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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Ontario County, New York
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| | [1] This plaque is a memorial to these Bloomfield veterans who lost their lives in Viet Nam. James Saxby, Joseph Williams, Douglas Silvernail. [3] This plaque is a memorial to these Bloomfield veterans who lost their lives in WWII. Raymond . . . — — Map (db m125971) WM |
| | East Bloomfield Academy Erected 1837-38. Restoration started 1969. Dedicated 1974 in honor of Mrs. Frank H. Steele, town of East Bloomfield Historian and founder and organizer of the Historical Society, Town of East Bloomfield, 1966. Benefactor to . . . — — Map (db m125527) HM |
| | East Bloomfield To the memory of her sons who died in defence of the Union 1861-5 Peninsula Richmond 85. Regt. N.Y. Vols. Co. B. Lieut. Amos Brunson Died. Bottoms Bridge, Va. May 24, 1862 Serg. John Buell Died. Andersonville, Ga. Sept. . . . — — Map (db m125793) WM |
| | First Congregational Church
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1837 — — Map (db m125525) HM |
| | First Town Hall
Built c. 1841. Listed on
State & National Registers
of Historic Places through
the diligent work of
Ginny Schroeder
Town Historian 2006-2014 — — Map (db m125528) HM |
| | Burning Springs Charted on earliest maps of North America after LaSalle's visit August 1669. Caused by escaping natural gas. Once a mystery to visitors. — — Map (db m125506) HM |
| | November 11
Canandaigua Pickering Treaty 1794 - 1994
Solemn agreements were renewed between the United States of America and the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations of Indians). U.S.A. Representative Congresswoman Louise Slaughter conveyed a message, . . . — — Map (db m63998) HM |
| | 1793 - Born a slave in Prince William County, Virginia
and brought to Sodus and Bath, New York where he self
emancipated by flight.
With the assistance from the Quaker community he
gained legal freedom to become a great abolitionist, . . . — — Map (db m142211) HM |
| | The Blue & White Garden was also called the “Intimate Garden” by Mary Clark Thompson. Constructed in 1912, it was the first of three garden rooms designed by Mary Clark Thompsons landscape architect John Handrahan and was built adjacent . . . — — Map (db m135674) HM |
| | The City Pier was built in 1848, and the first boathouses were built during the 1850s. Simple wooden boathouses contained mostly small skiffs while larger ones housed sculling shells, sailing and steam yachts. By 1888, over eighty boathouses were . . . — — Map (db m63990) HM |
| | Canandaigua Indian village destroyed by Sullivan 1779 — — Map (db m125524) HM |
| | 1789-1820's
When Canandaigua was founded in 1789, Downtown served as the location at the land office for the Phelps-Gorham Purchase. The Downtown also served as a commercial center for new settlers and as a stopover for travelers in . . . — — Map (db m64554) HM |
| |
Home of Gideon Granger
Postmaster Gen. in cabinets of Jefferson & Madison
resident here 1814-1822 — — Map (db m63987) HM |
| | To the families of the Seneca Nation, the Haudenosaunee who first inhabited this region
and lived quietly leaving a rich heritage of spirituality, language, culture and trade.
A tribute to the birthplace of the Onondowahgah, the people of the . . . — — Map (db m146469) HM |
| | Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham, developers who purchased most of Western New York in 1789, made Canandaigua the seat of Ontario County, which was later divided into thirteen counties.
They donated this "Village Green" with the stipulation . . . — — Map (db m64555) HM |
| | This hill and water style garden was created in 1906. Within a period of just six months, landscape designer K. Wadamori and seven workmen from Japan transformed a hillside into a traditional Japanese landscape, using ponds, streams, hills, stones, . . . — — Map (db m135683) HM |
| | Over a six-month period in 1906, a crew of seven Japanese workers led by landscape designer K. Wadamori, sculpted what was previously a one-acre apple orchard into an authentic Japanese Garden. They transformed a gently-sloping lawn into a garden . . . — — Map (db m135682) HM |
| | The Moonlight Garden was the last and smallest of three garden rooms that landscape architect John Handrahan designed and built for Mary Clark Thompson, probably in 1916. Located near the mansion, it was surrounded by an oval-shaped hedge. His plans . . . — — Map (db m135676) HM |
| | This garden, planted in 1905, features a large assortment of blooming flowers, which can be found here from early spring into the fall months. The floral picture continually changes. The pattern for this garden is a quincunx, which is a geometric . . . — — Map (db m135679) HM |
| | The 60-foot by 60-foot Pansy Garden was designed in 1913 by landscape architect John Handrahan. It was the second of three garden rooms he created near the mansion between 1911 and 1916 for Mark Clark Thompson. Visitors entered the garden from the . . . — — Map (db m135675) HM |
| | This garden evolved over a number of years from three distinct gardens, namely, the Rock, Wild, and Lily, which were completed around 1911. The uppermost level is where the summerhouse sits. In 1914, the second phase expanded the garden with an . . . — — Map (db m135681) HM |
| | An expedition against the hostile Indian nations which checked the aggressions of the English and Indians on the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania, extending westward the dominion of the United States — — Map (db m61893) HM |
| | Sonnenberg Gardens
has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 by the United States Department of Interior — — Map (db m157803) HM |
| | The Island beyond this pier is known as Squaw Island, the smallest State Park in New York State. This area is the birth place of the Seneca Indian Nation, Keepers of the Western Gate of the Iroquois League. According to legend, the wives and . . . — — Map (db m61906) HM |
| | The Last General Council of the United States
with the Iroquois Confederacy was held in Canandaigua, and the resultant treaty was signed November 11, 1794, by U.S. Agent Timothy Pickering
Sachems and Warriors
Farmer's Brother Cornplanter, Red . . . — — Map (db m63999) HM |
| | This structure, the last remaining portion of the Aviary Complex, served as the Peacock House. The original cluster of buildings included the Jay, Pheasant, and Parrot Houses as well as an aviary connected to a vast flying cage 30 feet high and 50 . . . — — Map (db m135680) HM |
| | The original Peirce Pavilion was constructed in 1880 on the North East corner of Main and Spring Streets surrounding a major sulphur spring. It was these sulphur springs that made the growth of Clifton Springs Sanitarium possible and which in turn . . . — — Map (db m64949) HM |
| | Nearby this very spot. Place where most of the Huron captives were brought after the Senecas destroyed and burned their homes in Huronia, 1649. (Midland) Where the chapel of St. Ignace, St. Marie and St. Joseph together with the murder of the Jesuit . . . — — Map (db m125507) HM |
| | Near this spot stood a village of Huron christians, captives of the Senecas. Father Chaumonot said here in 1656: "Myself I gave as a guarantee of the truth I preach." In a new chapel, dedicated Nov. 3, 1669, Father Fremin said, "I beseech you, . . . — — Map (db m125508) HM |
| | Gandougarae Town of captive Hurons stood near here. Destroyed by Denonville July 17, 1687. Earliest Christian community in Genesee country. — — Map (db m125509) HM |
| | The Seneca Indian Village of
Gandougarae
Later the Jesuit mission of St. Michael was situated near this spot in the township of East Bloomfield.
Mass was said here by Fr. Fremen November 3, 1669
Visited by La Salle in 1669
Found burning . . . — — Map (db m157588) HM |
| | 1788 Survey 4 towns, 3 counties meet near this site. Starting point for survey of Phelps & Gorham Purchase done by Co. Hugn Maxwell in 1788. — — Map (db m126144) HM |
| | Farmington Quaker Crossroads
Historic District
has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places in 2007
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m157451) HM |
| | The earliest Friends Meeting House
West of Utica was built of logs near this spot by pioneers
1796
A frame structure 1804 was replaced 1876 by the present building.
A larger meeting house built opposite this site accommodated the yearly . . . — — Map (db m157455) HM |
| |
Home and framed barns built 1793 by Isaac Hathaway, a Revolutionary War veteran, and first town clerk. Site of stage and trolley stop. — — Map (db m68616) HM |
| | Heredeen Homestead Built by James Herendeen 1832. Entrance porch added by Josephine Herendeen 1932. — — Map (db m125530) HM |
| | Dedicated by the Farmington Vietnam War Commemorative Committee in honor of all veterans from all wars. — — Map (db m125522) WM |
| | Lapham Home
Elbridge Lapham born 1814
in Farmington New York
appointed U.S. Senator from
NYS served 1881 to 1885
succeeding Roscoe Conkling. — — Map (db m125533) HM |
| | Site of a grist mill, built
in 1813 by Sunderland
Pattison of Farmington.
Destroyed by fire in 1945. — — Map (db m157447) HM |
| | In early 1800s, Pumpkins were stolen or "hooked" from a visiting farmer's wagon and set on porches around hamlet as a prank. — — Map (db m157446) HM |
| | Smith's Mill
Near this site Jacob
Smith erected the first
grist mill in Farmington,
1793, Anannias McMillan,
builder. — — Map (db m125534) HM |
| | Town Hall Site First Town Hall built near center of town in 1833. Highway shed built in 1852. Buildings torn down in 1966. Site became Town Park 1970. — — Map (db m125532) HM |
| |
Built by Simeon Parks April 1813, who cleared a large tract of land. Famous plank road went by here.
State Department of Education 1935 — — Map (db m90714) HM |
| |
Certified House
of
Architectural Merit — — Map (db m104944) HM |
| | At this point in 1828, water from Seneca Lake was first released into the newly constructed Cayuga-Seneca Canal, forming a navigable link to the Erie Canal. The waterway enabled commerce to flow between Seneca and the Hudson River and soon became an . . . — — Map (db m60113) HM |
| |
In memory of
All Deceased Veterans
Dedicated October 8, 1994 — — Map (db m104909) HM |
| | Known for its boats, the Fay & Bowen Engine Company built quality pleasure craft and marine and industrial engines near this site from 1904 to 1929. Fay & Bowen sold launches and runabouts worldwide that earned them the reputation - "None Better . . . — — Map (db m60111) HM |
| | Site of Geneva Hotel Erected 1796 by Capt. Charles Williamson — — Map (db m60096) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m104948) WM |
| | Site of Log House erected in 1787 later know as Clark Jennings Tavern — — Map (db m60128) HM |
| | Site of Geneva Medical College
Eliz. Blackwell received here in 1849 the first degree of M.D. ever conferred upon a woman. — — Map (db m60095) HM |
| | Elizabeth Blackwell, a pioneer of modern, preventative medicine and the first woman in the United States to receive a medical degree, graduated at the top of her class from the Medical Institute of Geneva College in 1849. Three years later, in 1852 . . . — — Map (db m60099) HM |
| | The Willows along Seneca Lake date back to the 1890's. Additional trees were planted by the Winnek Post 396 of the American Legion after World War I to honor the lives lost in that war.
The original Route 5 & 20 ran just a few feet from these trees . . . — — Map (db m60102) HM |
| | The first railroad appeared in Geneva in 1841. By the 1870's, railroads ran in all directions from Geneva. Over the years, the rail system expanded to include industrial and passenger service. Today the rail system is still used to bring raw . . . — — Map (db m60123) HM |
| | The deepest of the eleven Finger Lakes, Seneca Lake measures 36 miles long, an average of three miles wide, and 618 feet deep at the deepest point. Because of its depth, the lake has frozen completely only four times since this region was . . . — — Map (db m60124) HM |
| | At least 15 steamboats were built between 1828 and 1906 to run on Seneca Lake. The Lake's first steamboat, the Seneca Chief made its maiden voyage the length of the lake and back on July 3, 1828. Operated by Geneva Merchants, John B. and Robert . . . — — Map (db m60126) HM |
| |
An expedition against the hostile Indian nations which checked the aggressions of the English and Indians on the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania, extending westward the dominion of the United States. — — Map (db m68624) HM WM |
| |
In honor of the men and women who served
at the Sampson Naval Training Station,
Route 96A, Sampson, New York
during its operation from 1942 to 1946
Dedicated this 10th day of September 1988
by the Waterloo VFW Post #6433.
Anchor . . . — — Map (db m104734) WM |
| |
Geneva Historical Society
Building of Architectural Merit
Historic Building
Preservation Award
1995
Ontario County
Historical Society — — Map (db m104720) HM |
| |
To every hero
of her every war
the American nation
is grateful — — Map (db m104935) WM |
| |
The boat was built in 1883 by
Alonzo and Benjamin Springstead.
The Seneca was once the fastest ship on the lake.
It plied the waters of Seneca Lake until 1908.
[Donors not transcribed]
The Mural
Produced by the Finger Lakes . . . — — Map (db m104719) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m104949) WM |
| |
Erected to the memory of
Geneva Patriots who served
our nation in her wars
that freedom might remain
our most cherished heritage
Dedicated May 30 1939
Jean McKay
sculptress
Thomas Lyon White . . . — — Map (db m104992) HM |
| |
Honoring those who
gave their lives
World War I
1914 - 1918
[Roll of Honored Dead]
————————————————————
Korea . . . — — Map (db m104950) WM |
| |
Honoring those who
gave their lives
in World War II
1941 - 1945
[Roll of Honored Dead]
————————————————
Dedicated to
all who served . . . — — Map (db m104947) WM |
| | Apple Orchard On 22 September 1823, Joseph Smith Jr, was harvesting wheat with his father and brothers when he was overcome by exhaustion from the visits of the angel Moroni the previous night in the log home. His father sent him home to rest. His . . . — — Map (db m117640) HM |
| | Cooper Shop The Smith family built a cooper shop on Stafford Road where, under the direction of Joseph Smith Sr., a competent copper, they made and repaired barrels, kegs, buckets, and tubs. They found a ready market for their wares, particularly . . . — — Map (db m117629) HM |
| | In Grateful
Tribute To The Men And
Women Of Manchester New York Who Served In The Armed Forces
Of Our
Country — — Map (db m142209) WM |
| | Smith Farm In just twelve years, the Smiths turned their hundred acres of forest into a farm that provided for their needs and stood as a monument to their family unity, thrift, and exemplary work habits. Wood Lots. Forty acres of wood lot . . . — — Map (db m117624) HM |
| | The Frame Home The Smith's oldest son, Alvin, planned the construction of this handsome New England-style farmhouse to provide for his future family and to care for his parents in their elderly years. Having apprenticed as a builder, he managed . . . — — Map (db m117631) HM |
| | Threshing Barn A barn was essential to the success of the Smith farm. Soon after moving into the log home, the likely built a threshing barn on the 100-acre farm. The wooden floor of the central bay was used to thresh grain crops like wheat, . . . — — Map (db m117627) HM |
| | On this site was organized the "First Religious Compact of Middletown 1800". The church was built in 1824 — — Map (db m64936) HM |
| | Grimes Glen Home of the oldest fossil tree found and mounted by D. Dana Luther, Naples, N.Y. Now in State Education building, Albany, N.Y. — — Map (db m125503) HM |
| | Chief of the Senecas
at Nundawao Village, who came from the Genesee Reservation in 1794 to die and be buried in his beloved Kiandaga Valley. — — Map (db m64935) HM |
| | Founded 1789 on the old Seneca village of Nundawao; first known as Watkinstown; in 1796 called Middletown; on April 6, 1808, named Naples — — Map (db m64934) HM |
| | Known as Watkinstown 1789 Named Middletown 1796 Midway between Canandaigua and Bath: Naples April 6, 1808 — — Map (db m64937) HM |
| | Harnessing the Power Water gushing out of Grimes Glen was dammed at the mouth of the glen and directed into a wooden raceway that carried it to mills throughout the village. The raceway fed Naples Mill, along the route that is now named Race . . . — — Map (db m125804) HM |
| | In 1872 the Sodus Point
and Southern Railroad ran
the first trains
through here from
Stanley to Sodus Point, NY — — Map (db m146419) HM |
| | In Memory Of
Those Who Served Their Country
And The Following
Men Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice
1941 World War II 1946
Charles G. Albury, Jr.
Richard A. Fairman
David W. Aldrich
Jack W. Kennedy
Ralph J. Brown
Cordon R. . . . — — Map (db m146486) WM |
| | First grist mill built on this
site in 1792 by Seth Deane.
He developed industry along
Flint Creek which became
Vienna, later Phelps — — Map (db m146418) HM |
| | Adapted by the Village Board in 1990 to protect and preserve our rich heritage of landmarks and unique structures... a birthright of our children. — — Map (db m64932) HM |
| | The early Phelps citizens who originally organized the "First Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church” constructed their first house of worship on this site in 1817,
a wooden structure called the "Yellow Meeting House".
Their second . . . — — Map (db m146427) HM |
| | To Hold In Grateful Memory The Sons And Daughters Of This Town Who Faithfully Served Their Country In The World War The Phelps Soldiers And Sailors Memorial Corporation Here Records Their Names
Michele Acquisto
Jerome Beach Samuel E. Bill . . . — — Map (db m146452) WM |
| | Here lie 16 Revolutionary soldiers and a Lexington Minute Man. Pioneers include Robison, Granger, Deane, Swift, Dickinson, Hildreth. — — Map (db m64930) HM |
| | Settled by Moses Swift 1824.
By 1840 there were 2 mills,
2 inns, 2 stores, 3 shops & school.
This building was a store,
railway station, post office. — — Map (db m146423) HM |
| | Old Reed
Homestead
First brick house
in town of Richmond.
Built 1803 by
Philip Reed — — Map (db m125495) HM |
| | Nearby is the site of
Pioneer Home
Capt. Peter Pitts
First settler in town
of Richmond — — Map (db m125501) HM |
| | Pitts Mansion
Built 1821 by
Gideon Pitts
son of Capt. Peter Pitts
pioneer settler in 1789 — — Map (db m125496) HM |
| | This memorial is dedicated to our men and women who faithfully served their country in war and peace ”O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife, who more than self their country loved and mercy more than life!” . . . — — Map (db m126021) WM |
| | Pioneer missionary patriot colonizer in Oregon Ter. Born here Sept. 4, 1802 — — Map (db m61349) HM |
| | Second known in North America: on May 12, 1814 Timothy Ryan died within one hour from anaphylaxis to bee sting. U.S. 2000 est. 50 deaths/yr. — — Map (db m64521) HM |
| | The thirty eight acres of land below you was a gift to the town of South Bristol from Mr. Odell Scott.
The land is now protected through a partnership with the Finger Lakes Land Trust and will remain forever protected. The land is named in . . . — — Map (db m159728) HM |
| | Frost Town Town pioneers erected a saw mill here in 1790. By 1880 Jonathan Frost was operating three mills. Town of 200 people and 39 buildings faded with the harvested timber. — — Map (db m125502) HM |
| | Wilder Cemetery
Gamaliel Wilder, South
Bristol's founder, is buried
here as are veterans of the
French and Indian thru the
Civil wars. First burial 1801. — — Map (db m125505) HM |
| | Woodville Site of steamboat landing for goods and passengers from 1827 to 1935. Boats Ontario I and II were built here in 1845 and 1867. — — Map (db m125504) HM |
| | In Perpetuation of the Name of
Athasata (Kryn)
The Great Christian Mohawk Chief
Promoter of Peace - Respecter of Treaties - Defender of Righteousness - Valiant Warrior Leader of Indian Forces, forming one-third of the army of the De . . . — — Map (db m61905) HM |
| | Auburn Trail Location Map The Auburn Trail follows the route of the Auburn & Rochester Railroad through the Town of Victor. The Auburn & Rochester Railroad was incorporated in 1836, "commencing in the village of Auburn at the termination of . . . — — Map (db m125564) HM |
| | Birthplace
James A. Hard 7-15-1841
Died 3-12-1953 in 112th yr.
Pvt. 37th N. Y. Vol Co. E.
Next to last survivor of
Union Army — — Map (db m125548) HM |
| | Camp Site Col John Butler's (Tory) Rangers Aug. 1779. Relics found at spring at foot of prehistoric Seneca Indian fort — — Map (db m125550) HM |
| | Cobblestone Pumphouse at Fishers Station Cobblestone Architecture: Unique to Western New York Cobblestone architecture in the United States is peculiar to western New York. The walls of cobblestone buildings were built of small stones, known . . . — — Map (db m125563) HM |
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