OF

HONOR RECIPIENT NORMAN POTTER

AND MANY REVOLUTIONARY WAR

VETERANS BURIED HERE


2190 Oran Delph Road, Manlius Onondaga x NYS

GEN. ELLIS CEMETERY

FIRST BURIAL 1798.

GENERAL JOHN ELLIS,

VETERAN OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR

AND WAR OF 1812

BURIED HERE IN 1820.


4923 Onondaga Road, Onondaga Onondaga x NYS

GUNPOWDER BLAST

AUGUST 20, 1841–A FIRE HERE

IGNITED STORED GUNPOWDER.

25 KILLED AND 64 INJURED IN

CITY’S DEADLIEST ACCIDENT.

ERECTED 2011



Willow and North Warren St., Syracuse Onondaga x NYS

HORATIO SEYMOUR

1811 BIRTHPLACE OF THE

TWICE GOVERNOR OF NEW

YORK STATE. DEMOCRATIC

CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT

AGAINST ULYSSES S. GRANT

Sweet Road, Pompey Onondaga x NYS

JOHN C. PERRY

BORN/LIVED IN HAMLET/DELPHI

ENTIRE LIFE (1837-1894)

PORTRAIT/LANDSCAPE ARTIST

PERMANENT COLLECTION AT

NYS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION


Hamlet of Delphi Falls, East Road,

PompeyOnondaga x NYS

LOG CITY

SITE OF LOG CITY - C. 1800

RIVAL OF POMPEY HILL

STORE, ASHERY, TANNERY,

SHOE & CARPENTER SHOPS

AND SCHOOLHOUSE


Route 91, Hamlet of Pompey Hill Onondaga x NYS

ONONDAGA FURNACE

NICHOLAS MICKLES RAN A FOUNDRY

AT THIS SITE FROM 1800 TO 1827

IT MADE KETTLES FOR BOILING SALT

& CANNONBALLS IN THE WAR OF 1812

THE STREAM IS CALLED FURNACE BROOK

ONONDAGA HISTORICAL SOCIETY


Elmwood Park, Syracuse Onondaga x NYS


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PLASTER MILL

SITE OF DAM, PLASTER MILL &

LIME KILN BUILT IN 1850s

BY WARREN S. WALKER.

GYPSUM & LIMESTONE WERE

MINED FROM NEARBY HILLS.


West Side of Route 174, Marcellus Falls Onondaga x NYS

RAILROAD YARDS

19TH CENTURY ROUNDHOUSE

LOCATED ON THESE GROUNDS.

SITE OF 1852 GATHERING OF

5000 ABOLITIONISTS.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS SPOKE.


WILLIAM G POMEROY FOUNDATION

Lipe Art Park, 1001 West Fayette St. Onondaga x NYS

S. SMITH/JACOBE

A.K.A. COMMUNITY HOUSE

GREEK REVIVAL HOUSE

CIRCA 1840’S

LAST REMAINING FARMHOUSE

IN HIGHLAND FOREST


Highland Park Road, Fabius Onondaga X NYS

SALT PRODUCTION

THIS AREA IN THE 1820'S WAS

AMONG THE FIRST LOCAL SITES

TO MAKE SALT BY USING THE

SUN'S HEAT TO EVAPORATE

BRINE FROM LOCAL SPRINGS.


SE corner of Wyoming & Otisco Streets,

SyracuseOnondaga x NYS

SCHOOLHOUSE NO2

LOCATED HERE CA. 1849 ON

PROPERTY OF ROBERT GERE.

WM. TANNER FIRST TRUSTEE.

LATER SITE OF TANNER HOSE.

COMPANY FIREHOUSE.

THE WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUDNATI0N 2012

2123 Milton Ave, Solvay Onondaga x NYS

SHELDON PECK

RENOWNED EARLY AMERICAN

FOLK ARTIST, PORTRAIT

PAINTER AND ABOLITIONIST,

LIVED ON THIS LOT WITH HIS

FAMILY FROM 1828 TO 1836.


5 Skaneateles Street, Jordan Onondaga x NYS

SOLAR SALT

TURK'S ISLAND & WESTERN

COARSE SALT COMPANIES EST.

HERE BY ERIE CANAL CA. 1850

MAJOR INDUSTRY IN SOLVAY

INCLUDES SOLVAY PROCESS CO.


200 block Bridge Street, Solvay Onondaga x NYS

TIMOTHY JEROME

LOG CABIN SITE AND FARM

LAND PURCHASED IN 1793

FIRST FABIUS SUPERVISOR

GREAT GREAT GRANDUNCLE OF

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL


1725 Rowley-Jermome Road, Fabius Onondaga x NYS


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UNIVERSITY CLUB

HOME TO UNIVERSITY CLUB OF

SYRACUSE FROM 1917-1986.

AFTER VARIOUS USES,

CNY PHILANTHROPY CENTER

ESTABLISHED 2010.


431 East Fayette Street, Syracuse Onondaga x NYS

WM. H.H. CROSIER

SKANEATELES RESIDENT

AWARDED MEDAL OF HONOR.

BADLY WOUNDED IN CIVIL WAR.

IN 1864 RETRIEVED REGIMENT

FLAG FROM BEHIND ENEMY LINE


Shotwell Memorial Park, West Genesee

Street, SkaneatelesOnondaga x NYS

WORLD WAR II

SITE OF

NEW YORK ORDNANCE WORKS

1942-1945. MANUFACTURED

"EXPLOSIVE D" USED

IN ARMOR PIERCING SHELLS.

WILLIAM D. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2015

8233 NY-631, Baldwinsville Onondaga x NYS

THE STEADMAN HOUSE 18 North Street, Marcellus Onondaga x x NR

BARNES-HISCOCK MANSION 930 James St. Syracuse Onondaga x x NR

LIVERPOOL CEMETERY 225 6th St., Liverpool Onondaga x x NR

STONE ARABIA SCHOOL (NUMBER 6) 6453 State Route 31, Cicero Onondaga x NR

POMPEY STONE

1800S PRANK BELIEVED TRUE.

ENGRAVED “LEO DE L'N VI 1520”

AS MEMORIAL FOR 1500S

EXPLORER. FOUND 1820 NEAR

THIS SITE. 1894 HOAX REVEALED.



3482 Watervale Road, Pompey Onondaga x L&L

THIRTEEN CURVES

ALONG THIS ROUTE A WOMAN IN

WHITE SEARCHES FOR HER GROOM.

BOTH DIED ON THEIR WEDDING

NIGHT IN THE EARLY 1900S

WHILE DRIVING THE 13 CURVES.



Cedarvale Road and West Seneca

Turnpike, SyracuseOnondaga x L&L

CHRIST CHURCH AND MANLIUS VILLAGE

CEMETERIES510 East Seneca Street, Manlius Onondga x NR

LAPHAM HOME

ELBRIDGE LAPHAM BORN 1814

IN FARMINGTON NEW YORK

APPOINTED U.S. SENATOR FROM

NYS SERVED 1881 TO 1885

SUCCEEDING ROSCO CONKLING.

WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATOIN 2013

6227 Boughton Hill Road, Farmington Ontario x x NYS

GORHAM MILL

WATER POWERED GRIST MILL

OWNER LEVI BENTON JR 1809

BURNED 1868 REBUILT 1869

BURNED 1941


2643 State Route 245, Gorham Ontario x NYS


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VALENTOWN SITE

AREA FIRST SETTLED CA. 1809

HOUSE BUILT CA. 1840

BY ICHABOD TOWN

VALENTOWN HALL BUILT IN 1879

BY LEVI VALENTINE


7370 Valentown Square, Victor Ontario x NYS

WASHINGTON ST.

CEMETERY EST. 1832.

NOTABLE CITIZENS & VETERANS

INCLUDING GEN. JOSEPH SWIFT

AND COL. ELIAKIM SHERRIL

BURIED HERE.


Washington Street Cemetery, Geneva Ontario x NYS

WORLD WAR II

SITE OF AERIAL OBSERVATION

POST 1942-1944 ESTABLISHED

BY ARMY. LOCAL VOLUNTEERS,

SUPERVISED BY GRACE BIGHAM,

WATCHED FOR ENEMY AIRCRAFT.


3825 County Rd. 18, Canandaigua Ontario x NYS

FARMINGTON QUAKER CROSSROADS

HISTORIC DISTRICT

North and South Sides of Sheldon Road

at County Road 8 Crossroad,

Farmington

Ontario x NR

WOODLAWN CEMETERY 130 North Pearl Street, Canandaigua Ontario x NR

PUMPKIN HOOK

IN EARLY 1800S, PUMPKINS

WERE STOLEN OR “HOOKED”

FROM A VISITING FARMER’S

WAGON AND SET ON PORCHES

AROUND HAMLET AS A PRANK.



Town park named Pumpkin Hook Park

on Allen Padgham Road, FarmingtonOntario x L&L

1903 LIBRARY

PORT JERVIS FREE LIBRARY

CHARTED SEPT 29 1892

ONLY CARNEGIE LIBRARY

IN ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK

SITE GIVEN BY PETER FARNUM


138 PIke Street Port Jervis Orange x x NYS

LAUREL GROVE

CEMETERY

FOUNDED BY DR JOHN CONKLING

INCORPORATED SEPTEMBER 1855

DESIGNED BY HOWARD DANIELS

AND B F HATHAWAY


245 E. Main Street, Port Jervis Orange x x NYS

RIVER LIGHTHOUSE

CAMP FOR THE BLIND

STOOD HERE. ESTABLISHED 1911

WHEN EMMA HARDY DONATED

HER HOME TO THE NEW YORK

ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND.


395 Hudson St, Cornwall, NY 12518 Orange x x NYS

SCHRADE CUTLERY

EST. 1904. LEADING MFG OF

SAFETY PUSH BUTTON KNIVES

USING SCHRADE PAT'D MACHINES

AND PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES.

MOVED TO ELLENVILLE NY 1958

WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDTAION 2014

Canla Street, Ellenville Orange x x NYS


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1915 FIRE HOUSE

GIFT OF COL. BRADLEY FOR

FIRE DEPT, LIBRARY AND A

COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY ROOM ON

SITE OF 1869 AND 1884 FIRE

HOUSES. STATION MOVED 1994.


1 Municipal Square, Walden Orange x NYS

THE HILL CHURCH

BUILT 1835 ON LAND DONATED

BY JESSE SCOFIELD, DAVID

PARSHALL & JACOB T. WALDEN.

CONGREGATION EST. 1838 AS

REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH.


Island at Church St., Schofield St. &

Ridge Ave, WaldenOrange x NYS

BRIDGE CA.1855

SITE OF FIRST BRIDGE ACROSS

THE DELAWARE FROM MATAMORAS

TO PORT JERVIS. BUILT BY

ERIE & NY RAILROAD. WRECKED

BY A WIND STORM IN 1870.


River Road, Port Jervis, Orange x NYS

CORNWALL LANDING

SITE HERE AS EARLY AS 1770S.

LATER STEAMBOATS AND TRAINS

SHIPPED FREIGHT & PASSENGERS

FOSTERING A BUSTLING BUSINESS

COMMUNITY INTO THE 1940s.


99 Shore Road, Cornwall-On-Hudson, Orange x NYS

GUMAER CEMETERY

INCORPORATED, SURVEYED,

FENCED & DEEDED BY PETER E.

GUMAER TO THE REFORMED

CHURCH OFDEERPARK CA. 1839

EARLIEST MARKED GRAVE 1713


Guymard Tpk, Godeffroy, NY Orange x NYS

HENRY WISNER, SR

CA. 1720-1790 BURIED HERE.

CONTINENTAL CONGRESS DELEGATE,

NY STATE SENATOR, PATRIOT

WHO PRODUCED GUNPOWDER

FOR REVOLUTIONARY WAR.


155-160 Midway Road Middletown Orange x NYS

NEW YORK KNIFE

HOME OF HAMMER BRAND KNIVES

FIRST BOY SCOUT OF AMERICA

KNIFE. 28 BLDGS ON THIS SITE

ONE OF THE LARGES POCKETKNIFE

COMPANIES IN US 1856-1931


Orchard St. at interstection with W. Main

St, Walden.Orange x NYS

RIDER ENGINE CO.

EST 1879, WORLD'S LARGES

MFG HOT AIR ENGINES USING

A K RIDER AND JOHN ERICSSON

PATENTS. IN 1897 BECAME

RIDER-ERICSSON ENGINE CO.


Grant Street, Walden Orange x NYS


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VALLEY JUNCTION

HERE STOOD AT WYE JUNCTION

NY O&W TRAIN STATION

BUILT CA. 1913. A CONNECTION

FOR KINSTON AND

MONTICELLO RAILWAY BRANCHES


18 Locust Street, Warwick Orange x NYS

WALDEN KNIFE CO

HOME OF KEEN KUTTER KNIVES

ON THIS SITE FROM 1874-1926

WALDEN WAS KNOWN AS

"LITTLE SHEFFIELD"

WITH THREE KNIFE COMPANIES.


Oak St. & Wallkill River E. Shore,

WaldenOrange x NYS

CLAUDIUS SMITH

REPUTED TORY MARAUDER

HANGED NEARBY IN 1779.

HIS SKULL BELIEVED EMBEDDED

IN MASONRY OVER FRONT DOOR

OF THIS 1841 COURTHOUSE.



101 Main St., Goshen Orange x L&L

EST. 1871

MILLVILLE CEMETERY

EARLY QUAKER BURIAL GROUND

1875 VAULT AND STONEWALL

BUILT OF MEDINA SANDSTONE

CHAPEL BUILT IN 1894


East Shelby Road, Medina Orleans x NYS

HILLSIDE CEMETERY 4065 Holley-Byron Road, Holly Orleans x NR

SHADY SHORE

BUILT 1857 BY EDWARD A.

SHELDON, FOUNDER OF OSWEGO

STATE NORMAL AND TRAINING

SCHOOL. LATER, RESIDENCE OF

OSWEGO COLLEGE PRESIDENTS.


6 Rudolph Street, Oswego Oswego x x NYS

SHELDON HALL

OPENED IN 1913, "OLD MAIN"

SERVED AS ONLY ACADEMIC

BUILDING UNTIL 1932.

NAMED FOR COLLEGE'S FOUNDER

EDWARD A. SHELDON IN 1961.


303 George Washington Boulevard,

OswegoOswego x x NYS

BLOUNT LUMBER

BUILT FACTORY HERE IN 1894

TO PRODUCE FURNITURE PARTS,

MILLWORK & OTHER WOOD

PRODUCTS FROM LOCAL TIMBER.

CLOSED IN 1992.


19 Demott Street,Sandy Creek Oswego x NYS

FREIGHT HOUSE

BUILT CA. 1849 AS PART OF

FACILITIES SERVING OSWEGO

& SYRACUSE RAILROAD

THAT FIRST RAN DOWN

WEST UTICA STREET IN 1848.


20 E. Utica St., Oswego Oswego x NYS


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HISTORIC CHURCH

FORMED JUNE 30, 1817

AS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

OSWEGO COUNTY

ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY MET

HERE FEBRUARY 21, 1839.


4270 St Rt 104, New Haven Oswego x NYS

HISTORIC HOUSES

THE TAVERN BUILT CIRCA 1810

BY JOHN VANBUREN

THE PILLARS BUILT 1847

BY DAVID VANBUREN


Rt. 57 intersection of Great Bear Road &

Hawthorne Road, FultonOswego x NYS

ON THIS SITE

RICHARDSON THEATER 1895-1945

HOSTED MOVIES, CONCERTS,

CIVIC EVENTS. BUILT BY LOCAL

ATTORNEY & ENTREPRENEUR

MAXWELL B. RICHARDSON.


127 E 1st ST., Oswego Oswego x NYS

ASA RICE


ARRIVED HERE WITH HIS FAMILY

OCTOBER 1797. FOUNDED FIRST

SETTLEMENT IN OSWEGO TOWN,

KNOWN AS UNION VILLAGE.


7290 St. Route 104, NYS 104 at Rice

Creek, OswegoOswego x NYS

THE POST GHOST

GEORGE FIKES

KING'S ROYAL REGIMENT OF NY

DIED NOVEMBER 30, 1782

NOW A GHOSTLY SPECTER

GUARDING HIS FAVORITE POST.



30 Show Park Road, Oswego Oswego x x L&L

EARLY CEMETERY

WAR OF 1812 VETERANS

IRA HYDE, LUTHER EDDY,

AND JONAH SPRAGUE

AMONG THOSE INTERRED.



2071 County Highway 26, Fly Creek Otsego x x NYS

FORK FACTORY

SITE OF NORTH & DENIO CO.

CA. 1850-CA. 1880. HARNESSED

OAKS CREEK TO POWER FACTORY

MAKING HAY FORKS, HAMMERS,

AND OTHER FARM IMPLEMENTS.


138 Forkshop Road, Cooperstown Otsego x x NYS

NORTH TIN SHOP

STEPHEN NORTH SETTLED

HERE CA 1790. SHOP RUN BY

NORTH FAMILY. DAUGHTER

MERCY NORTH PAINTED

DECORATIVE TINWARE.


6169 State Highway 28, Fly Creek Otsego x x NYS


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SPALSBURY FARM

EST. BY JOHN SPALSBURY, FARM

WAS DESTROYED DURING RAIDS

ON SPRINGFIELD BY LOYALISTS

AND THEIR NATIVE AMERICAN

ALLIES IN SUMMER OF 1778.


2718 Co Rd. 31, Cherry Valley Otsego x NYS

WILLIAM HULBERT

AN OWNER OF CHICAGO BASEBALL

TEAM AND A FOUNDER OF THE

NATIONAL LEAGUE WAS BORN

IN BURLINGTON FLATS ON

OCTOBER 23, 1832


104 S. Road, Burlingston Otsego x NYS

HARTWICK HISTORIC DISTRICT Hartwick Town Hall, Hartwick Otsego x x NR

MORRIS VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT 152 Main Street, Morris Otsego x NR

OLD HARTWICK VILLAGE CEMETERY 2862 CR 11, Hartwick Otsego x NR

GILBERTSVILLE, NY 104 Marion Avenue, Gilbertsville Otsego x NR

PANTHER MOUNTAIN

NINETEENTH CENTURY NATIVE

AMERICAN MAN WHO CALLED

HIMSELF THE PANTHER LIVED

ALONE ON THIS HILL. LOCALS

NAMED IT PANTHER MOUNTAIN



Corner of Pope Road and Panther

Mountain, Fly CreekOtsego x x L&L

BED BUG HILL

INSPIRED BY A NINETEENTH

CENTURY MIGRANT HOP PICKER

WHO INSISTED HE WOULD NOT

RETURN BECAUSE LOCAL BEDBUGS

WERE "AS BIG AS SQUIRRELS"



Corner of County Highway 26 and Bed

Bug Hill Rd, Fly CreekOtsego x x L&L

HONEY JOE ROAD

HOME OF JOSEPH MICKLAVZINA

NAMED "HONEY JOE" FOR HIS

SPICED HONEY WINE. RAIDED

DURING PROHIBITION. WINE

HIDDEN IN HIVES NOT FOUND



Corner of 1549 County Highway 26 and

Honey Joe Rd, Fly CreekOtsego x L&L

GOOSE STREET

EARLY 1900S NAMED BY LOCALS

TO HONOR THE GEESE WHICH

RESIDENTS PROUDLY MARCHED

THREE MILES TO THE ANNUAL

COUNTY FAIR IN COOPERSTOWN



226 Goose Street, Fly Creek Otsego x L&L

SPRAGUE SCHOOL

SITE OF OTSEGO DISTRICT 12

SCHOOL. EARLY SETTLER JONAH

SPRAGUE DONATED LAND FOR

SCHOOL IN 1862. MERGED INTO

COOPERSTOWN DISTRICT IN 1946.


2071 County Highway 26, Fly Creek Otsego x x NYS


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TOLL GATE

STOOD NEAR HERE, MIDWAY

BETWEEN EAST SPRINGFIELD &

SHADOW BROOK, FOR THE THIRD

GREAT WESTERN TURNPIKE

COMPLETED IN 1808.


5690 Hwy 20, East, Springfield Otsego x NYS

JOHN BOWNE HOUSE 37.01 Bowne St., Flushing Queens x NR

BEAR ATTACK SITE

IN 1670 “LAME” THOMAS BOWNE

FATHER OF JOHN BOWNE

CHOKED ATTACKING BEAR BY

SHOVING CRUTCH DOWN ITS

THROAT. BEAR WAS KILLED.



37-01 Bowne Street, Flushing Queens x L&L

LION FACTORY

BUILT CA. 1884 BY

JAMES K. P. PINE, OWNER OF

UNITED SHIRT & COLLAR CO.

MANUFACTURED MEN’S SHIRTS

AND DETACHABLE COLLARS.


10 121st St., Troy Rensselaer x x NYS

FORMER CHURCH

BUILT 1871 AS METHODIST

EPISCOPAL. FIRST WOMAN PASTOR

E.H. DELAVAN SERVED 1881-1882

RESTORED 1988 BY STEPHENTOWN

HISTORICAL SOC AS HERITAGE CTR.


4 Staples Road, Stephentown Rensselaer x NYS

HOOSICK FALLS ARMORY 80 Church Street, Hoosick Falls Rensselaer x x NR

ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH COMPLEX 58 3rd Street, Troy Rensselaer x NR

REFORMED CHURCH ON STATEN ISLAND 54 Port Richmond Avenue Staten Island Richmond x x NR

JACQUES MARCHAIS CENTER 338 Lighthouse Avenue, Staten Island Richmond x NR

THE HEMLOCKS

HAMLET WITH A GROCERY STORE

AND DAY BARN FOR STABLING

MULES. SERVED BOATS ON

THE CHAMPLAIN CANAL

FROM CA. 1856-1915.


US Route 4, Saratoga Saratoga x NYS

DUNNING STREET RURAL CEMETERY NY Route 67, Malta Saratoga x NR

SHOOTOUT

OFFICER MATTHEW WILSON

SHOT TO DEATH NOV. 27, 1900

NEAR THIS SITE AFTER

EXCHANGING FIRE WITH MEN

ATTEMPTING STORE BURGLARY


110 Union St, Cobleskill Schoharie x x NYS

MONTOUR HOUSE

HOTEL AND TAVERN BUILT 1854

BY CHARLES COOK. ALSO HOUSED

BANK OF HAVANA THAT HELD

TOLL RECEIPTS FOR NEARBY

CHEMUNG CANAL.


401 West Main Street, Montour Falls Schuyler x NYS

EDITH B. FORD MEMORIAL LIBRARY 7169 Main St Ovid Seneca x x NR


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COOPER'S ROCK

AT 14, FUTURE AUTHOR

JAMES FENIMORE COOPER

SPENT HOURS SITTING ON THIS

ROCK DREAMING DREAMS

ACROSS THE OSWEGATCHIE RIVER.

NEW YORK FOLKLORE


2810 State Route 812, De Kalb Junction St Lawrence x L&L

ONE LANE BRIDGE

MASSENA CENTER SUSPENSION

BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED 1909-1910

BY HOLTON ROBINSON, 1863-1945,

PROMINENT BRIDGE DESIGNER

AND NATIVE SON.


608 County Road 42, Massena St. Lawrence x x NYS

WAR OF 1812

7000 US FORCES CAME ASHORE

NEAR HERE NOV 6 1813. LEFT

VESSELS TO MARCH AROUND

OGDENSBURG. LOCAL RESIDENTS

ASSISTED IN MOVING SUPPLIES


4955 State Highway 37, 37 Stone

Church Road and Route 37,

Ogdensburg

St. Lawrence x NYS

HEPBURN LIBRARY OF LISBON 6899 CTY RT. 10 Lisbon St. Lawrence x x NR

MORRISTOWN SCHOOL HOUSEColumbia St off Main & Gouverneur St,

MorristownSt. Lawrence x NR

AUGUST BELMONT

IN 1867 STARTED 1300 ACRE

HORSE FARM WITH RACE TRACK,

TROUT POND & MANSION. IN 1926

ROBERT MOSES SECURED PART

OF ESTATE FOR STATE PARK.


Park Avenue East, N. Babylon Suffolk x x NYS

CAMP DAMM

SITE OF AIRFIELD FOR TRAINING

WWI PILOTS, 1918-1919. NAMED

FOR LT. COL. HENRY J. DAMM.

ARMY LEASED HORSE FARM

FROM AUGUST BELMONT JR.


Northwest corner of Belmont Avenue

and Clark Street, North BabylonSuffolk x x NYS

CAMP UPTON

WORLD WAR I ARMY CANTONMENT

1917-1921. 77TH DIV. TRAINED

HERE. REBUILT FOR WORLD WAR II.

BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LAB

ESTABLISHED NEARBY IN 1947.


189 Longwood Road, Yaphank Suffolk x x NYS

LIRR MAIN LINE

FIRST TRAIN FROM BROOKLYN

TO DEER PARK MARCH 14, 1842.

RAIL TRANSPORT SUPPORTED

FARMS, BUSINESS AND

RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.


752 Long Island Ave, Deer Park Suffolk x x NYS

LIRR MAIN LINE

RAILROAD LINE FROM BROOKLYN

PASSED THROUGH HERE CA. 1842.

FIRST DEPOT BUILT 1875,

NAMED WEST DEER PARK.

RENAMED WYANDANCE 1889.


Long Island Avenue at Doe St.,

WyandanchSuffolk x x NYS


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LIRR MAIN LINE

RAILROAD LINE FROM BROOKLYN

PASSED THROUGH HERE CA. 1842.

FIRST DEPOT BUILT 1897,

NAMED MELVILLE STATION.

RENAMED PINELAWN 1898.


North side ofLong Island Avenue,

BabylonSuffolk x x NYS

MASTIC STATION

THE FORGE STATION OF

THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD

STOOD HERE. EST. 1882,

RENAMED MASTIC IN 1892.

CLOSED 1960 AND LATER RAZED.


1051 Mastic Road, Mastic Suffolk x NYS

BALD HILL

ONE ROOM GREEK REVIVAL

STYLE SCHOOLHOUSE BUILT IN

1850. THIS SCHOOL SERVED

THE FARMINGVILLE COMMUNITY

CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL 1929.


Farmingville Hill County Park,

Famingville SE corner on Horseblock

Road, farmingville

Suffolk x NYS

BELMONT JUNCTION

CONNECTED CENTRAL RAILROAD

WITH LIRR CA. 1874. FREIGHT

& TELEGRAPH SITE UNTIL 1888.

LOCATED NEAR BELMONT STUD

FARM. TROLLEY STOP 1910-20.


Railroad Avenue and Great East Neck

Road, West Babylon.Suffolk x NYS

CA. 1740 CEMETERY

FORMER BURIAL GROUND FOR

SOUTH HAVEN PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH. MEETING HOUSE

MOVED FROM THIS SITE TO

BROOKHAVEN HAMLET 1960.


Montauk Hwy and Private Road,

BrookhavenSuffolk x NYS

CITY OF BRESLAU

GERMAN-AMERICAN TOWN FORMED

BY ABBY & THOMAS WELWOOD

WITH CHARLES S. SCHLEIER.

DEDICATED ON JUNE 6, 1870.

CHANGED TO LINDENHURST 1891.


272 South Welwood Avenue,

Lindenhurst.Suffolk x NYS

DRIVE-IN THEATRE

28 ACRE ALL-WEATHER DRIVE-IN

OPENED HERE 1957. CAFETERIA,

TALLY-HO TRAIN, INDOOR

SEATING & AMUSEMENT PARK.

ONE OF NATION'S LARGEST.


801 Sunrise Highway, Copiague Suffolk x NYS

FORT ST. GEORGE

TROOPS LED BY COL. BENJAMIN

TALLMAGE DEFEATED THE BRITISH

ON NOV. 23, 1780 IN BATTLE

AT THE MANOR OF ST. GEORGE

4.2 MI. SOUTH OF THIS SITE


Rt. 27A (Montauk Hwy), Shirley Suffolk x NYS


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HARNESS TRACK

GENTLEMEN'S DRIVING PARK.

VICTORIAN ERA HARNESS RACING

TRACK OPENED HERE CA. 1882.

FAMED HORSE “ECHO”

RACED THIS HALF-MILE OVAL.


Morgan Avenue and Canal Road, Port

Jefferson Station,Suffolk x NYS

IRELAND'S MILL

PURCHASED IN 1793 BY THOMAS

IRELAND. FOUR GENERATIONS

RAN SAW & GRIST MILL HERE.

SOLD FEED, GRAIN, HAY & ICE

UNTIL CA. 1913. RAZED 1915.


190 Merrick Road, Amityville Suffolk x NYS

LONGWOOD ESTATE

ORIGINALLY PART OF THE MANOR

OF ST. GEORGE GRANTED 1693

TO WM. SMITH. HOUSE BUILT

CA. 1790. HOME OF1829 TOWN

SUPERVISOR WILLIAM S. SMITH


Longwood Road, Ridge Suffolk x NYS

MONORAIL

SITE OF BOYNTON'S BICYCLE

RAILROAD. TWO MILE

ELECTRIFIED TRACK RAN FROM

HAGERMAN TO GREAT SOUTH BAY

IN 1890S. DISMANTLED 1904.


330 North Dunton Ave, E. Patchogue Suffolk x NYS

NEAR THIS SITE

FREE AFRICAN AMERICANS OWNED

AND DEVELOPED LAND BY 1790.

DAVIS, JESSUP, LYMAN, SELLS

PHILLIPS, PRINCE AND MILLER

FAMILIES AMONG EARLY SETTLERS.


Route 25A, Rocky Point Suffolk x NYS

OLD MASTIC HOUSE

FLOYD FAMILY HOME 1718-1976.

WILLIAM FLOYD SIGNED DECL.

OF INDEP. IN 1776. ESTATE

DONATED TO NATIONAL PARK

SERVICE BY FLOYD DESCENDANTS.


245 Park Drive, Mastic Beach Suffolk x NYS

POOSPATUCK RES.

UNKECHAUG INDIAN NATION

RECOGNIZED BY STATE OF

NEW YORK 1777. LOCATED

1 MILE SOUTH AT FORGE

RIVER & POOSPATUCK CREEK


Montauk Highway (county rd 80) Mastic Suffolk x NYS

RONEK PARK

HONORED AS A NON-DISCRIMINATORY

HOUSING DEVELOPMENT STARTED

BY THOMAS ROMANO IN 1950.

A PART OF THE LOCAL HOUSING

BOOM AFTER WORLD WAR II.


Albany Ave and Croyden Road, N.

AmityvilleSuffolk x NYS


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SOUTH SIDE R.R.

FIRST TRAIN ARRIVED FROM

JAMAICA OCTOBER 11, 1867.

RAIL BROUGHT NYC VISITORS

SPURRING RESORT ERA BOOM.

LIRR ASSUMED LINE BY 1876.


Railroad Ave at Depot Place, Babylon Suffolk x NYS

SOUTH SIDE R.R.

RAILROAD ESTABLISHED 1867.

ORIGINALLY WELWOOD STATION.

RENAMED BRESLAU 1870.

ADOPTED LINDENHURST 1891.



Wellwood and East Hoffman Ave,

BabylonSuffolk x NYS

SOUTH SIDE R.R.

RAILROAD FROM NYC COMPLETED

OCTOBER 1867. FIRST DEPOT

ERECTED 1868 FOR TRAVELERS,

LOCAL COMMERCE AND MAIL.



Ketcham Avenue, north of W. Oak

Street, AmityvilleSuffolk x NYS

SOUTH SIDE R.R.

RAILROAD LINE BUILT 1867


FIRST DEPOT 1901 NAMED

COPIAGUE. FAILED ATTEMPT TO

RENAME MARCONIVILLE 1920S.

WILLIAM. G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2017

Great Neck Road and Marconi

Boulevard, CopiagueSuffolk x NYS

WORLD WAR II

THE MEN AND WOMEN OF

REPUBLIC AVIATION BUILT

9,087 P-47 THUNDERBOLT

FIGHTERS IN E. FARMINGDALE

FOR THE USAAF: 1941-1945


Coinlin St. and New Hwy, Farmingdale Suffolk x NYS

MARY LOUISE BOOTH GIRLHOOD HOUSE East Main Street, Yaphank Suffolk x NR

SISTERS OF ST. DOMINIC 555 Albany Ave., Amityville Suffolk x NR

JACOB CONKLIN

LEGEND SAYS AFTER SAILING

WITH PIRATE CAPTAIN KIDD

IN 1690S, CONKLIN BUILT

HOME HERE IN 1710. HOUSE

DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1918.



Colonial Springs Road, Wheatley

HeightsSuffolk x L&L

SMITH’S BULL RIDE

TOWN LIMITS DETERMINED BY

DISTANCE OF ONE DAY RIDE.

LAND WAS GIFT OF MONTAUK

CHIEF FOR ASSISTANCE IN

RETURN OF KIDNAPPED DAUGHTER.

NEW YORK FOLKLORE


88 NY-25, Smithtown Suffolk x L&L


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RICHARD SMITH

RESTED HERE DURING

HIS LEGENDARY BULL RIDE.

LUNCHED ON BREAD AND

CHEESE GIVING VALLEY

AND ROAD THEIR NAMES.

NEW YORK FOLKLORE


367 Bread and Cheese Hollow Rd.,

NorthportSuffolk x L&L

ONE-ROOM SCHOOL

KIAMESHA SCHOOL CA. 1868-1952

MONTICELLO SCHOOL DIST. #11

DAVID P. BAILEY TRUSTEE 1868

MABEL WOODS TEACHER

PROPERTY SOLD 1966


398 FRASER ROAD Sullivan x x NYS

ONE-ROOM SCHOOL

SITE OF CARMAN SCHOOL

DIST. #15 FROM 1851-1942.

NAMED FOR PHILIP S. CARMAN,

ONE OF FIRST TRUSTEES.

LAST TEACHER MILDRED DRUTT.


700-812 Cold Spring Road, Thompson Sullivan x NYS

ONE-ROOM SCHOOL

SITE OF EAST GLEN WILD

DISTRICT #7 SCHOOL

AS EARLY AS 1875.

LAND SOLD BY

TRUSTEES IN 1965.


E Glen Wild Rd, Rock Hill Sullivan x NYS

ONE-ROOM SCHOOL

SITE OF HARRIS DISTRICT #8

SCHOOL AS EARLY AS 1875.

LATER EXPANDED BEFORE

BEING SOLD TO ITALIAN

AMERICAN CLUB IN 1961.


40 Sacks Rd, Harris NY Sullivan x NYS

ONE-ROOM SCHOOL

SITE OF MONTICELLO SCHOOL

DISTRICT #1. IN 1818, THOMAS

ROYCE SOLD LAND FOR $55 TO

JOHN RUSSELL, WILLIAM MORGAN

& HENRY VAN KLECK, TRUSTEES.


17 St. John's Street, Monticello Sullivan x x NYS

ONE-ROOM SCHOOL

SITE OF OLD LIBERTY RD SCHOOL

DIST. #10. LAND LEASED FROM

AUSTIN CRAIN FOR $1 IN 1842.

SOLD TO DISTRICT 1915. LAST

TEACHER FLORENCE W. CARROLL


699 Old Liberty Road, Monticello Sullivan x x NYS

ONE-ROOM SCHOOL

SITE OF SOUTHWOODS SCHOOL

CA. 1854-1943. MONTICELLO

SCHOOL DISTRICT #18.

SCHOOL & PROPERTY SOLD 1957.

LAST TRUSTEE NELSON CALHOUN.


South Woods Drive, Thompson Sullivan x NYS


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ONE-ROOM SCHOOL

THOMPSONVILLE DISTRICT #2

STOOD HERE. LAND PURCHASED

BY DISTRICT TRUSTEES IN 1834

AND SOLD IN 1957. 1 OF 19

THOMPSON SCHOOLS IN 1875.


557 Thompson Road, Monticello Sullivan x NYS

BAKER FIREMAN

ERECTED AUGUST 26, 1914,

THIS FOUNTAIN HONORS PAST

FIRE CHIEF GEORGE H. BAKER,

KILLED IN A 1913 ACCIDENT,

AND ALL OWEGO FIREFIGHTERS.


21 Court Street, Oswego Tioga x x NYS

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SPENCER 75 North Main Street, Spencer Tioga x NR

HERMANN BIGGS, M.D.

BORN HERE 1859. RENOWNED

PUBLIC HEALTH LEADER,

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE PIONEER

& NYS HEALTH COMMISSIONER.

KNIGHTED BY KING OF SPAIN.


30 McLallen Street, Trumansburg Tompkins x NYS

THE DORSEY HOME

LLOYD DORSEY, ESCAPED SLAVE,

BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY IN 1851

WHICH ALLOWED HIM TO VOTE

IN NYS. BELIEVED THE FIRST

BLACK VOTER IN TRUMANSBURG


1 King St, Ulysses Tompkins x NYS

SOJOURNER TRUTH

1797-1883

A SLAVE HERE AT MARTINUS

SCHRYVER'S TAVERN: 1808-1810

SPEAKER-ACTIVIST ON ABOLITION

WOMEN'S RIGHTS & TEMPERANCE


1 River Road, Ulster Park Ulster x NYS

WALK TO FREEDOM

IN OCT 1826 SOJOURNER TRUTH

WALKED THIS ROAD FROM WEST

PARK TO RIFTON LEAVING

SLAVER BEHIND FOR A

LIFE OF FREEDOM


Clark Park, Floyd Ackert Road, West

ParkUlster x NYS

NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION

WODSTOCK RESIDENT WORK CENTER2470 Route 212, Woodstock Ulster x x NR

CHILDHOOD HOME

CHARLES R. BISHOP (1822-1915)

CONSIDERED ONE OF HAWAII'S

GREATEST BENEFACTORS. MARRIED

PRINCESS BERNICE PAUAHI

BURIED HAWAIIAN ROYAL TOMB

WILLIAM G. POMEROY 2014

Bishop Lot Route 9 Lake George Warren x x NYS

ELM HILL

HOME OF JOHN THURMAN

EARLY BUSINESSMAN WHO

BROUGHT INDUSTRY AND FARMING

TO ADIRONDACK REGION

1788-1809


South JOhnsburg Road, County Road

72, JohnsburgWarren x NYS


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TROLLEY POWER

ELECTRICITY FIRST GENERATED

ON THIS SITE IN 1902 FOR

THE HUDSON VALLEY RAILWAY

LINE SERVICE TO LAKE GEORGE

MAIDEN RUN JANUARY 27, 1902


176 River Street, Warrensburg Warren x NYS

GLENS FALLS CEMETERY 38 Ogden St., Glens Falls Warren x x NR

ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH 172 Ottawa Street, Lake George Warren x NR

THE OLD STONE HOUSE LIBRARY 36 George Street, Fort Ann Washington x NR

SHUSHAN POSTMASTER

A STREAMER FISHING FLY

CREATED IN 1953 BY LEW OATMAN

AS A TRIBUTE TO AL PRINDLE,

SHUSHAN'S POSTMASTER &

A MUSE OF NORMAN ROCKWELL



698 Route 64, Shushan Washington x L&L

FIRST MEETING

FREETHINKERS ASSOCIATION OF

CENTRAL & WESTERN NEW YORK

ORGANIZED HERE AUGUST 1877.

HOSTED BY JAMES M. COSAD,

ABOUT 2,000 ATTENDED.


11069 Lummisville Road, Huron Wayne x NYS

WEST SHORE RAILROAD

TRAINS RAN HERE 1884-1995.

STATION & WAREHOUSES LOCATED

NEAR THIS SITE. BY 1961 ONLY

WATER TANK REMAINED.

TRACKS REMOVED 1995.


13 Water Street, Clyde Wayne X NYS

BLOCK HOUSE ROAD

FOLLOWED NATIVE AMERICAN

TRAIL THAT ONCE CROSSED RIVER

NEAR HERE. NAMED CA. 1858

FOR 18TH C. FORTIFICATION

ON NORTH SIDE OF RIVER.


13 Water Street, Clyde Wayne X NYS

H.G. HOTCHKISS

ESSENTIAL OIL CO. BEGAN

ON THIS SITE 1841. AWARDED

INTERNATIONAL MEDALS MAKING

LYONS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST

PRODUCERS OF PEPPERMINT OIL.


95 Water Street, Lyons Wayne x NYS

IRON WORKS

EST. CA. 1831 ON THIS SITE

MADE FARM IMPLEMENTS. LATER

EXPANDED TO MAKE BOILERS,

TRACTION & PORTABLE STEAM

ENGINES. CLOSED 1954.


37 Ford Street, Clyde Wayne x NYS

LOCKVILLE

ERIE CANAL HAMLET ON THIS

SITE INCORPORATED IN 1839

AS VILLAGE OF ARCADIA.

JOINED NEWARK IN 1853.

ROW BUILDINGS OF THE PERIOD


101 Vienna St., Newark Wayne x NYS


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MACEDON ACADEMY

EST. 1841 TO EDUCATE IN THE

ACADEMICS, IN CHARACTER,

AND IN THE EQUALITY OF ALL

PEOPLE. FREDERICK DOUGLASS

SPOKE HERE MARCH 6, 1861.


1185 Macedon Center Rd., Macedon Wayne x NYS

PALMER HOMESTEAD

NOAH & BETSEY PALMER SETTLED

HERE IN 1810. NOAH SERVED AS

SGT. IN RHODE ISLAND MILITIA

DURING REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

LATER BECAME BAPTIST DEACON.


2649 Macedon Center Rd., Macedon Wayne x NYS

TRAIN WRECK

ON MAY 2, 1902 ABOUT 400 FT.

SOUTH OF THIS SITE FAST MAIL

TRAIN NO. 3 COLLIDED WITH A

FREIGHT TRAIN. 13 MAIL CLERKS

WERE INJURED, TWO CREW DIED.


William Street at publick parking lot next

to kioske, ClydeWayne x NYS

CENTRAL POINT HISTORIC DISTRICT14681-14697 Keuka Lake Village Road,

WayneWayne x x NR

LYONS DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT 8 Leach Road, Lyons Wayne x x NR

BUTLER'S CANNON

AS TOLD BY EARLY TRAPPERS,

A CANNON WAS SUNK HERE IN

THE CLYDE RIVER BY BUTLER'S

RANGERS, SEPTEMBER 1779.

REPORTED BUT NEVER FOUND



10420 NYS Route 31, Clyde Wayne x L&L

DALE CEMETERY

SING SING CITIZENS BOUGHT

THIS LAND CA. 1850 TO BUILD

A PARK-LIKE RURAL CEMETERY.

HOWARD DANIELS, ARCHITECT

AARON WARD, FIRST PRESIDENT


104 Havell St, Ossining Westchester x NYS

MT. ZION METHODIST CHURCH Primrose St., Somers Westchester x x NR

WEST SOMERS METHODIST-EPISCOPAL

CHURCH & CEMETERY199 Tomahawk Street, Somers Westchester x NR

FIRST

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

OF PERRY CENTER

ORGANIZED JUNE 28, 1814

MEETING HOUSE

DEDICATED MARCH 4, 1830


7205 Route 20A, Perry Wyoming x x NYS

GARDEAU TRACT

NORTH BORDER RESERVATION

SET ASIDE FOR MARY JEMISON

WHITE WOMAN OF THE GENESEE

DURING THE BIG TREE TREATY

OF 1797 AT GENESEO N.Y

Park Road, Letchworth State Park Wyoming x x NYS

GARDEAU TRACT

EAST BORDER OF RESERVATION



OF 1797 AT GENESEO N.Y.



4405 McKay Rd., Nunda Wyoming x NYS


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GARDEAU TRACT

SOUTH BORDER OF RESERVATION





WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATON 2014

Park Road, Letchworth State Park,

CastileWyoming x NYS

GARDEAU TRACT

WEST BORDER OF RESERVATION





WILLIAM POMEROY FOUNDATION 2015

4732 NY-39, Castile Wyoming x NYS

CAMP CORY

ROCHESTER YMCA CAMPING PARTY

BEGAN 1892. LOCATED HERE 1920.

DEDICATED 1922 IN HONOR OF

LT. H. LAWRENCE CORY, KILLED

IN ACTION DURING WWI.


Route 54 East Lake Road, Penn Yan Yates x x NYS

GENERAL STORE

BUILT BY G.W. GREEN IN 1890.

OWNED & OPERATED BY

CHARLES A. ROBESON FAMILY

FROM 1898 TO 1984 WHEN

ACQUIRED BY TOWN OF MIDDLESEX.


6385 North Vine Valley Road,

MiddlesexYates x NYS

BEDDOE ROSE CEMETERYRecreation Drive, Keuka Lake State

Park, Branchport, Yates x NR

OVERACKERS CORNERS SCHOOLCorner of Route 364 and North Vine

Valley Pond, MiddlesexYates x NR

VINE VALLEY METHODIST CHURCH6370 North Vine Valley Road,

MiddlesexYates x NR

TOLL PLANK ROAD

SITE OF #1 TOLL GATE HOUSE.

BRANCHPORT & PENN YAN PLANK

ROAD COMPANY BUILT 8 MILE

TOLL ROAD IN 1849. BURNED

APRIL 1879 ENDING THE TOLLS


Route 54 and Ritchey Blvd, Middlesex Yates x NYS

TROLLEY DEPOT

SITE OF PENN YAN, KEUKA PARK

& BRANCHPORT RAILWAY DEPOT.

AN ELECTRIC PASSENGER TROLLEY

RAN HERE FROM 1897 TO 1927,

FREIGHT SERVICE UNTIL 1928.


3699 Route 54A, Branchport Yates x NYS

WEST STOCKHOLM HISTORIC DISTRICT

HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF

HISTORIC PLACES IN 1979

BY THE UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


8 Co. Road 57, Potsdam St. Lawrence x x NR

BILLIOU-STILLWELL-PERINE HOUSE







1476 Richmond Road, Staten Island Richmond x x NR


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LISBON TOWN HALL



HISTORIC PLACES




6963 County Rt. 10, Lisbon St. Lawrence x x NR

LISBON RAILROAD DEPOT



HISTORIC PLACES




6942 County Route 10, Lisbon St. Lawrence x x NR

COPELAND CARRIAGE SHOP







73 North Shore Road, Edinburg Saratoga x NR

THENDARA HISTORIC DISTRICT







108 Fulton House Spur, Old Forge Herkimer x x NR

ST. LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH



HISTORIC PLACES




70 Bedford Road, Katonah Westchester x x NR

BUCKHOUT-JONES BUILDING







7 West Bridge Street, Oswego Oswego x x NR

BARTON’S MILLS

SAW, GRIST AND CIDER MILLS

BUILT BEFORE 1804

POWERED BY WATER FROM

THE AGAWAMUCK CREEK

RESTORED IN 1990


2136 County Route 11, Claverack Columbia x x NR

ONE-ROOM SCHOOL

BUILT CA. 1930 TO REPLACE

SWINGING BRIDGE DISTRICT #19

SCHOOL BUILT 1835. EARLIER

SCHOOL’S SITE NEARBY SUBMERGED

WHEN RESERVOIR CREATED.


Starlight Rd, Monticello Sullivan x x NR


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ONE-ROOM SCHOOL

SITE OF SOUTH MAPLEWOOD

DISTRICT #13 SCHOOL

AS EARLY AS 1875.

LAND SOLD BY TRUSTEES

TO PRIVATE OWNERS IN 1965.


7 Hilltop Road, Monticello Sullivan x x NYS

1807 TAVERN

FOOTE-LEGGE-STOCKING TAVERN

NAMED FOR 3 MEN INVOLVED.

BUILT BY STILLMAN FOOTE ON

BILLIUS STOCKING'S LAND.

LEGGE SERVED AS TAVERNKEEPER

NEW YORK FOLKLORE


4365 State Highway 68 Heuvelton St.Lawrence x NYS

BAKER’S BRIDGE

HAMLET FORMERLY NAMED FOR

BRIDGE BUILT BY ALPHEUS BAKER,

HIS SONS & JOSEPH WOODRUFF.

ORIGINAL BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED

OVER CANACADEA CREEK.

NEW YORK FOLKLORE


6181 Hamilton Hill Road, Alfred Station Allegany x x NYS

SCHULE BELL

DURING CIVIL WAR, UNION

SOLDIERS STOLE BELL FROM

C0NFEDERATE TRAIN. SENT HERE

FOR NEW SCHOOL DISGUISED IN

COFFIN MARKED ‘SCHULE BELL’.

NEW YORK FOLKLORE


215 High Street, Theresa Jefferson x x NYS

DERICK VAN VECHTEN

1753-1847, REVOLUTIONARY WAR

ENSIGN BURIED HERE. SERVED

IN MILITIA FROM 1776-1783

INCLUDING BATTLES OF

ORISKANY & KLOCK'S FIELD.


511 McDougall Road, Pattersonville Montgomery x NYS

PATRIOT BURIALS

BROOKSIDE CEMETERY


AT LEAST 15 REVOLUTIONARY

WAR VETERANS INTERRED HERE &

NYS GOVERNOR ROSWELL FLOWER.


State Hwy 232 at Spring Valley Dr,

WatertownJefferson x x NYS

AMBUSCADE

A QUARTER MI. EAST OF THIS

SITE, SENECAS & THEIR BRITISH

ALLIES AMBUSHED A SCOUTING

PARTY KILLING 14 CONTINENTAL

SOLDIERS ON SEPT. 13, 1779.


6199 Morris Road, Geneseo Livingston x x NYS

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