Historical Markers and War Memorials in Port Henry, New York

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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Port Henry, New York

1 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — A Busy Iron Port —

On Park Place east of Main Street (New York State Route 9N/22), on the left when traveling east.

The aerial photograph of Port Henry taken about 1925 leaves no question as to the nature of this place: a busy port shipping the products of its furnaces by water and by rail. Two new furnaces, begun in 1922, represented the latest technology. An . . . — — Map (db m109054) HM

2 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — A Busy Iron Port —

On Park Place east of Main Street (New York State Route 9N/22), on the right when traveling east.

3 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — Cedar Point House —

On Main Street (New York State Route 9N/22) at Tobey Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.

Inn and restaurant serving iron ore industry workers, railway workers, travelers, and visiting officials early 1880s to ca. 1964 — — Map (db m109058) HM

4 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — Champ Sightings in Bulwagga Bay Area —

On Main Street (New York State Route 9N/22) at Whitney Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.

Samuel de Champlain 1609 [List of Sightings not transcribed] M. Mauth 7-7-90 [latest signing on sign] — — Map (db m109078) HM

5 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — Champlain Academy —

On Main Street (New York State Route 9N/22), on the left when traveling north.

Site of Port Henry's first tavern 1826. This building erected as Pease House 1850 — — Map (db m108967) HM

6 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — Daisy Godfrey — 1889 - 1982 —

Capt. Godfrey was a pilot, operating canal boats on Lake Champlain and the Canal. Awarded the N. Atlantic Medal in WWII. — — Map (db m108973) HM

7 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — Industrial Shoreline —

On Park Place east of Main Street (New York State Route 9N/22), on the left when traveling east.

Iron processing changed the shoreline of Port Henry. When the New York and Canada Railroad was built in 1874, the tracks hugged the lake. That same year, a modern blast furnace was built at Cedar Point, just beyond the train station. Eight blast . . . — — Map (db m109053) HM

8 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — Lake Champlain & Moriah Railroad: The "Elsie and Em" —

On Park Place (New York State Route 9N/22) east of Main Street (New York State Route 9N/22), on the left when traveling east.

The Civil War's monstrous appetite for iron - for horse shoes, artillery, cannon balls, rifles, and armor plate - exposed the greatest obstacle to iron production in Moriah: getting ore from the mines to the lake shore. Even 100 teams of horses . . . — — Map (db m109033) HM

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9 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — LC&M Caboose —

On Park Place east of Main Street (New York State Route 9N/22), on the left when traveling east.

This caboose was built in 1946 at Fisher Hill Shop, Mineville N.Y. It is constructed from an iron ore car and weighs 16 tons. The Lake Champlain and Moriah Railroad used this caboose on the main line from Mineville to Port Henry to haul iron . . . — — Map (db m109056) HM

10 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — Meacham House —

On Main Street (New York State Route 9N/22) at Meacham Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.

Built in 1818 by Capt. William Meacham — — Map (db m109076) HM

11 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — 273 — Office Building of Witherbee and Sherman Iron Ore Company —

On Park Place east of Main Street (New York State Route 9N/22), on the left when traveling east.

Part of Franklin Patent 1765. Built ca. 1875 Donated to town of Moriah in 1959. — — Map (db m109017) HM

12 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — Powerhouse Park — Commemorating the site of the former Port Henry Powerplant, demolished in 1971 —

Powerhouse Park still serves as a staging area for ice fishing shanties during the winter and remains of the old Port Henry Powerhouse form its boundary along Mill Creek. A mixture of six parts mine tailings to one park concrete was used to . . . — — Map (db m108982) HM

13 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — Realizing a Dream: the Rolling Stock Display —

On Park Place east of Main Street (New York State Route 9N/22), on the left when traveling east.

As the idea for a Railroad and Mining Heritage Park took shape in the early 1990s, a few people shared a great dream. Most evidence of Moriah's proud mining heritage had been demolished, but railroad equipment could help people visualize a part of . . . — — Map (db m109040) HM

14 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — Shore Line —

On Main Street (New York State Route 9N/22), on the right when traveling north.

of Butterfield's Bay Boats were moored along north Main Street before building of railroad through here — — Map (db m108966) HM

15 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — Site of First Blast Furnace —

On Main Street (New York State Route 9N/22), on the right when traveling north.

Erected in 1824 by Major James Dalliba Converted into Stove Works in 1827. — — Map (db m108968) HM

16 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — Site of Porter's and Lewis's Mills —

On Main Street (New York State Route 9N/22) at the south end of Mill Brook Bridge, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.

Built 1766; supplied lumber for Fort Crown Point and Arnold's Fleet[.] Entire valley dependent on grist mill. — — Map (db m108972) HM

17 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — Teamsters, Dock Wallopers and Child Captains —

The first of Port Henry's many iron furnaces was erected just west of here in 1822. Throughout the 19th century new furnaces, crushers, concentrating plants, and casting houses were added to increase production. The key to the success of Port . . . — — Map (db m108995) HM

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18 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — The 1929 Lake Champlain Bridge —

The first Lake Champlain Bridge between Crown Point, New York, and Chimney Point, Vermont, opened in 1929. Primarily serving tourists when it opened, it ultimately became an important connection for residents and businesses across the region. A . . . — — Map (db m108975) HM

19 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — The 1929 Lake Champlain Bridge —

On Park Place east of Main Street (New York State Route 9N/22), on the left when traveling east.

Charles M. Spofford, an engineer of the Boston firm Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, designed the 1929 Lake Champlain Bridge. It was the first American highway bridge to employ a continuous truss design to create a curving transition between the deck . . . — — Map (db m109074) HM

20 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — The 2011 Lake Champlain Bridge —

On November 7, 2011, after 25 months without a bridge, traffic once again began to flow over Lake Champlain at the Crown Point-Chimney Point crossing. The opening of the new Lake Champlain Bridge restored the vital transportation link between New . . . — — Map (db m108976) HM

21 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — Veterans Memorial —

On Park Place east of Main Street (New York State Route 9N/22), on the left when traveling east.

In appreciation to all Town of Moriah Veterans past and present who served in the Armed Forces [Dedicated] December 2007 — — Map (db m109029) WM

22 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — Village of Port Henry — Essex County N.Y. — Incorporated May 1, 1869 —

On Main Street (New York State Route 9N/22) at Broad Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.

Porter's Mills built by Benjamin Porter 1765 Burned during the Revolution: rebuilt 1786 Became Lewis' Mills 1789 First Post Office established 1827 Called Port Henry in honor of Henry Huntington of Rome, N.Y. St. Patrick's Roman Catholic . . . — — Map (db m108965) HM

23 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — Witherbee Park and Town Hall —

On Park Place east of Main Street (New York State Route 9N/22), on the right when traveling east.

Deeded to the Town of Moriah May 25, 1959 by Witherbee Sherman Corporation — — Map (db m109030) HM

24 ► New York, Essex County, Port Henry — World War I Memorial Honor Roll — 1917 - 1918 — Town of Moriah, New York —

On Main Street (New York State Route 9N/22) north of Henry Street, on the left when traveling north.

Killed in Action Edward Carlson · Army • Wm. Henry Smith · Army Died of Wounds Thomas Clark · Army Died in Service Thomas H. Breen · Army • Robert F. Compton · Army Lyle Hatch · Tank Service • William Hanchett · Army Elmore . . . — — Map (db m108996) WM

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