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Historical Markers in Elma

 
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1 ► New York, Erie County, Elma — 1844 Springbrook Mill Gear Assembly — Basic Mill Drive-Train Arrangement —
Near Bowen Road 0.1 miles north of Cemetery Road.
This assembly was used in the water mills on the Cazenovia Creek at Northrup Road during the mid to late 1800's. Its purpose was to transmit power from water wheels to grist stones and/or saws. Around the turn of the 20th century, this mill . . . — — Map (db m104147) HM
2 ► New York, Erie County, Elma — Big Flats —
On Bowen Road 0.1 miles north of Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling north.
Big Flats Site of Seneca Indian Village ca. 1780-1842 later known as Milford or Hurd or Briggs Mills and then Elma Village. — — Map (db m104140) HM
3 ► New York, Erie County, Elma — 305 — Blossom —
On Main Street at North Blossom Road, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
Religious Society known as Ebenezers named this hamlet Upper Ebenezer in 1844. Name was changed to Blossom ca. 1866. — — Map (db m130633) HM
4 ► New York, Erie County, Elma — 288 — East Elma —
On Jamison Road at Creek Road, on the left when traveling east on Jamison Road.
East Elma ca. 1865. Had woolen mill, sawmill, blacksmith, grocery, Post Office & swimming hole. Later called Frog Pond. Originally home of Senecas. — — Map (db m131847) HM
5 ► New York, Erie County, Elma — 510 — Elma Centre —
On Bowen Road (County Route 242) 0.3 miles north of Rice Road, on the right when traveling north.
Elma Centre prospered around R.R. depot est. near here ca. 1870. Coal & lumber dealers, blacksmith, saloon, Post Office & school built nearby. — — Map (db m187871) HM
6 ► New York, Erie County, Elma — Elma Town Museum —
Near Bowen Road 0.1 miles north of Cemetery Road.
Elma Town Museum Built by C.W. Hurd, 1846. Home of the first town meeting, 1857. Moved in 1873 next to church. Became the parsonage 1929. Given to the Elma Historical Society 1984. Moved to present site 1895. Dedicated to Town of Elma, NY . . . — — Map (db m104141) HM
7 ► New York, Erie County, Elma — Elma Village Mill —
Near Bowen Road 0.1 miles north of Cemetery Road.
Before you is the reconstruction of the Hurd and Briggs double sawmill. Efforts to reconstruct a working mill for educational and historic preservation purposes began in 2008. This is the site of the original mill. The actual foundations and race . . . — — Map (db m104144) HM
8 ► New York, Erie County, Elma — 873 — Lewis Northrup —
On Seneca Street (New York State Route 16) at Northrup Road, on the right when traveling south on Seneca Street.

Purchased land here in 1845. By 1866 site included home, store, dam for his saw and grist mills, and bridge over Cazenovia Creek. — — Map (db m186374) HM
9 ► New York, Erie County, Elma — North Star Tavern —
On Seneca Street just south of North Star Road.
Built 1831 by Martin Taber to accommodate travelers to Buffalo. Located on Indian Trail which later became Aurora-Buffalo Plank Road. Property was in Mile Strip, first part of Elma to be developed from Buffalo Creek Reservation — — Map (db m58915) HM
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10 ► New York, Erie County, Elma — 260 — Spring Brook —
On Seneca Street (New York State Route 16) at Pound Road, on the left when traveling south on Seneca Street.
By 1848 this hamlet was named for a brook whose waters crossed the Aurora Plank Rd now known as Seneca Street. — — Map (db m96222) HM
 
 
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Nov. 11, 2026