On South Peterboro Street, on the right when traveling south.
Site Of
Bruce Opera House 1888-1909
This Cultural Hub Seated
802 Patrons & Showed Movies
Projected By The Biograph,
A Canastota Invention
— — Map (db m109611) HM
On Canal Street (County Route 76) west of South Peterboro Street (New York State Route 13), on the left when traveling west.
The berm (heel) side of the canal contained businesses that provided to the needs of canallers and the manufacturing of goods to be shipped by the canal, while the towpath side provided services and cottage industries.
Research & Design by . . . — — Map (db m146997) HM
On Canal Street (County Route 76) west of South Peterboro Street (New York State Route 13), on the left when traveling west.
Towns sprouted along the length of the Erie Canal. Canal Street was Canastota's business district. Travelers stopped here for food and supplies or a bed for the night at a hotel or boarding house. Local farmers, merchants, and manufacturers shipped . . . — — Map (db m139500) HM
On Canal Street (County Route 76) at Commerce Street, on the left when traveling west on Canal Street.
A canal basin is an expanse of waterway alongside or at the end of a canal, and wider than the canal, constructed to allow boats to moor or unload cargo without impeding the progress of other traffic, and to allow room for turning.
Research . . . — — Map (db m146999) HM
On South Peterboro Street (New York State Route 13) just south of Canal Street (County Highway 76), on the right when traveling north.
Moving east in the mural are the following:
As settlement flourished, the Farr Hardware and the Canastota Bee-Journal buildings marked the beginning of S.Peterboro Street as a hub of mercantile activity.
The Peterboro Street . . . — — Map (db m146995) HM
On Canal Street (County Route 76) west of South Peterboro Street (New York State Route 13), on the left when traveling west.
A lift bridge was designed to lift up horizontally out of the way of canal boat traffic.
Canastota's lift bridge was constructed because the existing high bridge had an inconvenient rise to the Peterboro Street level crossing the canal. . . . — — Map (db m146998) HM
On Lake Road (New York State Route 31) 0.2 miles west of Blakeslee Circle, on the left when traveling east.
Founded by pioneers from CT on the theology of J. Edwards
Meeting house built 1824
Early leaders: R. Bushnell, E.S. Cadwell, & P. Cadwell — — Map (db m65337) HM
On Canal Street (County Route 76) at Commerce Street, on the left when traveling west on Canal Street.
Its immediate success on opening from Albany to Buffalo in 1825 soon led to calls to enlarge the canal. From 1836 to 1862 the canal was deepened from 4 feet to 7 feet, with bigger locks and aqueducts, and canal boats grew threefold in capacity from . . . — — Map (db m139502) HM
On North Main Street at New Boston Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
Reuben Perkins
1761-1855
Capt. Perkins, a Revolutionary War veteran, moved to the area from Connecticut in 1807. He obtained a state patent in 1810 to buy 329 2/10 acres of the Canastota Reserve from the Oneida Indians for $7.50 an acre. . . . — — Map (db m149190) HM
On South Peterboro Street at Railroad Street, on the left when traveling north on South Peterboro Street.
1908 - Centennial - 2008
From New York to Paris.
Racers arrived in Canastota Feb. 14th staying overnight.
The U.S. team won the race. — — Map (db m58367) HM
On South Peterboro Street (New York State Route 13) at Canal Street (County Route 76), on the right when traveling north on South Peterboro Street.
Industrial Growth (marker front panel)
The Erie Canal encouraged settlers to establish farms and helped small upstate towns become economically viable. Plants and mills built near the canal to process farm produce diversified to meet . . . — — Map (db m139499) HM
On South Peterboro Street (New York State Route 13) at Seneca Turnpike (New York State Route 5), on the right when traveling north on South Peterboro Street.
1861-1865
Lenox and Canastota's
Tribute to Their Heroes.
Erected A.D. 1907
(dates on monument)
1776-1783
1812-1815
1846-1848
1898 — — Map (db m149176) WM
On New York State Route 5, on the right when traveling west.
300 feet north of here, the
Lenox Anti-Slavery Society
was organized at the former
First Presbyterian Church
on December 7, 1836 — — Map (db m139567) HM
On Nichols Pond Road, 0.4 miles north of W Mile Strip Road, on the left when traveling north.
Nichols Pond Park, a Madison County park, consists of 45 acres of land. The park is open to the public year round from dawn to dusk, and provides opportunities for hiking, bird watching and other forms of outdoor recreation.
The pond located at . . . — — Map (db m144351) HM
Near Nichols Pond Road, 0.4 miles north of W Mile Strip Road, on the left when traveling north.
The area on which you are standing was an Oneida Indian village active as early as the mid to late 1400's. Directly in front of you is an area that was excavated in the 1950's. The excavation revealed evidence of a section of palisade wall . . . — — Map (db m144350) HM
On Canal Street (County Route 76) west of South Peterboro Street (New York State Route 13), on the left when traveling west.
Canal and street traffic came into conflict where Peterboro Street crossed the Erie Canal in Canastota's busy commercial district. Engineers fixed the problem with a hydraulic lift bridge. Raised, it let boats through and still carried foot traffic. . . . — — Map (db m139501) HM
Near Canal Street (County Route 76) west of South Peterboro Street (New York State Route 13), on the left when traveling west.
Reuben Perkins, born on November 5th, 1763, came from a family of the earliest settlers of New England. Perkins was a veteran of the Revolutionary War and had served in the battles at Plattsburg, Saratoga, and Stony Point. For his service he . . . — — Map (db m139591) HM
On NYS Thruway (U.S. 90) 4 miles west of N Peterboro Street (New York State Route 13).
Construction of the Erie Canal was hailed as the greatest engineering accomplishment to that time. Under the leadership of Governor De Witt Clinton, construction began July 4, 1817. With little technical knowledge, thousands of workers surveyed, . . . — — Map (db m65012) HM
On South Peterboro Street (New York State Route 13) at Rasbach Street (New York State Route 5), on the right when traveling north on South Peterboro Street.