On U.S. 20, 0.1 miles west of Gilberts Corners Road (County Route 34), on the right when traveling west.
July 10, 1781, Tory Captain
Dockstader with 500 Indians
were routed here by Capt.
Willett and Battle of Sharon
occurred just west of here
— — Map (db m116760) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 10), on the right when traveling north.
Moved to this location 1989. This sign given in memory of Clarence V. Van Dewerker and his schoolmates by his wife Myrtle Van Dewerker and children Robert and Susan. Clarence was one of the last students to attend the school. Sylvia Somers Lane was . . . — — Map (db m131009) HM
Amiel Samson constructed this building circa 1915 to house his grocery store and the First National Bank. He and his family occupied the second floor, which had large spacious rooms and a hall skylight. The grocery store was located in the right . . . — — Map (db m131031) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 10), on the left when traveling north.
Prominent community businessman, Jacob Anthony, constructed the Anthony House in 1857. After an 1860 fire destroyed the enormous hotel, Anthony built the United States Hotel (top left) on the same site the following year. Eighteen years later, in . . . — — Map (db m131035) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 10), on the right when traveling north.
Henry Moyer built the Sharon House (left) in the 1850's. It had wide porches and housed a variety of shops at street level. Later, under the proprietorship of B.P. Sharp & Son, a brochure states: "The Sharon house enjoys the finest location in the . . . — — Map (db m131037) HM
Congress Hall was a magnificent hotel built by H.G. Bang around 1860 to rival the successful Pavilion Hotel and sulphur baths. Although not adjoined, the hotel was part of his beautiful park, Magnesia Temple and bathhouses that surrounded John . . . — — Map (db m131039) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 10), on the left when traveling north.
This collection of homes on the upper hilly west side of Main Street, is part
of a series of five homes built between 1840 and 1923. Up the hill a few
yards is a Prairie style house. Built in 1923, it is the only 20th century home
In this group. . . . — — Map (db m213217) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 10) at Cornerstone Place, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
As the Spa's popularity grew, many homes were converted into boarding houses to profitably accommodate the tourists. The Liberty Hotel, once the home of Hilda Smith Zelgelmeir, was also known as the Italian-American Hotel. This building burned in . . . — — Map (db m213438) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 10) at U.S. 20, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
The Great Western Turnpike, also known as Route 20, was laid out as early as 1793, but a regular wagon road was not constructed until 1806. Extending from Albany to the western frontier, hotels, taverns and businesses opened along the route to . . . — — Map (db m116761) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 10) at Division Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
The American Hotel was built circa 1847 and was the first building in Sharon Springs to be included in the National Register of Historic Places. Later, in 1995, over one hundred and fifty structures in the spa village were added to create the . . . — — Map (db m179411) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 10) north of U.S. 20, on the left when traveling south.
Eugene Lehman made exquisite violins and stringed instruments in this building for forty-two years. He was also a professional violinist and orchestra leader during the 1920's and 1930's. In a Wurlitzer exhibition of 1942, Mr. Lehman's violins . . . — — Map (db m116765) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 10), on the right when traveling north.
The most unique of the Sharon Springs temples, the elaborate, ornamental and domed Magnesia Temple was an exquisite example of the iron work construction of engineer D.D. Badger of Architectural Iron Works of New York City. It was built in a . . . — — Map (db m131040) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 10), on the left when traveling north.
Belief in the curative powers of sulphur water is central in Sharon Springs’ history. For two centuries the village, its inhabitants, its structures, and its fortunes were tied to and shaped by it. In pursuit of this belief an amazing variety of . . . — — Map (db m131011) HM
On France Street (New York State Route 10) at Spartan Way, on the right when traveling north on France Street.
In the period from 1772 to 1795, the town of
Sharon successively belonged to the counties of
Tryon, Montgomery and Otsego before becoming
part of Schoharie County in 1795. Originally
called New Dorlach by its first settlers, the town
of Sharon . . . — — Map (db m212501) HM
