Historical Markers and War Memorials in Brockport, New York
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On Main Street (New York State Route 19) at State Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
To the honor and glory of our patriotic ancestors the known and the unknown who gave their services and lives for their country in the War of American Revolution 1775-1783
Brockport
Capt. Joseph Roby • Rev. Amos Frink • Thos. Buck . . . — — Map (db m75788) HM WM
On Main Street (New York State Route 19), on the right when traveling north.
The opening of the Brockport to Buffalo section in October 1825 marked the completion of the 348 mile Erie Canal. By linking the Hudson River with the Great Lakes, the Canal provided the first economical means of transportation from the eastern . . . — — Map (db m75943) HM
On Allen Street, 0.2 miles south of Adams Street, on the right when traveling south.
Brockport Central Rural High School Opened in 1934, the school served students in grades 7-12 until 1967 when a new high school was built. The original building then became known as the Middle School & served students in grades 6-8 thereafter. . . . — — Map (db m115291) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 19) at the south end of the Erie Canal drawbridge, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
1. Luther Gordon epitomized Brockport's involvement in canal commerce during its heyday. He owned a sawmill and 7,000 acres of timberland in Michigan and transported logs via the Great Lakes and the canal to his Brockport sawmill and planing . . . — — Map (db m75934) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 19) at Market Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
1. Daniel Holmes (1828-1917) practiced law in offices on Main Street from 1852 until his death. He was Village Clerk for twenty years, Justice of the Peace for thirty years, Vestryman at St. Luke's Episcopal Church for fifty years, and member . . . — — Map (db m75804) HM
On Main Street (State Road 19) at State St, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Main Street District
has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places in 2004
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m151549) HM
On Market Street at Park Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Market Street.
McCormick reapers made here in 1846. Seymour and Morgan by building 100 reapers for Cyrus McCormick began quantity production of reapers — — Map (db m41049) HM
On Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
A pioneer reaper industry was developed on the Erie Canal banks by William H. Seymore and Dayton S. Morgan. This 1854 dwelling became the Morgan family home in 1867. The eldest daughter, Sara, wife of Frederick A. Manning, M.D. lived in the house . . . — — Map (db m41045) HM
On State St at Park Ave, on the right when traveling east on State St.
Park Ave. / State St.
Historic District
has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places in 2015
by the United States
Department of Interior — — Map (db m151546) HM
Near Owens Road north of South Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Soldiers' Memorial Tower
has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places in 1994
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m151513) HM WM
On Main Street (New York State Route 19) at State Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Built 1854
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This structure has
been designated an
Historic . . . — — Map (db m75783) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 19) at South Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
In memory of
those who
served our
country
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This memorial dedicated May 31, 1976
as a bi-centennial project by the
Harsch-Crisp-Seaman
Post 379 American Legion
and the . . . — — Map (db m75760) WM
