Canandaigua in Ontario County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Granger Homestead

Photographed by Yugoboy, September 29, 2012

1. Granger Homestead Marker

Inscription. Home of Gideon Granger Postmaster Gen. in cabinets of Jefferson & Madison resident here 1814-1822

Erected 1956 by State Education Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Government & Politics.

Location. 42° 53.837′ N, 77° 17.287′ W. Marker is in Canandaigua, New York, in Ontario County. It is on North Main Street (New York State Route 332) just north of Perry Place. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Canandaigua NY 14424, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

in the Finger Lakes,

and in the Rochester Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking

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distance of this marker: Lafayette's Tour (approx. 0.2 miles away); "We Stand Together" (approx. 0.4 miles away); Trail of Remembrance Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Mary Lee Clark Thompson (approx. 0.4 miles away); The History of St. Mary's Church (approx. half a mile away); First Congregational Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); Woodlawn Cemetery (approx. 0.6 miles away); Susan B. Anthony (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Canandaigua.

Granger Homestead Marker as seen facing North image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Yugoboy

2. Granger Homestead Marker as seen facing North

Granger Homestead Marker as seen facing South image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Yugoboy, September 29, 2012

3. Granger Homestead Marker as seen facing South

VIEW OF FRONT. - Gideon Granger House, 295 North Main Street, Canandaigua, Ontario County, NY image. Click for full size.

Photographed by W.H. Cassebeer, circa 1937

4. VIEW OF FRONT. - Gideon Granger House, 295 North Main Street, Canandaigua, Ontario County, NY

Photo courtesy of the Historic American Building Survey.

Granger Homestead House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 7, 2025

5. Granger Homestead House

Credits. This page was last revised on August 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 29, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. This page has been viewed 837 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 29, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. 4. submitted on April 2, 2013. 5. submitted on August 14, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.