US President Franklin D. Roosevelt laid the cornerstone for this building on Sept. 29, 1936, congratulating its stewards "on the usefulness to humanity that you will afford to future generations of Americans." The College of Medicine was part of . . . — — Map (db m145075) HM
Senior Chief Engineer
of the New York Canals
His public history may be found
in the history of the General
and State Goverments;
His private [virtues?] in the memory
of his acquaintances
Born in Pennsylvania
July 22, 1763. . . . — — Map (db m181134) HM
Burial site of early settlers from Scotland. Lived in a community of market gardeners. About 60 people were buried here between 1844-1904 — — Map (db m226006) HM
"What is life to me if I am to be slave in Tennessee? My neighbors! I have lived with you many years… My home is here, my children were born here… I don't respect this law — I don't fear it — I don't obey it! It outlaws me, and I . . . — — Map (db m138792) HM
231 Civil War veterans are interred here including several killed in action and reinterred in Syracuse.
In 1951, vandals stole the original statue erected in 1895. In the early 1960's the original headstones were toppled rendering them . . . — — Map (db m181127) HM WM
Anna Hyatt Huntington American 1876-1973 Young Abe Lincoln on Horseback, 1963 bronze, 13’ high This statue was presented in 1974 to Syracuse University along with several other smaller sculptures, and many of the personal and business . . . — — Map (db m145572) HM
the head representing the Atlantic Ocean features Neptune's trident upholding a crescent shaped moon, indicative of the relationship between the moon and the tides. To one side is the compass chart and to the other is the compass box top . . . — — Map (db m110223) HM
the Boyne head features the date "1690" - the year of the Battle of the Boyne when the Catholic King James was defeated by King William (Billy) of Orange.
The river rises in County Westmeath, touches County Offaly, flows into County Meath . . . — — Map (db m110217) HM
The Coleman Family • The Leigh-Hayden Family
The O'Brien Family • Hon. Leo Hayes & Family
The Dorsey Family • The Gooley Family
Jerry Wilson • The Collins Family • Chris Witting
The Ken Davis Family • The Dennis Ryan Family
Mayor Thomas . . . — — Map (db m110366) HM
the Liffey is the only female head and occupies the place of honour facing onto the quays and the river. The face is crowned by flowers and fruits and superimposed by a trident representing the city's powers over the waters of Dublin Bay . . . — — Map (db m110220) HM
the greatest of Irish rivers - the lordly Shannon - features oak leaves and acorns, themselves symbols of strength and nobility. The trident represents Limerick City's sovereignty over the mighty Estuary. The river rises in [C]ounty [C]avan . . . — — Map (db m110222) HM
HISTORY
The Alvord House is located in Fred Sehr Memorial Park at 399 Marsden Road, Syracuse, NY 13208 within the Lyncourt neighborhood on the east side of the Town of Salina. According to The Review (D) dated January 12, 1977 stated that . . . — — Map (db m152099) HM
Lilly Post No. 66 G.A.R.,
Dept. of New York.
Organized 1870
Past Commanders,
Gustavus Sniper • Nicholas Grumbach • Wm. Rautenberg
Officers, 1887
Commander, John Gebhardt • S.V.C., James W. Anderson
J.V.C., Edw. J. Luff • Adjt., . . . — — Map (db m181145) HM WM
"No man ever possessed a more generous heart, or more honorable feelings." — from Enoch Reed's obituary, Syracuse Standard, June 10, 1853
Born free in Ohio about 1813, African American Enoch Reed was one of more than a . . . — — Map (db m138799) HM
” …take into consideration the Principles of the American Government, and the extent to which they are trampled under foot by the Fugitive Slave Law.” —a call for a mass convention, signed by George Barnes, 1851
George and Rebecca . . . — — Map (db m138791) HM
”A strictly honest man…”
Born about 1807 in Oneida County, Prince Jackson was one of the earliest African American settlers in Syracuse and the earliest to have a documented deed for property. He came to Syracuse about 1827, married . . . — — Map (db m138798) HM
By the 1820s and 1830s, families such as the Allens, Jacksons, Reeds, Robinsons, Thompsons, Wales, and Wandells formed a coherent black community.
Rose Hill Cemetery
Established in 1841, Rose Hill was the burial place of many . . . — — Map (db m138800) HM
North Facing Side
This memorial is presented to the City of
Syracuse through personal contributions
of the enlisted men of the Thirty Eighth
Infantry, United States Army as a tribute
to the heroes among their number who
made the . . . — — Map (db m145150) WM
To the memory of the soldiers
and sailors of this country who
volunteered and served in the
War with Spain, Philippine Insurrection
and Boxer Uprising in China — — Map (db m145114) WM
April 21, 1810 John Gridley
bought 2 acres of land here.
He and his wife Nancy paid
Moses and Aaron Warner to
build this stone house — — Map (db m175929) HM
This 33-acre parcel of land was renamed in 1969 in honor of James E. Heath, a beloved former Commissioner of Parks and Recreation for the City of Syracuse who believed in the importance of public recreation in urban areas for people of all ages.
. . . — — Map (db m145048) HM
Large Iroquois-Onondaga
village located on east bank of
Onondaga Creek and extending
to this site
Onondaga Indians began to
settle here after the burning
of Onondaga Village in
Frontenac's Invasion 1696
From 1720 known as Lower . . . — — Map (db m124421) HM
Used by the Dutch in 1634, by the Jesuit Missionaries, by Sir William Johnson and by Asa Danforth the Onondaga pioneer, carrying on his back the saw for the first sawmill in Central New York. — — Map (db m145049) HM
Home Of
Harriet May Mills, Pres. Of
N.Y. Woman Sufferage Assoc.
1st Woman to Run For Sec.
Of State (1920) Founder Of
On. Cty. Women's Democ. Club
— — Map (db m109248) HM
This area in the 1820s was
among the first local sites
to make salt by using sun
and wind to evaporate
brine from local springs. — — Map (db m145077) HM
In central New York lies the Onondaga Country where the legendary Indian statesmen Hiawatha and Deganawidah planted The Tree of Peace, and this founded the Iroquois Confederacy of the Five Nations. Here burned the council fire of the League of the . . . — — Map (db m234363) HM
Pioneer cemetery
on this site. Burials 1805-1862. After
broken markers displaced, lot became overgrown field. Rededicated in 2013. — — Map (db m175954) HM
