List of New York State Historic Markers in Tompkins County, New York
Appearance
This is an incomplete list of New York State Historic Markers in Tompkins County, New York.[1]
Listings county-wide
Marker name[1] | Image | Date designated | Location | City or Town | Coords | Marker text | |
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1 | 1ST TOWN MEETING | On Nys 79 About 1/2 Mile West Of Slaterville Springs | Caroline, Town Of, New York | Held Here In Bush Taven, Made Of Hewn Logs; April 1811 William Rounsvell, Supervisor Capt. Levi Slater, Town Clerk | |||
2 | BLAIR HOMESTEAD | On Town Rd. About 2 Miles N. Of Speedsville | Caroline, Town Of, New York | Birthplace Of Austin Blair Civil War Governor Of Michigan Son Of George Blair Pioneer Settler 1809 | |||
3 | CABIN SITE | On Nys 79 At Caroline | Caroline, Town Of, New York | Cabin Built By Maria Earsley, 1794, For Home. First Settler In Caroline. First Trip From Roxbury, N.j. On Horseback With Son, John | |||
4 | CAMPING GROUND | On Nys 79 About 3/4 Mile W. Of Slaterville Springs | Caroline, Town Of, New York | Chief Wheelock Oneida Indian Killed In Action War Of 1812 | |||
5 | DEERLICKS | On Nys 330 About 2 Miles East Of Brooktondale | Caroline, Town Of, New York | On '76 Road Extension Indians And Early Settlers Here Obtained Their Salt '76 Road Built By Augustine Boyer, 1804 | |||
6 | DUTCH REFORMED | On Nys 79 About 1 Mile W. Of Slaterville Spgs. | Caroline, Town Of, New York | Church Site-cemetery-1820 First Church In Caroline Built 1820-Organized 1810 By The First Dominie Rev. Garret Mandeville | |||
7 | HOME OF | On Nys 79 At Caroline | Caroline, Town Of, New York | Nathaniel Tobey Who Emigrated From Bristol Co., Mass. Built Many New England Style Homes Here, 1810 | |||
8 | OLD GENUNG FARM | On Nys 79 About 2¼ Miles West Of Slaterville Spgs. | Caroline, Town Of, New York | Lot 93 Was Cleared By Moses And Benjamin Genung, Brothers, New Jersey Rev. Soldiers. Cabin Built In 1800. Owned By Family 125 Yrs. | |||
9 | OLD RICH TAVERN | On Nys 79 About 1/2 Mile East Of Caroline | Caroline, Town Of, New York | Built And Conducted By Captain David Rich Who Emigrated Here From Vermont 1795. Also Site Of Capt. Rich's Log Cabin | |||
10 | OLD TOBEY TAVERN | On Nys 79 About 1/2 Mile W. Of Caroline | Caroline, Town Of, New York | Built 1808. Inn Keepers, George Vickory And Nathaniel Tobey. Once Tobeytown. Now Village Of Caroline | |||
11 | QUICK HOMESTEAD | On Nys 330 About 2½ Miles East Of Brooktondale | Caroline, Town Of, New York | Built In 1823 By Henry Quick And Wife Sally Earsley, Who Came With First Settler From Roxbury (Montclair) New Jersey, 1794 | |||
12 | SETTLERS CABIN | On Nys 79, Slaterville Spgs. | Caroline, Town Of, New York | Built By Benoni Mulks Near Spring 1798–1801 Original Fireplace Stand- Ing. Boyceville's First Settlement | |||
13 | SITE OF | On Nys 79 About 1½ Miles W. Of Caroline | Caroline, Town Of, New York | Speed Blockhouse Built 1806 Of Squared Logs By John James Speed. Post Office Here 1806 Called Speedsville. Catskill Turnpike From Catskill To Bath, 1804 | |||
14 | SLATERVILLE | On Nys 79 At Slaterville Spgs. | Caroline, Town Of, New York | Magnetic Mineral Springs Discovered In Valley By Dr. William C. Gallagher Who Sunk The 1St Artesian Well Here In 1871 | |||
15 | SOUTH ENTRANCE TO | On Co. Rd. About 1 Mile East Of Slaterville Springs | Caroline, Town Of, New York | "Six Hundred Forest" Gorge Of Upper Six Mile Creek. Site Of Old "Bottom Mill", Sawmill Built 1808 | |||
16 | SPEEDSVILLE | On Co. Rd. At Speedsville | Caroline, Town Of, New York | Commons Incorporated State Park, 1858 Laban Jenks Early Settler Built House In 1819 (On Co. Rd. At Speedsville) | |||
17 | SPRINGFARM | On Co. Rd. About 3/4 Mile South Of Caroline | Caroline, Town Of, New York | Old Plantation Home Of Dr. Joseph Speed, Virginia Pioneer, 1805. Level Green Road Caroline Once Called Spencer | |||
18 | WEST OWEGO CREEK, N.W. | On Co. Rd. About 2½ Miles East Of Slaterville Springs | Caroline, Town Of, New York | Boundary "Boston Purchase" 230,400 Acres Of Indian Land Ceded By New York To Mass. 1787, To Settle Boundary Dispute | |||
19 | ARROW | On Co. Rd. About 2 Miles South Of Ellis | Caroline, Town Of, New York | Slave Burying Ground 45 Rods East Of This Point In Edge Of Woods Are Buries 14 Slaves Owned By Residents Of Town Of Caroline | |||
20 | NEW JERUSALEM | On Nys 96 About 1 Mile Southeast Of Danby | Danby, Town Of, New York | Church Site Organized 1816, Built 1824 Founded By Dr. Lewis Beers Physician, Pastor, Justice And Pioneer Settler, 1797 | |||
21 | THIS WAS THE | On Nys 96 At Danby | Danby, Town Of, New York | First Church In The Town Of Danby Organized 1807 Erected 1813 | |||
22 | 1ST BAPTIST CHURCH | On Co. Rd. At Etna | Dryden, Town Of, New York | Dryden, 1830. Organized 1804 1St Church Built, 1807 Rev. John Lasure, 1St Pastor | |||
23 | BIRTHPLACE OF | On Co. Rd. About 1½ Miles West Of West Dryden | Dryden, Town Of, New York | William R. "Daddy" George 1866–1936 Founder Of George Junior Republic | |||
24 | BRIDLE ROAD | On Nys 13 About 2¼ Miles West Of Dryden | Dryden, Town Of, New York | Virgil To Ithaca 1795 Built By Joseph Chaplin Dryden Center House Built By Benj. Aldrich Town Meetings Held Here | |||
25 | CHARLES W. SANDERS | On Town Rd. At Peruville | Dryden, Town Of, New York | 1805–1889 Author Of School Books Resided In West Dryden And Completed His "First Speller" Here | |||
26 | FIRST ROAD | On Co. Rd. At Malloryville | Dryden, Town Of, New York | In Tompkins County From East. Used By Many Early Settlers. Started By Joseph Chaplin; Contractor, May 5, 1792. Completed In 1795 | |||
27 | FIRST ROAD | On Nys 13 About 4 Miles Northeast Of Dryden | Dryden, Town Of, New York | In Tompkins County From East. Used By Many Early Settlers. Started By Joseph Chaplin; Contractor, May 5, 1792. Completed In 1795 | |||
28 | INDIAN CAMP | On Co. Rd. About 2 Miles Southeast Of Dryden | Dryden, Town Of, New York | Hunting And Fishing Grounds On Dryden Lake. Arrows, Sinkers And Flints Abound In Great Numbers | |||
29 | JOHN MILLER | On Co. Rd. About 3 Miles South Of Willow Glen | Dryden, Town Of, New York | First Governor Of North Dakota Born Here In Town Of Dryden Inaugurated 1889 | |||
30 | MALLORYVILLE | On Co. Rd. At Malloryville | Dryden, Town Of, New York | Settled By Samuel Mallory In 1826 Who Operated Here Chair And Cloth Factories. Once Site Of Howe And Watson And Wade Cooperages | |||
31 | MALLORYVILLE | On Co. Rd. At Malloryville | Dryden, Town Of, New York | About 1845 William Trapp Here Invented The First Successful Barrel-making Machine. Hamlet Later Became Cooperage Center | |||
32 | ONE MILE EAST ON HILL LOG CABIN | On Co. Rd. About 4 Miles S. Of Willow Glen | Dryden, Town Of, New York | Site Of Birthplace John Mc Graw, 1815–1877. Donor Mc Graw Hall, Cornell University Father Of Jennie Mc Graw Fiske, Cornell Benefactress | |||
33 | UNDERGROUND | On Town Rd. At Etna | Dryden, Town Of, New York | Railroad Home Of Hananiah Wilcox And Wife Nancy Ann Price Who Sheltered And Assisted Fugitive Slaves On Way To Canada | |||
34 | UNDERGROUND | On Town Rd. About 1/2 Mile West Of Etna | Dryden, Town Of, New York | Railroad Home Of William Hanford And Wife Altha C. Todd, Who Sheltered Fugitive Slaves On Way To Canada And Freedom | |||
35 | ARROW | On Co. Rd. About 3/4 Mile West Of West Dryden | Dryden, Town Of, New York | Wagonshed William R. George Conceived Of The Junior Republic Here. The Youthful Village Whose Motto Is "Nothing Without Labor" Was Founded July 10, 1895 | |||
36 | APPLEGATE TAVERN | On Nys 79 About 5 Mis. W. Of Ithaca | Enfield, Town Of, New York | Built By John Appelgate, 1807. Settled In Town 1805. 1St Schoolhouse In Town N. Of Tavern, Erected 1809 Applegate's Corners | |||
37 | INDIAN SITE | On Town Rd. Along Schuyler-tompkins Co. Line About 1 Mi. N. Nys 79 | Enfield, Town Of, New York | Early Iroquoian Village Arrows, Cracked Bones, Beads, Cooking Stones, Flint, Pieces Of Iroquoian Pottery Found | |||
38 | INDIAN VILLAGE | On Town Rd. Along Schuyler-tompkins Co. Line About 2 Mi. N. Nys 79 | Enfield, Town Of, New York | Circular Palisade Around Pond. Wall South From Gate Immense Early Iroquoian Site Here The Indians Obtained Clay For Pottery | |||
39 | VAN DORN | On Nys 79 About 4 Mis. W. Of Ithaca | Enfield, Town Of, New York | Tavern Site Built By Peter Van Dorn A Catskill Turnpike Milestone Stood At Van Dorn's Corners | |||
40 | WALLENBECK INN | On Town Rd. Along Schuyler-tompkins Co. Line About 1 Mi. S. Nys 79 | Enfield, Town Of, New York | Route Of Catskill Turnpike First Road Built In Town. Old Post Road And Stage Route Used From Mecklenburg To Kirby's, 1826 | |||
41 | CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH | On Co. Rd. At West Groton | Groton, Town Of, New York | Organized 1816, Built 1832 First Service May 3, 1833 Centennial July 16, 1916 West Gronton, N.y. | |||
42 | CUMMINGS HOME | On Co. Rd. About 2 Mis. S. Of Summer Hill | Groton, Town Of, New York | Gurdon Cummings And Wife Abigail Pettis From Mansfield, Conn., Settled Here In 1810. Owned And Occupied By Four Generations Of Cummings. | |||
43 | ELM TREE INN | On County Rd. At Mclean | Groton, Town Of, New York | Site Of 1St Log Tavern In Mc Lean Built By Amasa Cobb, 1796. Giant Elm Was Native Forest Sapling When Tavern Was Built | |||
44 | INDIAN VILLAGE | On Nys 38 About 3 Mis. S. Of Groton | Groton, Town Of, New York | Favorite Hunting Ground Of Cayuga Indians And Other Local Tribes Near Owasco Creek | |||
45 | OLD BAPTIST | On Co. Rd. At Mclean | Groton, Town Of, New York | Church-1828 Founder Rev. Benj. Whipple 1St Pastor Rev. P.l. Platt Meetings Held Since 1805 | |||
46 | OLD EAST GROTON | On Nys 222 About 2 Mis. E. Of Groton | Groton, Town Of, New York | Cemetery And 1St Church Known As E. Congregational. Org. 1805. Site At Stickles Corners. Built Of Logs 1810 1St Pastor, Joshua Land, 1809 | |||
47 | OLD MILL SITE | On Nys 222 At Lafayette | Groton, Town Of, New York | Lafayette Gristmill Built By George Fish, 1818 Named Same Day General Marquis De Lafayette Visited Auburn, 1825 | |||
48 | SYLVESTER PENNOYER | On Nys 38 At Groton | Groton, Town Of, New York | 1831–1902 Born Here; Gov. Of Oregon 1886-94 Mayor City Of Portland, Oregon, 1896; Owner And Editor Oregon Herald, 1868–71 | |||
49 | CAYUGA INDIAN | On Columbia St. | Ithaca, City Of, New York | Winter Quarters Located On Exposed Flatlands Of This Gorge Below Wells Falls | |||
50 | END OF TURNPIKE | At Intersection Of Aurora St. & Railroad Ave. | Ithaca, City Of, New York | West To Old Boat Landing East Through Lansing "Enterprise" First Steamboat Launched On Lake 1820 Round Trip Two Days | |||
51 | OLD HOMESTEAD | On Parker Place | Ithaca, City Of, New York | Rev. Dr. Samuel Parker And Marcus Whiteman, Planned Here In 1833 Journey Which Saved Oregon To The Union. Indian Cemetery On Estate | |||
52 | OLDEST HOUSE | On Linn St. | Ithaca, City Of, New York | In Tompkins County, Built About 1800 By Abram Markle, Sold To Simeon De Witt And Used As Initial Point Of Survey For Early Turnpikes | |||
53 | ORIGINAL LANE | On East Buffalo St. | Ithaca, City Of, New York | Used By First Settlers: Yaple And Dumond Near State St.; Hennepaw On Cascadilla Creek | |||
54 | OWEGO-ITHACA | On Nys 96, S End Ithaca | Ithaca, City Of, New York | Turnpike, 1811–1841 R.r. Inc. 1828, Opened 1834 2Nd R.r. Chartered In State Inclined Plane 480 Ft. East | |||
55 | SIMEON DE WITT | On Dewitt Place | Ithaca, City Of, New York | Home Site And Burial Place 1756–1834 Surveyor Gen. Of N.y. State. Remains Removed To Albany Rural Cemetery 1854 | |||
56 | FIRST COURT HOUSE | 1932 | On Court St. | Ithaca, City Of, New York | Site of First Court House. A Primitive Hall Of Justice Built Of Wood In 1818. Erection Prevented Tompkins Co. Being Reannexed To Seneca And Cayuga Counties. | ||
57 | TOLLGATE HOUSE | On Nys 34 At N. Bank Of Fall Creek At Lake St. Bridge | Ithaca, City Of, New York | Once Stood Upon Road And Traffic Passed Through Owego-ithaca Turnpike Surveyed As East Road 1792 On Indian Trails | |||
58 | TURNPIKE | On East State St. | Ithaca, City Of, New York | From Catskill To Bath Ran Originally Through State (Owego) St. Mail To Western Settlements Carried Over This Turnpike | |||
59 | CATSKILL | On Nys 79 About 1/2 Mi. W. Of Ithaca | Ithaca, Town Of, New York | Turnpike Stage Coach Route From Catskill To Bath 1815. Old Post Road & Mail Route Between Watkins & Ithaca | |||
60 | COREORGONEL | On Nys 13 & 34 About 2½ Mis. S.w. Ithaca | Ithaca, Town Of, New York | (Where We Keep Pipe Of Peace) Cayuga Indian Village Iroquois Six Nations Destroyed By Sullivan's Army September 24–25, 1779 | |||
61 | FISHER'S TAVERN | On Nys 13 & 34 About 2 Mis. S.w. Ithaca | Ithaca, Town Of, New York | Jackson's Tavern And Tollgate Sites 3/10 Mile South Irish Hill Road Corduroy Until 1853 Renamed Newfield Road 1903 | |||
62 | LINDERMAN TAVERN | On Nys 79 About 1/2 Mi. W. Of Ithaca | Ithaca, Town Of, New York | Built By Cornelius Linderman Settled In Town 1802 Site Of Log Cabin Panorama Of Cayuga Lake And City Of Ithaca | |||
63 | LUDLOW INN 1795 | On Co. Rd. At Ludlowville | Lansing, Town Of, New York | First Log Tavern, 1792 Log Gristmill, 1795 Built By Maj. Thomas Ludlow Early Settlers—silas, Henry And Thomas Ludlow, 1791 | |||
64 | LUDLOWVILLE-MYERS | On Hgts. W. Of Nys 34B Between Ludlowville & Myers | Lansing, Town Of, New York | Detachment Of Gen. John Sullivan's Army Under Col. Butler Camped On These Heights Sept. 24, 1779. Andrew Myers, Pioneer, 1791 | |||
65 | ROGUES HARBOR INN | At Intersection Of Nys 34 & 34B At South Lansing | Lansing, Town Of, New York | 1830, Built By D.d. Minier Son Of Gen. Abram Minier Who Located In Town 1788 And Lived On Site 1792 Libertyville Now S. Lansing | |||
66 | CONNECTICUT HILL | On Tn. Rd. About 3 Mis. W. Of Trumbull Corners | Newfield, Town Of, New York | Early Called Saxton Hill Highest Elevation (2097.2 Ft) In Tompkins County. Once Owned By State Of Connecticut | |||
67 | CONNECTICUT HILL | On Tn. Rd. About 3 Mis. W. Of Trumbull Corners | Newfield, Town Of, New York | Born Here, July 22, 1855, To Forest Ervay And Wife, Four Children, Known As Ervay Quadruplets; On Exhibition For Several Years | |||
68 | ABNER TREMAN | On Nys 96 At Trumansburg | Ulysses, Town Of, New York | First Settler And Founder Of Trumansburg Built His Log House Near This Spot In 1792 | |||
69 | ALGONKIAN SITE | In Taughannock Falls State Park | Ulysses, Town Of, New York | Indian Village Extending From Mouth Of Creek To Falls | |||
70 | CAMP HOUSE | On Lawn St., Trumansburg | Ulysses, Town Of, New York | Built In 1848 By Herman Camp Colonel Of Cavalry Nigara Frontier War Of 1812 | |||
71 | CAMP SITE | In Taughannock Falls State Pk. | Ulysses, Town Of, New York | Captain Jonathan Woodworth Revolutionary Soldier, Navigator And Surveyor With Exploring Expedition Camped Here In June 1788 | |||
72 | CAYUGA INDIAN | On Tn Rd. About 1/2 Mile West Of Waterbury | Ulysses, Town Of, New York | Fort And Burial Ground Earth Work On North Side Burial Ground Opposite Circular Earth Works S.e. Bluff Supported Palisade | |||
73 | HALSEY HOUSE | On Nys 96 At Halseyville | Ulysses, Town Of, New York | Built 1829 By Nicholl Halsey First Settler & Founder Of Halseyville | |||
74 | OLD COOPER INN | On Nys 96 At Jacksonville | Ulysses, Town Of, New York | Built By Thomas Cooper, 1823 Pioneer Settler, 1799 Ithaca-geneva Turnpike State Coach Route And Post Road, 1811 | |||
75 | SAMUEL WEYBURN | In Taughannock Falls State Pk. | Ulysses, Town Of, New York | Settled Here In 1790 The Hospitality Of His Log Cabin Home Saved Life Of Abner Treman, Rev. Soldier Caught In Blizzard 1793-4 | |||
76 | FIRST METHODIST | 2019 | Corner of Court St. and N. Aurora St. | Ithaca, NY | First Methodist. On May 10, 1819 Simeon Dewitt deeded this site to the First Methodist Episcopal Society to Build a Church. William C. Pomeroy Foundation 2019. | ||
77 | ORIGINAL LANE | 1932 | Corner of Buffalo St. and Terrace Place | Ithaca, NY | Original Lane. Used by first settlers: Yaple and dumond near State St; Nennepaw on Cascadilla Creek. |
See also
- List of New York State Historic Markers
- National Register of Historic Places listings in New York
- List of National Historic Landmarks in New York
References
- ^ 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.