National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New York

Location of Essex County in New York

List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New York

This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, New York. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a Google map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates". Seven of the properties and districts are further designated National Historic Landmarks and are indicated by light blue color in the table below.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 24, 2012.

Contents: Counties in New York

Albany (Albany) – Allegany – Bronx – Broome – Cattaraugus – Cayuga – Chautauqua – Chemung – Chenango – Clinton – Columbia – Cortland – Delaware – Dutchess – Erie (Buffalo) – Essex – Franklin – Fulton – Genesee – Greene – Hamilton – Herkimer – Jefferson – Kings (Brooklyn) – Lewis – Livingston – Madison – Monroe (Rochester) – Montgomery – Nassau – New York (Manhattan – Below 14th Street, 14th to 59th Streets, 59th to 110th Streets, Above 110th Street, Islands) – Niagara – Oneida – Onondaga (Syracuse) – Ontario – Orange – Orleans – Oswego – Otsego – Putnam – Queens – Rensselaer – Richmond (Staten Island) – Rockland – Saratoga – Schenectady – Schoharie – Schuyler – Seneca – St. Lawrence – Steuben – Suffolk – Sullivan – Tioga – Tompkins – Ulster – Warren – Washington – Wayne – Westchester (New Rochelle, Peekskill, Yonkers) – Wyoming – Yates

Listings county-wide

	Landmark name	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Summary
1	Adirondack Forest Preserve		01966-10-15October 15, 1966	NE New York State 43°58′43″N 74°18′42″W		All of Essex county is in the six million acre (24,000 km²) Adirondack Park.
2	Adirondack Iron and Steel Company		01977-10-05October 5, 1977	Upper Works Rd. 44°04′41″N 74°03′22″W	Tahawus	The remains of the "Upper Works" iron foundry that date back to 1826. Iron from the site was contaminated with titanium, which, together with its isolation, made for an unprofitable venture.
3	Adsit Log House		01992-08-18August 18, 1992	Point Rd. N of Ligonier Pt. 44°25′18″N 73°22′35″W	Willsboro	Built by an American Revolutionary War veteran, one of oldest log cabins in the United States that still exists in its original location
4	Abraham Aiken House		01989-06-08June 8, 1989	NY 22/Lakeshore Rd. 44°20′36″N 73°21′46″W	Willsboro
5	Amherst Avenue Historic District		01989-06-16June 16, 1989	322-340 Amherst Ave. 43°50′38″N 73°25′34″W	Ticonderoga
6	Ausable Club		02005-07-06July 6, 2005	137 Ausable Rd. 44°09′07″N 73°46′51″W	St. Huberts	The 1890 clubhouse of the Adirondack Mountain Reserve, which was formed in 1887 to save 25,000 acres (100 km2) of the Adirondack High Peaks from lumbering. The Reserve once owned most of the High Peaks; it still owns 7,000 acres (28 km2), and provides public access to many high peaks trails.
7	Beer's Bridge		01999-11-12November 12, 1999	Private Rd. off NY 73 over Ausable River 44°10′11″N 73°46′57″W	Keene Valley
8	Black Watch Library		01988-11-15November 15, 1988	161 Montcalm St. 43°50′54″N 73°25′34″W	Ticonderoga
9	Bogie Cottage		01992-11-06November 6, 1992	59 Franklin St. 44°19′30″N 74°07′33″W	Saranac Lake (North Elba)	A 1908, American Craftsman-inspired "cure cottage"
10	John Brown Farm and Gravesite		01972-06-19June 19, 1972	John Brown Rd. 44°14′58″N 73°58′23″W	Lake Placid	The home from 1849, and final resting place, of abolitionist John Brown.
11	H. G. Burleigh House		01988-11-15November 15, 1988	307 Champlain Ave. 43°50′45″N 73°25′27″W	Ticonderoga
12	Camp Dudley Road Historic District		01993-10-21October 21, 1993	Roughly bounded by NY 22, Stacy Br., Lake Champlain and the Westport village line 44°09′15″N 73°25′04″W	Westport
13	Camp Santanoni		01987-04-03April 3, 1987	N of NY 28N 43°59′35″N 74°08′45″W	Newcomb	A 13,000-acre (53 km2) preserve and Adirondack Great Camp established between 1892 and 1905 by Albany banker and businessman Robert C. Pruyn.
14	Central Powerhouse		01995-06-01June 1, 1995	Jct. of Tracy Rd. and New Bed Rd., SE corner, Town of Moriah 44°05′23″N 73°32′13″W	Witherbee
15	Central School		01988-11-15November 15, 1988	324 Champlain Ave. 43°50′40″N 73°25′25″W	Ticonderoga
16	CHAMPLAIN II Shipwreck		01997-09-15September 15, 1997	Address Restricted 44°12′21″N 73°22′39″W	Westport
17	Church of the Nazarene		01973-06-19June 19, 1973	W of Essex on NY 22 44°18′07″N 73°24′07″W	Essex	Built in 1855 as St. John's Episcopal Church, it became the Union Church at Boquet Chapel in 1880, the Church of the Nazarene in 1949 and Foothills Baptist Church in 2005.
18	Clark House (Ticonderoga)		01988-11-15November 15, 1988	331 Montcalm St. 43°50′54″N 73°26′32″W	Ticonderoga
19	Peyton Clark Cottage		01992-11-06November 6, 1992	9 Rockledge Rd. 44°19′48″N 74°07′21″W	Saranac Lake (St. Armand)	A 1915 large, Tudor-style, 2 and 1/2 story "cure cottage" designed by William H. Scopes. The owner was a civil engineer whose wife had tuberculosis.
20	Community Building		01988-11-15November 15, 1988	Montcalm and Champlain Sts. 43°50′54″N 73°26′18″W	Ticonderoga
21	Coulter Cottage		01992-11-06November 6, 1992	34 Shepard Ave. 44°19′32″N 74°07′35″W	Saranac Lake (North Elba)	A two and 1/2 story "cure cottage" designed by William L. Coulter and built between 1897 and 1899 as his residence.
22	Clayton H. Delano House		01988-11-15November 15, 1988	25 Father Jogues Pl. 43°50′50″N 73°25′37″W	Ticonderoga
23	Crandall Marine Railway		02011-05-04May 4, 2011	11 Dry Dock Lane 43°48′27″N 73°26′55″W	Ticonderoga vicinity
24	Delaware & Hudson Railroad Depot		01995-06-01June 1, 1995	Park Pl., Town of Moriah 44°02′33″N 73°27′31″W	Port Henry	Stone 1888 D&H station also used as community meeting place and senior center
25	Denny Cottage		01992-11-06November 6, 1992	76 Bloomingdale Ave. 44°20′24″N 74°07′38″W	Saranac Lake (St. Armand)	A "cure cottage" built about 1910.
26	Double-Span Metal Pratt Truss Bridge		01983-05-20May 20, 1983	AuSable St. 44°30′01″N 73°29′07″W	Keeseville
27	Edgewater Farm		01988-02-17February 17, 1988	470 Point Rd. 44°24′05″N 73°23′04″W	Willsboro Point
28	Essex County Fairgrounds		02005-09-07September 7, 2005	3 Sisco St. 44°11′11″N 73°26′56″W	Westport
29	Essex County Home and Farm		01982-09-23September 23, 1982	SW of Whallonsburg on NY 22 44°15′23″N 73°24′38″W	Whallonsburg
30	Essex Village Historic District		01975-05-28May 28, 1975	Town of Essex and surroundings on W bank of Lake Champlain 44°18′44″N 73°21′10″W	Essex
31	Fallon Cottage Annex		01992-11-06November 6, 1992	31 Franklin St. 44°19′36″N 74°07′34″W	Saranac Lake (North Elba)	A 1901 "cure cottage".
32	Ferris House		01988-11-15November 15, 1988	16 Carillon Rd. 43°50′25″N 73°25′23″W	Ticonderoga
33	First Congregational and Presbyterian Society Church of Westport		01988-12-19December 19, 1988	Main St./CR 10 44°13′50″N 73°27′33″W	Westport
34	First Congregational Church and Cemetery		02005-01-05January 5, 2005	NY 9 at Elizabeth-Lewis Rd. 44°16′40″N 73°34′05″W	Lewis
35	Flat Rock Camp		02006-07-26July 26, 2006	7 Willsboro Point Rd. 44°22′34″N 73°22′14″W	Willsboro	An Adirondack Great Camp
36	Fort Crown Point		01968-11-24November 24, 1968	Crown Point Reservation, SW of Lake Champlain Bridge and NY 8 44°00′21″N 73°25′42″W	Crown Point	A British fort built in 1759 to secure the region against the French.
37	Fort St. Frederic		01966-10-15October 15, 1966	Jct. of NY 8 and 9N 44°01′43″N 73°25′22″W	Crown Point	A French fort started in 1734 to gain control of the New France/Vermont border region in the Lake Champlain Valley. The walls were twelve feet thick and four stories high, with cannons on each level, manned by over a thousand officers and men.
38	Fort Ticonderoga		01966-10-15October 15, 1966	2.5 mi (4.0 km). S of Ticonderoga on NY 22 43°50′00″N 73°23′45″W	Ticonderoga	A large 18th-century fort built by the French starting in 1755 that controlled both commonly used trade routes between the English-controlled Hudson River Valley and the French-controlled Saint Lawrence River Valley. It played a part in the American Revolutionary War.
39	Frazier Bridge		01998-12-17December 17, 1998	Champlain Ave., at Lachute R. 43°51′01″N 73°25′21″W	Ticonderoga
40	Samson Fried Estate		01987-02-26February 26, 1987	NY 74 43°52′32″N 73°42′54″W	Severance
41	Gilligan and Stevens Block		01988-11-15November 15, 1988	115 Montclam St. 43°50′56″N 73°25′30″W	Ticonderoga
42	Hancock House		01988-11-15November 15, 1988	Montcalm and Wicker Sts. 43°50′54″N 73°26′06″W	Ticonderoga
43	Hand-Hale Historic District		01979-03-05March 5, 1979	River and Maple Sts. 44°12′54″N 73°35′19″W	Elizabethtown
44	Highland Park Historic District		01992-11-06November 6, 1992	Roughly, Park Ave. from Military Rd. to 170 Park Ave. 44°20′10″N 74°07′32″W	Saranac Lake (St. Armand)	Seventeen private, single-family homes built between 1896 and 1930; most include "cure cottage" features.
45	Hill Cottage		01992-11-06November 6, 1992	36 Franklin Ave. 44°19′36″N 74°07′32″W	Saranac Lake (Harrietstown)	A 1913 Craftsman-style "cure cottage".
46	Hubbard Hall		01999-01-21January 21, 1999	Court St. 44°12′56″N 73°35′33″W	Elizabethtown	Burned to the ground, 1/2011
47	Hurricane Mountain Fire Observation Station		02007-01-29January 29, 2007	Hurricane Mountain Summit 44°14′06″N 73°42′38″W	Keene	A 35-foot (11 m) fire tower built in 1919 on 3,964-foot (1,208 m) Hurricane Mountain.
48	Ironville Historic District		01974-12-27December 27, 1974	Area surrounding Ironville including Furnace St. and Penfield Pond 43°55′17″N 73°32′07″W	Ironville
49	Keene Valley Library		02000-12-13December 13, 2000	Main St. 44°11′25″N 73°47′11″W	Keene Valley
50	Keeseville Historic District		01983-05-20May 20, 1983	Roughly bounded by Vine, Chesterfield, Clinton, Hill, Pleasant, Front, and Beech Sts. 44°30′16″N 73°28′58″W	Keeseville
51	Kennedy Cottage		01992-11-06November 6, 1992	26 Shepard St. 44°19′37″N 74°07′36″W	Saranac Lake (North Elba)	A 1987 "cure cottage" that was used by the National Vaudeville Artists Philanthropic Association prior to the construction of the Will Rogers Hospital.
52	Lake George Avenue Historic District		01989-06-16June 16, 1989	301-331 Lake George Ave. 43°50′44″N 73°25′43″W	Ticonderoga
53	Lane Cottage		01992-11-06November 6, 1992	4 Rockledge Rd. 44°19′47″N 74°07′22″W	Saranac Lake (North Elba)	A 1923 "cure cottage" built by Edward Shaw for his wife, who had tuberculosis. The Shaws had two young children; fearing that they would contract TB from Mrs. Shaw, a separate house was built for them, nearby.
54	Dr. Henry Leetch House		01992-11-06November 6, 1992	3 Johnson Rd. 44°19′35″N 74°07′14″W	Saranac Lake (North Elba)	A 1932 "cure cottage" designed by William L. Distin for Dr. Henry Leetch, who specialized in treating tuberculosis, and who had the disease himself.
55	Lent Cottage		01992-11-06November 6, 1992	18 Franklin Ave. 44°19′43″N 74°07′33″W	Saranac Lake (North Elba)	An apartment house, built about 1920 as a "cure cottage"
56	Liberty Monument		01989-11-16November 16, 1989	NY 9N at Montcalm St. 43°50′53″N 73°26′07″W	Ticonderoga
57	Marquay Cottage		01992-11-06November 6, 1992	6 Slater St. 44°19′18″N 74°07′20″W	Saranac Lake (North Elba)	A 1914, Queen Anne-style "cure cottage" built of rusticated cast-concrete blocks, with an octagonal corner tower.
58	Marvin Cottage		01992-11-06November 6, 1992	15 Franklin St. 44°19′43″N 74°07′36″W	Saranac Lake (North Elba)	A "cure cottage" built about 1900.
59	Silas B. Moore Gristmill		01988-11-15November 15, 1988	218 Montcalm St. 43°50′53″N 73°25′41″W	Ticonderoga
60	Moriah Town Office Building		01995-05-18May 18, 1995	Cedar St., Town of Moriah 44°02′56″N 73°27′44″W	Port Henry
61	Mount Adams Fire Observation Station		02006-04-12April 12, 2006	Mount Adams 44°04′52″N 74°03′21″W	Newcomb
62	Mount Moriah Presbyterian Church		01995-06-01June 1, 1995	Jct. of Church and S. Main Sts., NW corner, Town of Moriah 44°02′53″N 73°27′39″W	Port Henry
63	Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run		02010-02-04February 4, 2010	200 Bob Run Lane 44°13′11″N 73°55′15″W	Lake Placid
64	New York Central Railroad Adirondack Division Historic District		01993-12-23December 23, 1993	NYCRR Right-of-Way from Remsen to Lake Placid 44°16′34″N 73°59′09″W	NYCRR Right-of-Way	The New York Central Adirondack Line ended in Lake Placid. There are extant stations in Ray Brook and Lake Placid; the Adirondack Scenic Railroad runs a tourist train between Lake Placid and the station in Saranac Lake.
65	Notman Bridge		01999-11-12November 12, 1999	Country Club Rd. over AuSable R. 44°11′29″N 73°47′05″W	Keene Valley
66	NYS Armory		01988-11-15November 15, 1988	315 Champlain Ave. 43°50′42″N 73°25′29″W	Ticonderoga
67	Octagonal Schoolhouse		01973-01-17January 17, 1973	On Rte. 22 in Bouquet 44°18′14″N 73°24′08″W	Essex	An 1827 stone octagonal school building
68	Pad Factory		01988-11-15November 15, 1988	109 Lake George Ave. 43°50′53″N 73°25′39″W	Ticonderoga
69	Partridge Cottage		01992-03-31March 31, 1992	15 South St. 44°19′27″N 74°07′27″W	Saranac Lake (North Elba)	A 1925 Colonial Revival apartment house, with three apartments used as a cure cottages for three families.
70	Pittenger Cottage		01992-11-06November 6, 1992	14 Forest Hill Ave. 44°19′43″N 74°07′19″W	Saranac Lake (North Elba)	A "cure cottage" with five cure porches, built about 1920.
71	Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station		02001-09-23September 23, 2001	Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain 44°23′16″N 73°30′29″W	Chesterfield
72	Port Henry Fire Department Building		01995-06-01June 1, 1995	33 Broad St., Town of Moriah 44°02′56″N 73°27′44″W	Port Henry
73	Ranney Bridge		01999-11-12November 12, 1999	Private Rd. off NY 73 over East Branch of AuSable R. 44°10′55″N 73°47′03″W	Keene Valley
74	Rembrandt Hall		01983-05-20May 20, 1983	Clinton St. 44°30′07″N 73°28′39″W	Keeseville
75	Sheldon-Owens Farm		01993-04-01April 1, 1993	Lake Shore Rd. SE of jct. with Middle and West Rds. 44°20′44″N 73°22′28″W	Willsboro
76	Sherman Free Library		01995-06-01June 1, 1995	4 Church St., Town of Moriah 44°02′51″N 73°27′38″W	Port Henry
77	Slater Bridge		01999-11-12November 12, 1999	East Branch of AuSable R. off St. Hubert's Rd. 44°09′31″N 73°46′40″W	Keene Valley
78	Spitfire (gunboat)		02008-07-24July 24, 2008	Address restricted Coordinates missing	Lake Champlain	Shared with Clinton County
79	Stevenson Cottage		01992-11-06November 6, 1992	Stevenson Ln. 44°19′51″N 74°07′26″W	Saranac Lake (St. Armand)	A "cure cottage" used by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1887.
80	Stone Arch Bridge		01999-11-12November 12, 1999	Main St. over AuSable R. 44°30′19″N 73°28′52″W	Keeseville
81	Stuckman Cottage		01992-11-06November 6, 1992	6 Clinton Ave. 44°19′39″N 74°07′28″W	Saranac Lake (North Elba)	A "cure cottage" built between 1897 and 1900.
82	Swing Bridge		01999-11-12November 12, 1999	Over AuSable R. between Clinton and S. AuSable Sts. 44°30′13″N 73°28′58″W	Keeseville
83	Ticonderoga High School		01988-11-15November 15, 1988	Calkins Pl. 43°50′32″N 73°25′40″W	Ticonderoga
84	Ticonderoga National Bank		01988-11-15November 15, 1988	101 Montcalm St. 43°50′51″N 73°25′26″W	Ticonderoga
85	Ticonderoga Pulp and Paper Company Office		01988-11-15November 15, 1988	Montcalm St. 43°50′55″N 73°25′17″W	Ticonderoga
86	Tomlinson House		01983-05-20May 20, 1983	Kent St. 44°30′10″N 73°28′41″W	Keeseville
87	Trudeau Sanatorium		01995-04-20April 20, 1995	Trudeau Rd. 44°20′31″N 74°07′21″W	Saranac Lake (St. Armand)	A tuberculosis sanitorium established in 1882 by Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau, originally called the Adirondack Cottage Sanatorium.
88	US Post Office-Lake Placid		01988-11-17November 17, 1988	201 Main St. 44°17′07″N 73°59′02″W	Lake Placid
89	US Post Office-Ticonderoga		01989-05-11May 11, 1989	123 Champlain Ave. 43°50′51″N 73°25′26″W	Ticonderoga
90	Van Ornam & Murdock Block		01982-11-14November 14, 1982	Main St. 44°02′54″N 73°27′36″W	Port Henry
91	Walton Bridge		01999-11-12November 12, 1999	Dr. Ray Rd. access over AuSable R. 44°14′41″N 73°47′53″W	Keene
92	Elkanah Watson House		01966-10-15October 15, 1966	3 mi (4.8 km). east of U.S. 9 44°31′30″N 73°24′21″W	Port Kent	Home of Elkanah Watson, Revolutionary-era diplomat, founder of the county fair and early promoter of canals, who occupied it in May, 1828. Designed by Sheldon & Merritt and constructed under the supervision of Watson's son Charles.
93	Wells Memorial Library		02011-05-18May 18, 2011	12230 NY 9N 44°20′17″N 73°46′25″W	Upper Jay
94	Wellscroft		02004-01-28January 28, 2004	158 NY 9N 44°20′37″N 73°46′21″W	Upper Jay
95	Whiteface Veterans Memorial Highway Complex		02008-10-10October 10, 2008	New York State Route 431 44°23′59″N 73°51′49″W	Wilmington	Highest road in state built to honor WWI veterans in late 1920s.
96	Will Rogers Memorial Hospital		01983-09-08September 8, 1983	NY 86 44°18′39″N 74°06′51″W	Saranac Lake (North Elba)	A 100-bed tuberculosis sanitarium for vaudeville performers built by the National Vaudeville Artists in 1930.
97	Willsboro Congregational Church		01984-05-31May 31, 1984	NY 22 44°21′49″N 73°23′35″W	Willsboro
98	The Willsboro School		02010-03-31March 31, 2010	10 Gilliland Lane (formerly 29 School St.) 44°21′53″N 73°23′24″W	Willsboro
99	Wilmington Bridge		01999-11-12November 12, 1999	NY 86 over AuSable R. 44°23′20″N 73°49′04″W	Wilmington
100	Witherbee Memorial Hall		01991-04-22April 22, 1991	Broad St. E of jct. with Office Rd. 44°05′17″N 73°31′41″W	Mineville

Eligible for listing but not listed due to owner objection

	Landmark name	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Summary
1	Delaware & Hudson Railroad Depot - Ticonderoga		01992-04-09April 9, 1992	126 Champlain Avenue 43°50′51″N 73°25′22″W	Ticonderoga	An intact 1913 Prairie-style Railroad Station

See also

• Cure Cottages of Saranac Lake
• National Register of Historic Places listings in New York