List of New York State Historic Markers in Washington County, New York

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This is an incomplete list of New York State Historic Markers in Washington County, New York.[1]

Listings county-wide[edit]

Marker name[1] Image Date designated Location City or Town Coords Marker text
1 FIRST CHURCH On Nys 40 About 1/2 Mile South Of Argyle Argyle And Manse Of Argyle United Presbyterian Congregation Built In 1792 Near Group Of Trees A Short Distance East Of This Spot.
2 KILMER MILL On Nys 197 At Argyle Argyle Built Short Distance West Of Here Before Revolution. First Settlement In Argyle Village And First Grist Mill Within Forty Miles.
3 SITE OF On Co. Rd. About 1½ Miles East Of South Argyle Argyle Allen House Where Nine People Were Killed By Le Loup's Indians July 1777
4 THE STREET On Nys 40 About 1/2 Mile South Of Argyle Argyle Road Laid Out In 1764 By Grantees Of Argyle Patent. Extended East Seven Miles From Hudson River Bordered By Town Lots Of Settlers
5 CONTINENTAL ROAD On So. Union St., Cambridge Cambridge (Di-on-on-da-wa-ha Trail) Col. Baum's Route From Ft. Miller To Bennington August 14, 1777
6 GREAT NORTHERN At Intersection Of Nys 22 & Nys 313 At Cambridge Cambridge War Trail 1628–1764 Over Which Indians Led New England Captives To Canada During Indian Wars
7 SITE OF On Town Rd. At South End Of Village Of Cambridge Cambridge First Church In Cambridge Patent Building Started 1775 Interrupted By Revolution Completed 1783
8 Buskirk Bridge 2004 Southwest corner of Buskirk Road (Washington County Route 59) and Buskirk-West Hoosick Road Cambridge 42°57′30.6″N 73°26′0.4″W / 42.958500°N 73.433444°W / 42.958500; -73.433444 Buskirk's Red Covered Bridge; Rehabilitated in 2004. Built circa 1850 to replace a previous bridge built in 1804. This crossing served the great Northern Turnpike in 1799.
9 SITE OF On Town Rd. About 2 Miles East Of Center Cambridge Cambridge King's M.e. Church Erected 1823, Named For Fenner King, Leader And Promoter. Destroyed 1897.
10 SITE OF On Academy St. In Cambridge Cambridge Cambridge Washington Academy Incorporated By Regents, 1815 Merged In Union School, 1873
11 FRIEND'S LOG MEETING HOUSE On Town Rd. About 3/4 Mile East Of Easton Easton Surrounded By Burgoyne's Indian Alliews In 1777 But Finding Friends Unarmed Stacked Arms And Attended Meeting Peaceably.
12 BLOCK HOUSE On Island At Kanes Falls Fort Ann Built During Revolutionary War Probably To Protect Sawmill And Water Pipes To Fort Ann
13 BLOCK HOUSE On Co. Rd. At Kanes Falls Fort Ann On Island
14 DEWEY PLACE On Tn. Rd. At Dewey Bridge Fort Ann Built In 1788 By Thaddeus Dewey, Owned By Dewey, White, Collins And Parrish Families. Once An Old Tavern.
15 FORT ANN On Us 4 At Fort Ann Fort Ann "Gateway To North" Here Stood Five Forts 1690–1777 On Route Between Lake Champlain & Hudson River
16 HALF-WAY CREEK On Us 4 At Fort Ann Fort Ann Used In French And Indian & Revolutionary Wars For Transport Of Supplies
17 HOME OF COL. GEORGE WRAY On Tn. Rd. 2 Mi. West Of Ft. Ann Fort Ann Original Manor House Built 1778, Contains Slave Pens. Grave Of Col. Wray In The Orchard.
18 HOME OF COL. GEORGE WRAY On Us 4 At Fort Ann Fort Ann Two Miles West, Built About 1778, Contains Slave Pens.
19 OLD POWDER HOUSE On Co. Rd. To W. Fort Ann In Fort Ann Village Fort Ann Used During French And Indian Wars And Revolutionary War
20 OLD WELL On Charles St. At Fort Ann Fort Ann Used In Fort Site. Built Before Revolutionary War By Queen Anne Of England
21 OLDEST HOUSE On Us 4 At Fort Ann Fort Ann Built Before 1800, Owned Successively By Moore Pike And Shipman Families
22 "THE ISLAND" On Old Fort St. In Ft. Edward Fort Edward Barracks Hospital, Brick-kiln 1755
23 1/4 MILE On Us 4 At Fort Miller Fort Edward Duer House British Headquarters Aug. 14–Sept. 10, 1777
24 BAGLEY'S BRIDGE On Us 4 About 1 Mile South Of Fort Edward Fort Edward (Pontoon Type) Blockhouses Guarded Approaches Built During French And Indian War
25 BLOCKHOUSE On Bridge St., Fort Edward Fort Edward An Outpost Of The Fort Built During French And Indian War
26 FORT EDWARD On Us 4 At S. End Of Ft. Edward Fort Edward 1755 Great Carrying Place Fort Nicholson 1709 Fort Lydius 1731 Fort Lyman 1755
27 FORT EDWARD On Us 4 At N. End Of Ft. Edward Fort Edward 1755 Great Carrying Place Fort Nicholson 1709 Fort Lydius 1731 Fort Lyman 1755
28 GENERAL SCHUYLER'S On Us 4 About 5 Miles South Of Fort Edward Fort Edward Entrenchments Headquarters Of American Army After The Evacuation Of Fort Edward July 1777
29 JANE MC CREA On B'way In Ft. Edward Fort Edward House 1777
30 NEAR HERE STOOD On Bank Of Old Canal Off B'way Between State & Argyle Sts., Ft. Edwd. Fort Edward The Red House, Mentioned In Madame Riedesel's Memoirs Built About 1765
31 NEAR HERE WAS At Intersection Of B'way & Moon Sts., Ft. Edward Fort Edward Northeast Bastion, Part Of Outworks Fort Edward 1755
32 OLD MILITARY ROAD At Intersection Of Case St. & Burgoyne Ave., Ft. Edward Fort Edward Followed The General Direction Of Burgoyne Avenue To Moss Street In Kingsbury
33 ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE On Us 4 At Fort Miller Fort Edward Of The River Fort Miller Built During French And Indian War
34 ON THE WEST BANK On Us 4 About 5 Miles South Of Fort Edward Fort Edward Was The Home Of Colonel John Mc Crea Patriot Brother Of Jane Mc Crea
35 ORIGINAL BURIAL PLACE OF On Us 4 About 2½ Miles South Of Fort Edward Fort Edward Jane Mc Crea July 28, 1777
36 REMAINS OF On Old Fort St. Ft. Edward Fort Edward Old Moat Hospital, Part Of Outworks Fort Edward 1755
37 REVOLUTIONARY On Case St., Ft. Edward Fort Edward Blockhouse Attacked July 27, 1777
38 SITE OF HOME On Town Rd. About 3/4 Mile East Of Fort Miller Fort Edward Judge William Duer Statesman And Patriot
39 STATE ST. BURYING GROUND At Intersection Of State & Notre Dame Sts., Ft. Edward Fort Edward Original Burial Place Of Duncan Campbell Second Burial Place Of Jane Mc Crea
40 THE GRAVE OF On Us 4 Between Fort Edward & Hudson Falls Fort Edward Duncan Campbell & Jane Mc Crea Are Just Within And To The Left Of This Gateway
41 TO THE SITE OF At Intersection Of Old Fort & Montgomery Sts., Ft. Edward Fort Edward Old Ft. Edward Built 1755
42 TO THE SOUTH On Notre Dame St. In Ft. Edward Fort Edward Putnam's Rangers And Provincial Troops Defeated French And Indians After They Had Killed Twelve Men July 23, 1757
43 ERECTED 1784 On Old Rte. Nys 22 In Truthville Granville The First Baptist Church In The Town Of Granville
44 ERECTED 1789 On Nys 149 At S. Granville Granville The First Congregational Church In The Town Of Granville
45 FIRST CHURCH On Nys 22 In Middle Granville Granville In The Town Of Granville Erected In 1782 By The Union Religious Society
46 FRIENDS At Intersection Of State & Notre Dame Sts., Ft. Edward Granville Meeting House Erected 1806 Beside Church Site Of Log School House Of Friends Later A District School
47 FROM THIS PLACE On Co. Rd. At Clarks Mills Greenwich Burgoyne's German Troops Marched To The Battle Of Bennington
48 MC NEAL'S FERRY On Us 4 At Bridge Over Hudson R. At Thomson Greenwich Operated During Revolutionary Days
49 POSITION OF On Tn. Rd. Leading To Abandoned Bridge Over Hudson R., Clarks Mills Greenwich Burgoyne's Bridge Of Boats On Which He Crossed The Hudson
50 POSITION OF On Co. Rd. Between Clarks Mills & Thomson Greenwich General Stark Before Crossing The River
51 SITE OF On Tn. Rd. Leading To Abandoned Bridge Over Hudson R., Clarks Mills Greenwich The British Camp Before Crossing Hudson Later Occupied By General Fellows' Continentals
52 SITE OF On Co. Rd. At Clarks Mills Greenwich Captain Furnival's Battery Commanding Marshall House And River Crossing
53 BROWN'S TAVERN On Nys 40 At S. Hartford Hartford Erected 1802 By Caleb Brown
54 CLINTON GIFT On Co.rd. At Hartford Hartford Gov. Clinton Gave This Land To Baptist Society, 1798, Log Meeting House, 1788 Stood 50 Feet To The South, Church Erected Here, 1805
55 HAWK'S CORNERS On Nys 149 About 4 Miles West Of Hartford Hartford Saville's Tavern Built 1800 M. Bull's Blacksmith Shop 1794, A Town Pound 1794 Higley's Shoe Shop, 1850
56 MILL CREEK On Nys 40 At S. Hartford Hartford Covell's Mills East 1810, Hatch Tannery 100 Ft. South 1800, Scott's Clothing Works And Other Mills Below. Woolen Mill, 1 Mile West, 1836
57 SITE OF On Nys 149 At Hartford Hartford Old Mills I. Norton Built Dam 1814 Down's Clothing Works Woodell Starch Mill 1866 Daicy Cabinet Works 1870 Higby Tannery Below 1818
58 HOME AND LABORATORY On Rte. 29, 2 Miles S.w. Of Salem Salem Dr. Asa Fitch, Jr. 1809–1879 First State Entomologist, 1854-71. Pioneer In Study Of Crop Pests And Their Control
59 A LOG CHURCH On Co. Rd. About 1½ Miles West Of White Creek White Creek Which Stood Here Was Burned By The British Battle Of Walloomsac Aug. 16, 1777
60 GREAT NORTHERN On West Side Of S. Park St. In Cambridge White Creek War Trail C. 1650–1700 Over Which Indians Led New England Captives To Canada During Indian Wars
61 SITE OF On Nys 22 About 4 Miles South Of C White Creek Skirmish Between Hessian Troops & Cambridge Settlers Several Patriots Taken Prisoners, Aug. 15, 1777.
62 SITE OF On Us 22 About 4 Miles South Of Cambridge White Creek British Encampment August 13, 1777 Col. Baum's Forces Camped Here
63 SITE OF On Co. Rd. At White Creek White Creek Union Academy Established In 1810
64 SITE OF On Tn. Rd. At White Creek White Creek "John Allen's Hat Shop" Born 1775 - Died 1855
65 SITE OF On Tn. Rd. At White Creek White Creek Friends Meeting House Erected By Society Of Friends Of White Creek. Preparative Meeting In 1783. Finished In 1785. Larger One Built 1804.
66 SITE OF On Tn. Rd. At Ash Grove White Creek Ash Grove Cemetery And 2D M.e. Church In U.s. Organized 1770 By Irish Methodists Under Thomas Ashton And Philip Embury
67 SITE OF HOME On Co. Rd. About 1 Mile West Of White Creek White Creek John Wood Field Officers Were Voted For Here, May 11, 1776. Also Birthplace John Wood's Son, Jethro Wood, Inventor First Iron Mould Plow (1814)
68 NEAR THIS SPOT On Us 4 At Whitehall Whitehall March 21, 1780, 3 Tories And Many Indians Murdered A Settler And His Wife And Captured Lemma Bartholomew. After His Return He Served As Ensign In Revolution

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  1. ^ a b "New York State Historic Markers". New York State Historic Markers. New York Museum. 2009-07-15. Archived from the original on 2013-03-24.