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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Ransomville, New York

 
Clickable Map of Niagara County, New York and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Niagara County, NY (400) Erie County, NY (612) Genesee County, NY (105) Orleans County, NY (141)  NiagaraCounty(400) Niagara County (400)  ErieCounty(612) Erie County (612)  GeneseeCounty(105) Genesee County (105)  OrleansCounty(141) Orleans County (141)
Lockport is the county seat for Niagara County
Ransomville is in Niagara County
      Niagara County (400)  
ADJACENT TO NIAGARA COUNTY
      Erie County (612)  
      Genesee County (105)  
      Orleans County (141)  
 
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1 New York, Niagara County, Ransomville — Fowler Sawmill
George P. Moore operated a sawmill on this site. It was converted to the G. Elgin Hubble Basket Factory in 1896, and burned in 1941.Map (db m72287) HM
2 New York, Niagara County, Ransomville — Funeral Parlor
William Gentile's hardware store opened c.1890s. His son, Harry expanded the operation and founded a funeral parlor. The Post Office operated on the east side.Map (db m72327) HM
3 New York, Niagara County, Ransomville — Grain Mills
This was the site of Jackson's Mill. Foote's Mill operated on Academy Street. Both mills were critical to agri-business and the community and destroyed by fire.Map (db m71862) HM
4 New York, Niagara County, Ransomville — Ransomville Hospital
Opened 1953 with twenty-two beds. Established by Dr. Salvatore Piazza. Doctors John Hyde and Thomas Catlin first doctors in town c.1818.Map (db m70693) HM
5 New York, Niagara County, Ransomville — Ransomville Schools
1825 McCracken's log cabin. 1837 Frederick's house. 1856-1900 Two-Rooms academy. Rural #6 1900-1939 Route 93. W.H.Stevenson Cornerstone 1939.Map (db m71755) HM
6 New York, Niagara County, Ransomville — Swigert's Evaporator
c. 1902, John and Henry Swigert built an evaporator, one of the world's largest apple dryers, and in 1905 a cooperage. Both were destroyed by fire in 1927. The Grange Hall survived.Map (db m72712) HM
7 New York, Niagara County, Ransomville — The Site Of Niagara Poultry Farm
Owned by W.R.Curtiss & Co. The world's largest poultry enterprise in the early twentieth century.Map (db m72350) HM
8 New York, Niagara County, Ransomville — The Site of W.H.H. Ransom & Sons,A General Store.
The Ransom Family, after whom Ransomville was named, in mercantile trade since 1830.Map (db m72191) HM
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9 New York, Niagara County, Ransomville — Those Who Served in the World War
Erected in appreciation of those who served in the World War and in memory of these who did not come back. Corporal O. Leo Curtiss, CO. M, 7th Inf., 3rd Div. Killed in action at Chateau - Thierry, July 25, 1918. Private Albert . . . Map (db m74779) WM
10 New York, Niagara County, Ransomville — Traveler's Home
Built in 1870, travelers from accross the country and State Troopers, while on duty in Ransomville, boarded here from 1913 through the 1920s. Home of Carlos Brookins, inventor.Map (db m72713) HM
 
 
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May. 1, 2024