Lived here in the mid-1870's with her grandmother and attended Medina High School. In 1886, at age 21, she wed Pres. Grover Cleveland. — — Map (db m79691) HM
[south side] Frederick Douglass abolitionist and statesman spoke in the Methodist Episcopal church that stood at this place, April 3, 1849 during an extended visit to Orleans County. [north side] Frederick Douglass delivered a renowned . . . — — Map (db m83143) HM
Grover Cleveland and Oscar Folsom were both Buffalo lawyers and law partners. Upon the untimely death of Oscar Folsom in July, 1875, his young daughter Frances departed the Queen City to live in Medina with her grandmother, Mrs. Ruth Harmon. . . . — — Map (db m83242) HM
[facing west] John Ryan 1801-96 The first to establish a stone quarry business here in 1837 naming his product Medina Sandstone. (over) [facing east] Medina Sandstone Used for paving blocks, walks, curbs and in . . . — — Map (db m77920) HM
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. Built 1901. — — Map (db m83289) HM
The means by which citizens fought fires in the early days of the village were primitive at best. Bucket brigades were the main means of fighting fires. Early village law required every homeowner to have two buckets located close to an outside door, . . . — — Map (db m78042) HM
Born in 1828 in County Mayo, Ireland, Patrick O'Grady was well known for designing and building some of Medina's finest sandstone buildings. Among others, Medina's First Baptist Church and Bent's Opera House are credited to him. In 1863, the . . . — — Map (db m78043) HM
NY Central Depot
Home of
Senior Citizens of Western
Orleans County
Since Jun 1968
Listed on
The National Register
of Historic Places in 1995
as part of
Medina Main Street Historic District — — Map (db m158006) HM
Let it be known to all who read this: On this site circa 1919 Alonzo L. Waters (Publisher & Editor 1919-1980) began the Journal-Register newspaper. Mr Waters and his son, Robert F. Waters (Publisher Emertius), promoted the daily activities of . . . — — Map (db m83140) HM
Citation: Lieutenant Butts heroically led his platoon against the enemy in Normandy, France, on 14, 16, and 23 June 1944. Despite being painfully wounded on the 14th near Orglandes and again on the 16th while spearheading an attack to establish a . . . — — Map (db m81921) HM
The last blacksmith shop in Orleans County stood near this site. It was owned by John W. Cielewich (1894-1977), in whose memory this plaque is dedicated. The property was presented to the Village of Medina by his family. — — Map (db m81967) HM
In 1908, Medina saw a new and modern mode of transportation arrive - the electric trolley. Originally known as the Buffalo, Lockport & Rochester Railway, the line paralleled the Railroad to Salt Works Road, crossed West Center Street along the . . . — — Map (db m134132) HM
In Memoriam - U.S.S. Maine - destroyed in Havana Harbor February 15th 1898.
This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine. — — Map (db m236593) HM WM
[Counter-clockwise from the side of pentagon that faces the corner] Valor Company F, World War II. Mustered into Federal Service at Fort McClellan, Alabama, October 23, 1940. Charles N. Morgan, Colonel, Commanding the 108th Infantry, Medina, New . . . — — Map (db m83255) WM
Bravery - Honor - Death
Rolland B. Shubbuck USAF
Roger J. Cook USMC
Chales L. Seefeldt, Jr., USA
LeRoy H. Keller USMC
Nicholas A. Natale USA
John E. Albanese, Jr. USAF
George M. Underdown USA — — Map (db m65930) WM
Standing prominently on the corner of Main Street and Park Avenue, Medina's landmark sandstone City Hall welcomes all who enter the village's Historic Downtown District. Over one hundred years later, Medina remains a village, but "City Hall" . . . — — Map (db m78027) HM
Known most commonly as White's Hotel, this building has had several different names throughout its history. Built by Botsford Fairman back in 1834, Fairman's Arcade housed a grocery, a bank, an insurance office and more. In 1869, it was sold to . . . — — Map (db m102958) HM
1732 1799 To honor and commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington and the men who fought in the American Revolution and sleep in the Town of Murray. Robinson Smith, Life Guard of Washington Asa Clark, the . . . — — Map (db m109966) HM
Balcom's Mills Site of flour and grist mill erected 1834 by Heil Brockway and Abner Balcom. Saw mill on north end of dam erected 1837 — — Map (db m92521) HM
For God and Country 1941 1945 In memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II John A. Christopher Martin J. Licurst Joseph F. Christopher Richard L. Merrit Cosmo P. Coccitti Camille H. Nenni John Kettle, Jr. . . . — — Map (db m134137) WM
Joseph Budd founder of Hulberton in 1826 bought 130 acres land which he laid out in lots (1833). In 1830, he gave to M.E. Society this property — — Map (db m134066) HM
The Transit Line This boulder marks the boundary line between The Holland Purchase → and ← The Connecticut Tract as established in 1798 — — Map (db m92508) HM
A fine example of Greek revival architecture, the Servoss-Hagood House is further distinguished by its plank-on-plank construction. The home was built by Erie Canal workers, even as the canal, linking the Hudson River with Lake Erie, was excavated. — — Map (db m83357) HM
1st Religious Society Town of Ridgeway Organized August, 1817 Recipient of Gospel Lot from Holland Land Company First church dedicated 1832 — — Map (db m92495) HM
← Genesee to Niagara → Historic Ridge Road Trail of the Iroquois Traced by Eli Granger in 1798 Trek - DeWitt Clinton - 1810 Seymour Murdock first permanent settler of the town of Ridgeway located on this property in 1810. One . . . — — Map (db m83292) HM
The first and only road culvert ever built under the Erie Canal passes directly below here. The culvert was built in 1823 during construction of Clinton's Ditch. Its cornerstone, which still exists, is part of the foundation of the Vernon Toussaint . . . — — Map (db m81988) HM
[east side] Welcome to the Canalway Trail System, offering hundreds of miles of scenic trails and numerous parks for walking, bicycling, cross country skiing and other recreational activities. The Canalway Trail parallels the New York State Canal . . . — — Map (db m82030) HM
Charles Stielow Nearly executed following a 1915 double murder that occurred here, he was later exonerated through forensics in a famous case. — — Map (db m81860) HM
Neuter Fort Occupied in 14th century by Neuter Indians. Only double palisaded fort in New York State. Destroyed by Iroquois 1650. — — Map (db m82063) HM
Born in Barton on February 16, 1843 to a hard working farm family, Henry Leland carried into his life the strength and quality of his family’s work ethic adding to it his gift and love for precision. By 1890, Leland was in Detroit where he had . . . — — Map (db m75107) HM
Proudly we salute our
veterans & pledge eternal
gratitude for their sacrifices
& gallant preservation of
freedom for all.
[Armed Services Emblems]
Dedicated May 30, 1989 — — Map (db m122627) HM
Alexander Lucius Twilight taught here in Brownington at the Orleans County Grammar school for 20 years of his career. He was an open minded and forward thinking educator, beloved by his students. Mr. Twilight emphasized the study of the natural . . . — — Map (db m221756) HM
The Brownington Congregational Church was completed in 1841. For eighteen years prior to that the congregation met on the second floor of the Orleans County Grammar School. In 1899, William Barstow Strong, a Brownington native and former student at . . . — — Map (db m221726) HM
The Brownington Village Historic District was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places on June 9, 1973. The district consists of seven buildings within the Old Stone House Museum complex as well as the Brownington . . . — — Map (db m221753) HM
In 1836, Rev. Alexander Twilight, the schoolmaster of the Orleans County Grammar School, on a main stage route to Canada, built this structure, Athenian Hall, as a dormitory for his pupils. It now holds the interesting collection of the County . . . — — Map (db m85871) HM
The Orleans County Grammar School was built at the foot of Prospect Hill in 1823 by William Baxter, a prominent citizen of Brownington. He asked that worship services for the Congregational Church be held on the second floor until a permanent . . . — — Map (db m221755) HM
North Face
Names of the soldiers from
the Town of Coventry, Vermont
who served in the Civil War of
1861-1865.
Co. A 2d VT Inf. Vol.
Abby, Daniel
Co. B 3d VT Inf. Vol.
Allen, Levi C.
Bartlett, Enoch K. . . . — — Map (db m155240) WM
1917 World War 1919
Coventry
Remembers
Robert Bickford • Carroll W. Brooks • Walter E. Cleveland • George P. Corrow • Will E. Corrow • Quincy W. Goss • Lewis S. Kahlstrom • Clyde W. Kiern • Wallace W. Kiern • Raymond E. Kneeland • Richard C. . . . — — Map (db m155697) WM
Sterling College was among the first colleges and universities in the United States to offer a liberal arts curriculum focused on the environment. It was founded here in Craftsbury Common in 1958 as a boys’ preparatory school known as Sterling . . . — — Map (db m136063) HM
1799 First worship service held in home of Timothy Hitman
1807 Congregational Society of Derby formed by settlers
1816 Members form Stanstead QC Congregational Church
1820 First Derby Congregational Church building erected
1823 Members . . . — — Map (db m208173) HM
On this site the Derby Literary and Theological Institute - a private boarding school - was founded by the Danville Baptist Association on one acre of land given by Lemuel Richmond and Benjamin Hinman. Colonel Chester Carpenter led a campaign for . . . — — Map (db m75586) HM
Presented June 2001
By The Derby Academy Alumni
Derby Academy Bell
Cast by George H. Holbrook in Midway Mass
in 1841. Moved from the old boarding house
about 1869, it hung in the Academy building until
the building was replaced by the . . . — — Map (db m198515) HM
In memory of the volunteers from Derby, who lost their lives in the Great Rebellion of 1861-5.
1861 Derby's tribute to her sons who fought in the Civil War 1865
+Spaulding, S.F., 1st Lt.• *Chase, G.W. 1st Lt.• *Hopkins, M. 2nd Lt.• . . . — — Map (db m221723) WM
Lieutenant Colonel:
Nelson, George E.
Captain:
Aldrich, Fred N.•
Corley, Richard T.•
Foster, Stephen M.
1st Lieutenant:
Foster, Austin T.•
Nelson, Asa B.•
Somers, Henry E.
2nd Lieutenant:
Powell, Wellman H. . . . — — Map (db m207871) WM
A captain in the American Revolution. Born in Southbury, Conn. and came to Vermont in 1790. On this lot overlooking Hinman Pond he built the first house in town in 1794. A log house, rough but solid, thatched with hemlock bark over plank floors. . . . — — Map (db m207861) HM
Willie Johnston was the youngest recipient of The Medal of Honor at the age of 13. In 1861, at age 11, he enlisted as a drummer boy for Company D of the 3rd Vermont Infantry. He was the only drummer in his division to come away with his drum during . . . — — Map (db m207862) HM
This structure is doubly unusual: it not only straddles the Canada-United States boundary but also contains the rare combination of a library and a theatre. Built between 1901 and 1904 as the gift of the Haskell family of Vermont, it testifies to . . . — — Map (db m75167) HM
Derby Line demonstrates the goodwill between Canada & the United States with its International Rotary Club, and Haskell Library and Opera House built astride the boundary line. Southward in Orleans County lie two of New England’s most beautiful . . . — — Map (db m75259) HM
The Clyde River and its wetlands are one or the most diverse ecosystems in the Northeast. The bog sedge-dominated landscape is classified as an intermediate fen, a globally rare natural community.
The Clyde River was a major Native American . . . — — Map (db m221722) HM
On this site, on June 6, 1810 settlers dug an outlet to the north from what was then known as Long Pond. The retaining bank collapsed, causing all water from the 1.5-mile long pond to be discharged toward Barton River, and on to Lake Memphremagog, . . . — — Map (db m75120) HM
Hinman Settler Road begins here at Greensboro’s Four Corners, passes through Glover, Barton, Brownington, and ends at the Quebec border in Derby. The road was named after Timothy Hinman, born 1761 in Woodbury, CT. Hinman, one of many Revolutionary . . . — — Map (db m199458) HM
Newport was first organized as a town on October 25, 1781, though its charter was not issued until October 30, 1802, when it was granted to Nathan Fish and George Duncan under the name Duncansboro. It was not until November 16, 1816 when a small . . . — — Map (db m122741) HM
Newport had reached its pinnacle of success at the dawn of the 20th century, when three of Newport's most impressive civic buildings were constructed[;] the Goodrich Memorial Library, the Orleans County Courthouse and the Federal Building. These . . . — — Map (db m122745) HM
First Reparative Probation Case in the United States
In February 1995 the first documented reparative probation case in the U.S. was adjudicated at the Orleans County Courthouse in Newport. Reparative probation applies restorative justice to . . . — — Map (db m151265) HM
In memory of the Eighteen Charter Members of Baxter Post No 51 G.A.R.
Ina L. Rocque, Dept. President W.R.C.
In memory of Our Fathers
Vermont Dep't. D. of U.V. of the Civil War
In memory of Sarah . . . — — Map (db m122865) HM WM
When Calvin Arnold of Randolph, Vermont, arrived in the Vermont-Quebec border region in about 1800, it was a vast land of big forests, big lakes, and free running streams. Native Americans, many of them Abenaki, called it their home. They hunted, . . . — — Map (db m198876) HM
The Memphremagog Hose Company, organized in 1885, was the first fire station of the Newport Village Fire Department. Two separate fire departments, the Memphremagog Hose Company (which included the former Batesville Company) and the West Derby . . . — — Map (db m122834) HM
The grand Memphremagog House, c. 1838-1907, the core of which was one of the original buildings constructed on Main Street, dominated the hotel business in Newport, though a few other smaller hotels were also built downtown, near the railroad . . . — — Map (db m122666) HM
[Front]
For thousands of years, the waterways of the Northeast Kingdom provided the best travel routes across the rugged landscape. Lake Memphremagog is a hub which connects the northeast's major waterways: Lake Champlain to the west, the St. . . . — — Map (db m122629) HM
This property is a heartfelt gift
from Antonio Pomerleau and Family.
A native son of Newport, Tony wishes to
ensure an enjoyable space for present
and future generations. — — Map (db m122680) HM
The City of Newport's development was dramatically altered by the arrival of the railroad in the mid-nineteenth century. From the south, in 1863, the Connecticut and Passumpsic Railroad arrived in Newport. In 1873, a second line, the Missisquoi . . . — — Map (db m122671) HM
In 1892, a prominent citizen of Newport, Elisha Lane, commenced construction of the Lane Opera House. The opera house was a three-story brick building with a solid granite foundation and decorative granite window and door trim. The more expensive . . . — — Map (db m122633) HM
For both the original Native Americans and the earliest settlers, Lake Memphremagog was important for transportation and portage, but it also would develop an illustrious history as a tourist destination. Once fronted by the grand Memphremagog . . . — — Map (db m122683) HM
To Honor the Veterans of All Wars
They Gave Their Today for Our Tomorrow
☆ ☆ ☆
Let us remember our
brave men and women
who served the country they loved
May we devote our lives
to the building of
peace on earth . . . — — Map (db m122849) WM
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