Settled Ca.1820 at intersection of 4 military tracts with stores, church, post office and school on direct route to Cayuga Lake — — Map (db m172110) HM
A gift to the Genoa Historical Association erected by the Thomas R. Driscoll family whose ancestors operated this mill on nearby Salmon Creek in the mid nineteenth century. — — Map (db m242849) HM
In memory of
our heroic veterans
of
the World War
1917 — 1918
Killed or Died in Service
George D. Hubert • H. John Morgan • Mott Greenleaf
Delmer L. Close • J. Henry Case
[Honored Veterans]
Floyd Wakely • I.J. Brigden • . . . — — Map (db m159519) WM
Cato Four Corners Geo. Loveless and Abel Pasko first settlers in 1804. Jesse Elwell and Abner Hollister settled in 1805. Called Meridian since 1849 — — Map (db m83812) HM
For many years a Magistrate of this Town & County. The founder of this Village and this Church which he served with christian fidelity as ruling Elder from the time of its organization until his death. Born at Glastonbury Conn. Sept. 26, 1782, . . . — — Map (db m83813) HM
Partly built by Charles Kellog in 1823. Sold to Horace Rounds in 1851, to his son Eugene Rounds in 1865, to W.E. Rounds & A Ryan, 1919 — — Map (db m90772) HM
A Landmark and Pride in Our Community. The Town on Montezuma purchased the lot and is restoring it for it [sic] significance to the town's history. Volunteers helped clear the site and in a community effort has [sic] taken the important first step . . . — — Map (db m83561) HM
Early Aqueduct This towpath leads to the Richmond Aqueduct built 1849 second largest aqueduct carrying Erie Canal waters over the Seneca River. — — Map (db m83562) HM
Early Cemetery Old Montezuma Cemetery Revolutionary War veteran Richard Damewood buried here 1850. Served at seige of British at Yorktown. — — Map (db m83546) HM
First Methodist Episcopal Church Inc. 1825 with John Gilmore, Wm. Bell & James Weston, Trustees. Adjoining cemetery in use by 1813. — — Map (db m83525) HM
In 1828, the Cayuga-Seneca Canal opened in Montezuma allowing transportation of people and goods into the Finger Lakes and beyond by connecting with the Erie Canal at this site. The Exchange Hotel provided lodging for travelers and was the center of . . . — — Map (db m83560) HM
Old Erie Canal Completed from Utica to here 1819. The "Montezuma" built here was the first boat on the canal. Took passengers to Syracuse 1820. — — Map (db m83542) HM
Opened in 1828 Cayuga Seneca Canal Extended navigation of the Erie Canal to Finger Lakes Site of crossover bridge and Exchange Hotel — — Map (db m83547) HM
Seneca River Crossing
Canals Historic District
has been placed on the National Register of
Historic Places in 2005
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m159215) HM
Built 1812. Judge Walter Wood
Co-founder Cayuga Academy
1801. First Judge Cayuga County
1810-17. Taught Pres. Fillmore
Law 1819-21, while living here. — — Map (db m205461) HM
In memory of those
of Moravia New York
who served in the Great World War
☆ Died in Service ☆
Frank G. Churchill • Walton D. Rowe
Honor Roll
Martin L. Aspell • Howard Bates • Edgar K. Canavan •
Kit C. Card • Ross . . . — — Map (db m159511) WM
Set off from Sempronius in 1833. First settled 1792. Named from Elder Robt. Niles, a pastor of the 1st Baptist Church of Sempronius — — Map (db m230524) HM
Lock 52 in Port Byron was a busy place prior to 1917. In the vicinity of the lock, you would have seen a bustling waterfront, with dozens of boats locking up or down the canal. At Tanner's Dry Dock, just up the canal from the lock, canal boats were . . . — — Map (db m83641) HM
April 27, 1865, train carrying
Pres. Lincoln's casket stopped
at Port Byron Station 1.3 mi
north of here. Station draped
with mourning and flags. — — Map (db m182152) HM
Port Byron native gifted bible to Pres. Abraham Lincoln in 1861. Received letter of thanks from John Nicolay, Lincoln’s private secretary. — — Map (db m230540) HM
During the ice ages of the last 2 million years, glaciers sculpted the land surface forming, amongst other features, the many rounded and elongated hills called drumlins that are seen from the Thruway between Rochester and Syracuse. From this . . . — — Map (db m103583) HM
Lock 52 on the Erie Canal was once a busy place. Built in 1851 and lengthened on the berm side in 1887 to accommodate two boats hitched together in tandem, the lock created a popular stopping point for canal boatmen. The 11-foot lift at Lock 52 . . . — — Map (db m103581) HM
The O.B. & H.E. Tanner Dry Dock was established near Lock 52 in Port Byron in 1873, replacing the earlier Ames Dry Dock. In its heydey, Tanner built and repaired a variety of canal boats, employing a crew of 18, including a shipwright, carpenters, . . . — — Map (db m83644) HM
About two hundred feet from here was once the location of the D. B. Tanner Dry Dock, built in 1863 on the former Clinton's Ditch alignment. Craftmen built and repaired canal cargo boats in the dry docks that carried grain, coal, lumber and the . . . — — Map (db m103582) HM
Erie House
The 1890s Erie House saloon was built by Italian immigrant brothers near Lock 52 for canalers, drydock workers, and the many Italians farming the rich mucklands. In this 1901 view, the brothers, Peter and Salvatore Van Detto, stand . . . — — Map (db m182181) HM
Construction of the Erie Canal was hailed as the greatest engineering
accomplishment to that time. Under the leadership of Governor De Witt Clinton,
construction began July 4, 1817. With little technical knowledge, thousands
of workers . . . — — Map (db m146448) HM
The Erie Canal in Port Byron When the original Erie Canal or "Clinton's Ditch" was completed here in 1819, Port Byron was transformed from a frontier settlement to a thriving canal town. Indeed, the local citizens were so hopeful with the new . . . — — Map (db m103580) HM
This 1894 saloon and hotel belonged to the Van Detto family, recently arrived Italian immigrants. Located a few hundred feet east of Lock 52, the Erie House was a popular destination for the canal community. — — Map (db m103562) HM
1. Park Hotel: Dates from the bustling railroad days in the mid-eighteen hundreds when it was known as "National Hotel". The Park Hotel was built by Samuel Lamkin in 1835. Its reputation and ownership has changed many times. 2. Masonic Block: . . . — — Map (db m83600) HM
The Cayuga Bridge Company was formed in 1797 to erect a bridge from Cayuga to the west shore of Cayuga Lake, serving as a “connecting link to the Great Genesee Road or Turnpike.”
The Cayuga Bridge cost $150,000 and took 18 months to . . . — — Map (db m143453) HM
Early Iroquois country 1768.
Part of Montgomery Co. 1784.
Part of Herkimer Co. 1791.
Part of Onondaga Co. 1794
Cayuga Co. set off 1799 — — Map (db m229218) HM
This memorial honors all American Veterans who, although separated by generations, shared a common, undeniable goal-to valiantly protect our country’s freedoms.
The memories of those American veterans will continue to live whenever and . . . — — Map (db m229221) WM
Slocum Howland (1794–1881) successfully combined the values of his Quaker faith with commercial pursuits, making his store part of Sherwood's busy Underground Railroad network. He signed a petition in 1835 declaring that "slavery.…. is . . . — — Map (db m172390) HM
The c.a. 1910 Railway Signal Tower was acquired in the early 1930's then used as a woodworking shop by William Williams. It was then located in Sterling Center and now generously given by grandson Roger Malcott. The Tower was originally located . . . — — Map (db m79779) HM
School House Built 1825 District No. 16 New York State and National Registers of Historic Sites, 2003 ———— Sterling Historical Society Est. 1976 Little Red School House Museum — — Map (db m79777) HM
Site of first Baptist church of Sterling erected in 1841, federated with United Presbyterian in 1931 Churches consolidated in 1962 Sold and dismantled in 1970 — — Map (db m79782) HM
Sterling Valley First settlement made here 1805 by Peter Dumas, a soldier with Lafayette. Earlier called Coopers Mills after John Cooper 1810 — — Map (db m79783) HM
Town of Sterling Named after a Revolutionary officer, Lord Wm. Alexander Sterling. Set off from Cato 1812. First grist and saw mill built here in 1813 — — Map (db m79753) HM
