On Taylor Valley Road (County Route 600) 1 mile east of Hawley Woods Road (County Route 159A), on the right when traveling west.
aka Hawley burial ground
Early burials in mid 1820s
and final resting place of
Revolutionary War soldiers
Henry and Jacobus Bush — — Map (db m146731) HM
On Church Street (U.S. 11) at Court Street, on the right when traveling north on Church Street.
In memory of those patriots
now buried in Cortland County
who fought for
the Independence of their Country
in the War of
The American Revolution
Erected by the Tioughnioga Chapter of the
Daughters of the American . . . — — Map (db m116798) WM
On Church Street (U.S. 11) at Court Street, on the left when traveling south on Church Street.
Vietnam Memorial
Dedicated to
Cortland County Veterans
R.I.P.
SGT. R. William Byrnes - U.S.A.
U.T.C.N. John Phillip Vandusen - U.S.N.
SP/5 Ernest Melvin Plattner - U.S.A.
Sgt. John A. Patriarco Jr. - U.S.A.F.
SP/4 Bishop . . . — — Map (db m126623) WM
On Main Street south of Court Street, on the right when traveling south.
Cortland County servicemen
who gave their lives
for their country
Korea
Natalie Arena • Roger L. Brown • David Cashion
Joseph Christmas • John Dalola, Jr. • John F. Favaloro
Richard M. Fitzgerald • Ivan J. Greenwood • Abner C. Hall . . . — — Map (db m126553) HM
On Church Street (U.S. 11) at Court Street, on the left when traveling south on Church Street.
This memorial
has been erected
by a grateful community
to the memory
of our Korean dead
Roger L. Brown • Robert W. Hickman
David J. Cashion • Donald Mayerle
Joseph P. Christmas • Francis P. Odinek
John Dalola, Jr. • Robert Phalen . . . — — Map (db m126622) WM
On Church Street (U.S. 11) at Court Street, on the left when traveling south on Church Street.
In memory of
U.S. Air Force pilot
Lt. James W. Wilson
who sacrificed his life for
the citizens of Cortland
Sept. 6, 1952
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POW/MIA
Freedom . . . — — Map (db m126617) WM
On Port Watson Street (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling west.
Port Watson
Founded by Elkanah Watson
About 1805. Mills, Brewery
Rope Walk. Sent Arks, Rafts
Cargoes to Penna. Absorbed
By Cortland in 1867
— — Map (db m25425) HM
On Homer Avenue (U.S. 11) at West Main Street, on the right when traveling south on Homer Avenue. Reported missing.
Lydia Strowbridge 1830-1904 graduated from the Hygeio Therapeutic Medical College & specialized in diseases of women and children. — — Map (db m154512) HM
On Glen Haven Road, 0.3 miles west of East Lake Road, on the left when traveling north.
Site Of
Glen Haven House which in 1845 was converted into Glen Haven Sanitarium destroyed to protect Syracuse Water supply
State Education Department 1932 — — Map (db m91039)
On Stevens Road, on the left when traveling north.
Dr. James Henry Salisbury
1823. Pioneer in germ theory
research. Invented salisbury
steak to combat illness
in Civil War soldiers. — — Map (db m128005) HM
On U.S. 11 south of Sessions Hill Road, on the left when traveling south.
Painter of four presidents including Abraham Lincoln reading to his cabinet the Emancipation Proclamation. Painting hangs in the U.S. Capitol — — Map (db m221711) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 11) south of Central Park Place, on the right when traveling south.
David Hannum (1822-1891), horse trader and investor in the hoax, "The Cardiff Giant," and on whose life the 1898 novel DAVID HARUM was based, lived in Homer. Portrayed as a horse trader, banker and humanitarian residing in "Homerville," DAVID . . . — — Map (db m141515) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 11) south of Central Park Place, on the right when traveling south.
Military tract deeded by Revolutionary soldiers to first religious society of Homer, 1805, for meeting house and burial ground
This society organized 1799 — — Map (db m141512) HM
On Cayuga Street (New York State Route 90) 0.1 miles west of Main Street (U.S. 11), on the left when traveling west.
Former dry goods merchant established
floral shop and greenhouse here 1892.
Later operated with son Charles H. Arnold,
1879-1953. — — Map (db m207583) HM
On New York State Route 281 south of Clinton Street, on the right when traveling south.
Factory Brook: Home to Cortland's fly fishing ambassador to the world. "I can't help but feel a bit sorry for those who have never fished with a fly rod" Nat'l. Trout Unlimited Pres. 1979 & 80 — — Map (db m226663) HM
Rev. Samuel S. Day 1808-1871
Roenna Clark his wife 1809-1881
Founders of the American Baptist
Telugu Mission India
Mary M. Day their dau. 1839-1915
Missionary in India 32 y'rs.
The Lone Star Mission and their example
of faith . . . — — Map (db m141474) HM
On Route 11 near Hooker Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Lived solo in a lean-to six wintry weeks 1791-1792 subsisting on roots & bark until men returned with provisions from Windsor, NY — — Map (db m227319) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 11) at Albany Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
Purchased by George W. Samson. Temperance advocate & innkeeper, 1850. Operated as public house kept on "strictly temperance principles." — — Map (db m230141) HM
On Broome Street (U.S. 11) at Main Street (New York State Route 221), on the right when traveling north on Broome Street.
Burned rebuilt 1854 3 floor
Seamans Bros owned 1890 to
1920 W F Allen Block burned
1938 built store station
Frost 1985 Antiques 1990 — — Map (db m131028) HM
On Broome Street (U.S. 11) south of Main Street (New York State Route 221), on the left when traveling south.
Founded in 1799 by Abraham
Brink, second settler in
vicinity. An area landmark
and the forerunner of the
present Three Bear Inn. — — Map (db m131026) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 221) west of Cortland Street/Broome Street (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling west.
Dedicated
May 30, 1893,
to the memory
of those who fought
for the preservation
of the Union.
1861 — 1865
Comrades
G.A.R. - F.C. & L. - W.R.C — — Map (db m131032) WM
On Main Street (New York State Route 221) west of Cortland Street/Broome Street (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling west.
Presented to
the First Baptist Church
of
Marathon village,
by
Mrs. D. E. Whitmore,
April 23-1901.
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The Carillon of Bells
is dedicated to
the . . . — — Map (db m131022) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 221) west of Cortland Street/Broome Street (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling west.
Made in Marathon, NY by Climax Company,
erected by Sons of Veterans of the Civil War, 1914
Original pole was 110 feet with arrow weather vane.
*Restored and Rededicated September 8, 2007*
Those who unselfishly gave of their time, talent, . . . — — Map (db m131030) HM
On East Main Street (County Route 221), on the right when traveling east.
Library and 600 Seat Opera
House Constructed May 1894
To May 1895. Willed to the
People of Martathon by Mrs.
Mercena Brink Peck A.D. 1891 — — Map (db m28799) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 221) west of Cortland Street/Broome Street (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling west.
In honor of
the men and women of this community
who served their country during
World War I☆World War II☆Korean War
and
In memory of
those who gave their lives for
God and Country
1917· ·World War I· ·1918 . . . — — Map (db m131048) WM
On West Main Street (New York State Route 41) at Church Street, on the left when traveling east on West Main Street.
Lamont Memorial
Library - Boyhood home of
Daniel S. Lamont
private secretary to President
Cleveland, 1885-89 Secretary
of War, 1893-97. — — Map (db m154501) HM
On West Main Street (Route 43), on the left when traveling east.
In memory of
the men of this community
who made the supreme sacrifice
in World War II
Lecount Phillips • Howard Ayres •
Malcolm Stevens • Ronald Russell •
Donald Kelley • Floyd Douglas. • Francis Willis • Capt. James Bonner — — Map (db m155703) WM
Look for this small, colorful raptor perched on a wire or hovering over a field. Kestrel populations were expanding when much of the northeastern United States was covered with natural grasslands or agricultural fields. During the 20th century, . . . — — Map (db m233709) HM
On U.S. 11 at E Homer-Baltimore Road (County Route 108), on the left when traveling south on U.S. 11.
Tannery and shoe shop, 1810
Post Office 1812-1832
Hotels 1814-24; 1830-56
School 1801 on East Hill
Road ¼ mile E. Brick
Yard 1812. Store 1810 — — Map (db m213882) HM
On Otisco Valley Road (County Route 103) at Wright Road, on the left when traveling south on Otisco Valley Road.
Site of
Old Log Church
M. E. Church organized 1814,
log church built same year
on Gospel and School Acre
and used until the new
church was built in 1824. — — Map (db m154508) HM
On Cold Brook Road at Stevens Road, on the left when traveling north on Cold Brook Road.
1754-1810, sergeant in the Connecticut Line during the American Revolution is buried near here on the former Gillett Family Farm — — Map (db m202383) HM
On New York State Route 41, 0.1 miles North Tower Road (County Route 502), on the right when traveling west.
Came to Cincinnatus 1805
Solon 1819. Built house 1844
legislator, congressman, Major
Gen. NY militia. Dem. Pres.
Elector 1852. Died here 1867 — — Map (db m146612) HM
On New York State Route 26 at Town Line Road, on the right when traveling north on State Route 26.
Town Line Bridge
has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places in 2008
by the United States
Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m154476) HM
In memory of John J. McGraw, born in Truxton April 7, 1873, died Feb. 25, 1934. A great American, one of baseball's immortals dynamic leader of the New York Giants for thirty years — — Map (db m237836) HM
