Madison County seat moved
to Morrisville in 1817.
First court house erected
on this site 1817, second
in 1849 and third in 1866. — — Map (db m145678) HM
N.Y. State School
of Agriculture
Morrisville, N.Y.
Established 1908
First director, F. G. Helyar
April 1, 1910 - November 15, 1917 — — Map (db m145680) HM
The Loomis Gang burned courthouse in 1864 to prevent their trial, but first cut fire hoses here. No culprit found. One of many tales involving gang. — — Map (db m145681) HM
The bell, originally from the
Munnsville Union School on
Peterboro Street, was placed here
in August 1998. It was moved here
from the centralized 1928 building,
where it was placed in October
1978, as an observance of the 50th . . . — — Map (db m304171) HM
You are standing in the middle of the main track of The Lehigh Valley Railroad looking north towards Rippleton and Cazenovia. Can you imagine the CLANG of the bell, the sound of the steam escaping from the engine and the smell of the . . . — — Map (db m268426) HM
In 1807, the Skaneateles Turnpike Corporation was authorized to construct the Skaneateles Turnpike which was an East-West road beginning just east of the Village of Skaneateles and ran across southern Onondaga and Madison counties to Richfield . . . — — Map (db m253081) HM
To the Citizenry of this area who for 200 years have given of their time and talents to making this community a better place to live, this park is dedicated.
Settled June 1793 — — Map (db m253098) HM
Welcome to the New Woodstock Station of the Lehigh Valley Railroad!
This Historic depot is home to the New Woodstock Regional Historical Society; founded in 1968 by a dedicated group of citizens. The depot has served as our home since 1975. . . . — — Map (db m307418) HM
(Front Side)
The People of New Woodstock built this monument in honor of the brave men whose names it bears, who defended their country in war, and who found here a birthplace, home, or grave.
Soldiers of the War of the Revolution . . . — — Map (db m144381) WM
B.P.O. Elks • No. 767 1917 • Lest We Forget • 1919 To the members of Oneida Lodge No. 767, who responded to the call of their country in defense of justice and the rights of humanity and who fought in the Great World War. This tablet is . . . — — Map (db m147203) WM
The Oneida Feeder Canal was constructed in 1835 to replenish water in the Erie Canal lost in locking boats through the old Oneida Lake Canal between Higginsville and Oneida Lake. The feeder canal was 3 miles long and 12 feet wide, extending from . . . — — Map (db m255815) HM
Henry Charles, Private, Co.F., 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was born on April 24, 1844 or 1845. He served in the sister regiment to the 54 Mass., immortalized in the movie “Glory.” Henry was discharged on August 29, 1865. Henry died on . . . — — Map (db m271522) HM WM
1984 Gerrit Smith Land Office placed on the National and State Register of Historic Places.
1994 Gerrit Smith Land Office land placed on the National and State Register of Historic Places.
1994 The Smithfield Community Center . . . — — Map (db m269653) HM
1797 — 1874
Philanthropist,
Abolitionist
And Reformer
Gerrit Smith lived on the site from 1806 until his death. As an advocate of human rights, he supported financially and politically many national concerns of his time, including the . . . — — Map (db m269564) HM
The Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark site was the home and office of Ann Carroll Fitzhugh Smith (1805-1875) and Gerrit Smith (1797-1874). The Smith’s believed that their wealth was a gift to share with oppressed people, and during . . . — — Map (db m269559) HM
Has Been Designated A
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.
The surviving buildings, open spaces, and archaeological resources of the estate . . . — — Map (db m269566) HM
The reform to which Smith applied the most resources was abolition.
“The great delight I take in purchasing Liberty of slaves...None of my expenditures of money have brought me more gladness of heart.” -Gerrit Smith in Letter to . . . — — Map (db m271709) HM
•Political Means
At first Smith believed that the abolition of slavery could come about through persuasion, but later advocated the use of political avenues to achieve abolition by supporting anti-slavery candidates.
The Republican . . . — — Map (db m271757) HM
”An Indian and a fugitive slave spent last night with us. The Indian has gone on, but Tommy McElligott (very drunk) has come to fill his place”
- Diary of Gerrit Smith as Recorded in Gerrit Smith by Octavius Brooks Frothingham . . . — — Map (db m272017) HM
“The history of the most important half century of our national life will be imperfectly written if it fails to place Gerrit Smith in the front rank of the men whose influence was most felt in the accomplishment of its results.”
New York Times, . . . — — Map (db m269577) HM
The Second Great Awakening (the religious revival of the 1820s) and the ensuing wave of optimism regarding one’s control over one’s own life, sparked the social reform era. The benevolent and philanthropic Gerrit Smith, joined the reform effort . . . — — Map (db m271535) HM
Born April 12, 1842 in Peterboro, NY, Greene Smith burst into a very special life, raised among world-famous abolitionists and radical thinkers. A rambling, rambunctious boy, Greene was sent to be schooled in New Jersey by the renowned Theodore . . . — — Map (db m271528) HM
”There are yet two places where slaveholder cannot come, Heaven and Peterboro,” -concluded black antislavery radical Henry Highland Garnet in a letter to Frederick Douglass which Douglass printed on the front page of The North . . . — — Map (db m271449) HM
• The term “ underground” meant secret; it did not refer to tracks that were underground.
• Despite secrecy, certain places, such as Peterboro, were known havens for escaping slaves.
• Escaping slaves did not use “quilt codes” to aid in . . . — — Map (db m269641) HM
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
Built 1820 — — Map (db m269555) HM
Peterboro Land Office
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior.
Built 1804 — — Map (db m269565) HM
The Russell Family
On April 15, 1841, Ann and Gerrit Smith arranged to purchase the freedom of Harriet Sims Russell and her family. Harriet had been a slave of Ann’s family in Maryland. The Smith’s hired James C. Fuller, a Quaker . . . — — Map (db m271784) HM
This mid-19th century timber-framed building on a mortar stone foundation served as the carriage barn for the Gerrit Smith Estate. Five horse stanchions with feed chutes from the hay mow are between the main room and the two story addition on the . . . — — Map (db m274087) HM
Greene Smith’s beloved “Bird House,” with its rustic hemlock bark exterior, gave little hint about of the wonders that lay inside. Here, trained ivy spelled “Ornithon” at the doorway to one of the world’s greatest ornithological collections of its . . . — — Map (db m270138) HM
The modest brick building served as the office and workplace of Gerrit Smith, one of the wealthiest land owners in New York State. The Land Office was built in 1804 by Gerrit’s father, Peter Smith, who acquired a large tract of land through his . . . — — Map (db m269567) HM
Described on the 1875 Beers map as a laundry the original sections of this building are circa 1830.
The Laundry was the employment location of Harriet Russell who was freed from slavery by the Smiths in 1841. The Laundry was acquired and . . . — — Map (db m269631) HM
This two-story frame house was built circa 1830 in the Federal Style with a gabled three-bay side entrance facade and a single story ell at the north side. The original form of this house remains intact, although modern windows, vinyl siding and a . . . — — Map (db m270128) HM
On this site stood the Smith family home, in later years known as “The Mansion.” The house was built by Peter Smith in 1804. The Smith family, including nine year old Gerrit, moved here from Utica NY in 1806. Gerrit began managing the land business . . . — — Map (db m270120) HM
Black abolitionists came to Peterboro to work with Gerrit Smith in the abolition movement
Frederick Douglass
Famous abolitionist, eloquent orator, writer, elder, women’s rights advocate.
1817 or 1818 Douglass born a . . . — — Map (db m306144) HM
Kriemhild Herd
Holstein — Friesian Cattle
Established in 1869 by Gerrit Smith Miller
On this farm was born Agoo No. 1 H.H.H.B., the first cow registered in the first published herd book of the breed.
On this farm, March 10 1871, Dowager No. 7 . . . — — Map (db m269551) HM
Honor Roll
Erected To The Memory Of
The Men Of The Town Of Stockbridge
Who Entered The World War
1914 - 1918
* Bovee, Samuel
* Bridge, Williams
* Davenport, Horace
* Foster, Henry A.
Bacon, Glenn
Bikowsky, Stephen
Bishop, . . . — — Map (db m150655) WM
Erected in honor of all
those who have served
our country in the armed
forces during time of war,
and in memory of those
who gave their lives
while serving — — Map (db m146744) WM
Thomas made cheese boxes,
egg crates, lumber at mill on
this site. William invented
"Triple Wall Silos" in 1901 and
patented many home devices. — — Map (db m133049) HM
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. — — Map (db m129043) HM
On this site, Emily Ekross earned her Girl Scout Gold Award by coordinating the Baldwinsville 4 Corners Mural Project.
Mentored by local historians. funded by citizens, organizations, and businesses of Baldwinsville.
Designed and . . . — — Map (db m290948) HM
1813 First village church
worship in red school house
1830 White wooden church
1865 Present brick church
Horatio N. White Architect — — Map (db m194665) HM
On this site stood Grace
Episcopal Church, the first
church in U.S.A., lighted by
electricity. Built in 1860
destroyed by fire in 1960. — — Map (db m246990) HM
Mrs. I.L. Crego House
This Italianate-Style home,
c.1879, was designed for
Charlotte & Ira Lyons Crego
by the region's foremost architect of the late 19th C.
Archimedes Russell. — — Map (db m83851) HM
The Old Yard Early settler John McHarrie buried on his property 1807 his wife Lydia buried 1818. Dr. Jonas Baldwin & wife. Eliza W. Buried here 1827. — — Map (db m83815) HM
“‘The sun never sets on a Morris pump.’ That’s how the saying goes in Baldwinsville. Morris Machine Works was the biggest industry in our town. I heard a story when I was a girl that the owner went to Egypt and he was traveling on the Nile. And the . . . — — Map (db m308093) HM
Herein rest the gallant
soldiers of five American wars
among them, Adelbert Everson
Recipient of the Congressional
Medal Of Honor, April 1, 1865
Fort Brewerton Historical Society - 1987 — — Map (db m308855) HM
Built 1842 By NY State. In use 1845 - 1918, replacing 1819 aqueduct located just downstream. One of 32 on the 19th century Erie Canal.
These limestone arches & piers held a wooden water-filled trunk 144 feet long and 49 feet wide, carrying . . . — — Map (db m24186) HM
First church in Camillus
1st Presbyterian Church 1822-1916
David Munro donated land
Wood church made brick 1868
Camillus Library Assn 1925 — — Map (db m265000) HM
George Geddes Farm Chosen best in state in 1846. Frederick Law Olmsted; designer of Central Park, apprenticed here that year. Stone barn remains. — — Map (db m122830) HM
Flour & grist mill built in 1826-27 by Nathan Paddock. Sold to Modern Tissue Corp in 1936 called Amboy Paper Mill since. Closed 1958. — — Map (db m86484) HM
Deep Spring
Te-ungh-sat-a-yagh
450 ft. north on Iroquois Trail.
First road made 1790 by Gen.
James Wadsworth. County
line and survey mark. — — Map (db m268487) HM
Childhood Home Matilda Joslyn Gage 1826-98 writer and activist leader of New York and national woman sufferage associations. Staunch abolitionist. — — Map (db m83972) HM
Built 1871 - served Syracuse Northern RR - burned and rebuilt about 1890. Renamed Clay Station 1903. First PO in town. D. Sotherden, Owner — — Map (db m65338) HM
Oak Orchard Sacred area for natives Haudenosaunee gathering, fishing and fording place. Site of massacre of Haudenosaunee people. — — Map (db m83896) HM
Pine Plains First burial April 9, 1812. Inc. 1886 from Shaver Cemetery and other farm land. Veterans of Revolutionary & Civil Wars and other wars buried here. — — Map (db m83876) HM
The Old Erie Canal Historic Park is a 36-mile trail following the canal's towpath from DeWitt to Rome. This scenic trail passes through a variety of natural and cultural landscapes including open farmland, dense woods, and old canal communities. . . . — — Map (db m261003) HM
Tribute
to the Men
of East
Syracuse
Who Served
The Country
during the
World War
World War
1917 1918
Honor Roll
Abend Herman · Abend Raymond · Albertson Edward · ★Butler Arthur W. · Brown Paul · Bullion Ambrose . . . — — Map (db m145117) WM
For Nathan Munro's tin shop
1870 Elbridge Glove & Mitten
1885 Harrington's Drug Store
1934-53 Red & White store
1953-61 U.S. Post Office — — Map (db m139628) HM
First electrically lighted
house in Onondaga County.
Brothers Lewis B., 20, Albert E., 17
and George D., 14, built generator
to provide power to home in 1887. — — Map (db m139635) HM
This Memorial Is Dedicated
To All Veterans Who Have Served
This Country. Especially Those
Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried
In This Cemetery.
“May They Rest In Peace.”
2007” — — Map (db m307689) WM
Employed up to 600.
Grist mill, chair factories
piano player co., Dyneto Co.,
paper mill, distillery
bicycle factory, many others — — Map (db m139616) HM
Site of the
Munro Collegiate Institute
private secondary school
Nathan Munro, founder, 1835.
Relocated to this site 1854,
closed 1901. — — Map (db m139572) HM
This lot
was part of military tract
of Capt. Wm. Stevens, member
Mass. Society [of the] Cincinnati;
First State Superintendent of
Salt Industry. — — Map (db m139583) HM
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