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

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

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Marker name[1] Image Date designated Location City or Town Coords Marker text
1 BAPTIST CHURCH On Nys 30 At Braman Corners Duanesburg, Town Of, New York Society Organized 1800 Uniting Duanesburg & Florida Baptists - 1St Ministers-elders Reuben Mudge, Elnathan Finch Present Edifice Built 1868
2 COUNTY LINE On Co. Rd. N. Of Eaton Crnrs. Schenectady-montgomery Co. Line Duanesburg, Town Of, New York Meeting House Erected Here About 1800 It Was Used By All Denominations Worshiping In The Vicinity.
3 DUANE MANSION Route 7 Duanesburg, Town Of, New York Erected In 1812, By Catherine Livingston Duane, Youngest Daughter Of Hon. James Duane. Grounds Planned By Jacques Ramee, Noted French Artist
4 FIENDS On Nys 7 At Quaker Street Duanesburg, Town Of, New York Meeting House Erected 1807 Near Site Of Original Log Structure 1St Preacher - Ezekiel Tripp Society Organized About 1790
5 FROST HOMESTEAD On Nys 159 At Mariaville Duanesburg, Town Of, New York This House Was Built By James Frost In 1834, Using Reclaimed Portions From The Featherstonhaugh Mansion Built In 1808
6 NEAR SITE OF OLD On Co. Rd. About 2 Miles Southwest Of Mariaville Duanesburg, Town Of, New York Sherburne Tannery Est. By John Sherburne About 1790. After Clearing Land The Business Brought Him Over $100,000
7 OLD MILL SITE On Cline Farm Near Eaton Crnrs. Duanesburg, Town Of, New York Here After Revolution Were Built A Sawmill And Gristmill. Abandoned Later Because Freshets Tore Dams Away
8 OLD SHOP SITE On Cline Farm Near Eaton Crnrs. Duanesburg, Town Of, New York Where Benjamin Cummings Founder Of Cummings Hollow Forged First Circular Saw In America In 1814 For His Schenectady Mill
9 PIONEER BAPTIST On Couynty Rd. About 2 Miles Southwest Of Mariaville Duanesburg, Town Of, New York Of Schenectady County Rev. Elijah Herrick, 1St To Preach In Duanesburg After Service In Revolution. At Charleston Served 50 Years
10 SITE OF At Eaton Corners Duanesburg, Town Of, New York Post Office & Store Established About 1820 By Lemuel Easton And Run For Years. He Brought The Mail Each Saturday On Horseback
11 SOCIETY OF THE REFORMED On Us 20 About 1 Mile West Of Duanesburg Duanesburg, Town Of, New York Presbyterian Church Org. 1795 By Rev. Mckinney, 1St Ministers: Rev. Mcmaster, Wylie, & Ramsay. Present Edifice Built 1836
12 A FORMER LAKE On Co. Rd. About 3/4 Mi. West Of Glenville Glenville, Town Of, New York Just North Of These Gravel Knolls Is The Basin Of A Postglacial Lake. Here Men Of An Arctic Type Once Lived And Hunted
13 A NOTABLE HOME On Nys 5 At Hoffmans Glenville, Town Of, New York Here About 1720 Stood The First House In This Part Of The Valley, Home Of Seven Generations Of The Van Eps Family
14 ABRAHAM GLEN On Mohawk Ave. In Scotia Glenville, Town Of, New York House 1730 Built By Abraham Glen Where King's Highway Left Mohawk River
15 AN EARLY HOTEL On Nys 147 About 1½ Miles N. Of Glenville Center Glenville, Town Of, New York Known As "Upper Nickey's" Built And Kept By Nicholas Van Patten In 18th Century. First Glenville Town Meeting Held Here In 1821
16 CEMENT MILL On Nys 5 Near Schenectady-montgomery Co. Line Glenville, Town Of, New York Here, 1825–45, Stood The Kiln And Mill Of John Van Eps & Sons, Making The First Hydraulic Cement In This Part Of The State
17 CRABB KILL On County Road At Northeast Edge Of Glenville Glenville, Town Of, New York About 1770 Early Settlers Built A Sawmill Here, And Here (1840–1860) Was The Tannery And Shoeshop Of Rockwell Harmon
18 FALL TREE KILL On Co. Rd. About 1¾ Mis. East Of Glenville Glenville, Town Of, New York Named By The First Settler Of The Region. Here, His Primitive Bridge A Fallen Tree, The Red Man Crossed This Stream
19 FIRST CHURCH On County Rd. At Hoffmans Glenville, Town Of, New York In Glenville Built 1785, Here Stood The "Church At The Woestina" (Church In The Wilderness) Removed To Rotterdam 1812
20 FIRST REFORMED On Co. Road At Glenville Glenville, Town Of, New York Dutch Church Of Glenville, Built 1812- 13, Remodeled 1871 Simon I. Van Patten, Architect And Builder
21 GLEN-SANDERS HOUSE, 1713 Intersection Of Mohawk & Sanders Aves., Scotia Glenville, Town Of, New York Built By Capt. Johannes Glen Partly Of Materials In First Mohawk Valley House Built By Alexander Glen, 1655
22 HOFFMANS FERRY On Nys 5 At Hoffmans Glenville, Town Of, New York Here About 1790 Harmanus Vedder Established A Ferry Which Bore His Name Until 1835 When The Ferry Rights Were Bought By J. Hoffman
23 JOSIAS SWART On Nys 5 About 1½ Miles East Of Hoffmans Glenville, Town Of, New York Homestead Called The Sixth Flat Josias Swart, B. 1653, Received A Deed From The Trustees Of Schenectady August 5, 1713.
24 KINAQUARIONES On County Road About 1/2 Mile Northwest Of Hoffmans Glenville, Town Of, New York Site Of Archaic Algonkian Village; Its Corn Pits Yet Remain. Through This Vale Ran A Great And Ancient Path, Trod By Many Races
25 MOHAWK TURNPIKE On Mohawk Ave., Scotia Glenville, Town Of, New York Colonial Highway Westward To St. Johnsville Known As "King's Highway" Military Road 1812
26 PRIMITIVE PATH On Private Road About 1/4 Mile West Of Glenville Glenville, Town Of, New York Here Ran A Great And Well- Beaten Path Used By The Archaic Algonkian And Other Nations, Going Between The Sea Coast And Interior
27 PRIMITIVE PATH On County Road About 1 Mi. Est Of Glenville Glenville, Town Of, New York Here Ran A Great And Well- Beaten Path Used By The Archaic Algonkian And Other Nations, Going Between The Sea Coast And Interior
28 SITE OF On Co. Rd. On Montgomery-schenectady Co. Line About 3/4 Mi. Southwest Of Gr Glenville, Town Of, New York M.e. Church Erected 1823. First Pastor Rev. Roswell Kelly. 1842 Organization Removed To Glenville And A New Brick Church Built
29 THE CAMP, 1755–1812 Intersection Of Balston & Sanders Ave. At Scotia Glenville, Town Of, New York American Armies Camping Ground On Mohawk River Flats West Of Glen- Sanders House
30 TINKER HILL On Nys 5 About 1/4 Mile West Of Hutchinson Glenville, Town Of, New York Site Of Blockhouse Near River Bank, Built By Capt. Turnis Swart. Stockaded And Armed With Field Piece In War Of Revolution
31 VAN VLECK HOME On County Road At Glenville Glenville, Town Of, New York Here, About 1770, Harmanus Van Vleck Cleared A Tract And Built His House In The Dense Forest, Yet Haunt Of The Wolf, Bear And Panther
32 WOLF HOLLOW On Co. Rd. About 1½ Miles North Of Hoffmans Glenville, Town Of, New York A Fault And Displacement Of 1000 Feet In Earth's Surface Rocks. Here, In 1669, The Mohawks Ambushed Their Algonkian Invaders
33 WOLF HOLLOW On Co. Road About 1/2 Mile North Of Hoffmans Glenville, Town Of, New York A Fault And Displacement Of 1000 Feet In Earth's Surface Rocks. Here, In 1669, The Mohawks Ambushed Their Algonkian Invaders
34 ALBANY PATH On Nys 5 At East Limits Of Schenectady Niskayuna, Town Of, New York Ska-nek-ta-de Trail Through Open Pines Wagon, Stagecoach And Military Road, Now State St. And Route 5 To Albany
35 NISKAYUNA DUTCH On Sch'dy. - Troy Rd. About 1/4 Mile East Of Niskayuna Niskayuna, Town Of, New York Reformed Church Erected In 1828 Preceded By An Edifice Built In 1760 - "Gebed Huis," House Of Prayer, First Building, About 1754
36 LIDDLE HOUSE On Nys 7 About 1½ Miles East Of Duanesburg Princetown, Town Of, New York Built 1793 By Robert Liddle, Early Settler Of Duanesburgh, Who Came From New Castleton, Roxburgshire, Scotland
37 BRADT HOUSE On Co. Rd. About 3/4 Mile North Of Rotterdam Rotterdam, Town Of, New York 1735 Early Type Of Dutch Farmhouse. To West Was Woestina (Wilderness)
38 JAN MABIE HOUSE 1670 On Nys 5S About 1/2 Mile E. Of Rotterdam Junction Rotterdam, Town Of, New York Most Westerly Settlement On Groote Vlackte (Great Flats). Built By Daniel Janse Van Antwerpen
39 JAN MABIE HOUSE, 1670 On Nys 5S About 1/2 Mile E. Of Rotterdam Junction Rotterdam, Town Of, New York Oldest House In Mohawk Valley, East Of This Point, Built By Daniel Janse Van Antwerpen, 1670
40 CANADA 1760 At Intersection Of State St. & Washington Ave. Schenectady, City Of, New York Amherst With 6000 Ameri- Cans 4000 British & 200 Boats Marched Via Mohawk &Oswego To Capture Of Montreal Sept. 8, 1760
41 CLINTON'S EXPEDITION At Intersection Of State St. & Washington Ave. Schenectady, City Of, New York June 11, 1779 Left With 1500 Men & 200 Batteaux For Sullivan Campaign Against Iroquois
42 EARLY BRIDGE At End Of Washington Ave. Schenectady, City Of, New York Wooden Suspension Bridge Erected Here 1808 Designed By Theodore Burr. Used By Saratoga Ry., 1832-39. Replaced 1874
43 FREE MASONRY At Intersection Of State St. & Erie Blvd. Schenectady, City Of, New York St. George's Lodge, No.6 F. & A.m. Founded Here 1774 Auspices Of Sir John Johnson, Grand Master, New York Colony
44 RIDE OF SYMON At Intersection Of Front & Church Sts. Schenectady, City Of, New York Schermerhorn On Night Of Feb. 8, 1690. Although Wounded He Rode 20 Miles To Albany Warning Settlers
45 ROBERT SANDERS On Washington Ave. Schenectady, City Of, New York House 1750 Washington Visited Here In 1775 Later Became Schenectady Female Academy
46 SCHENECTADY At City Hall, Jay St. And Liberty St. Schenectady, City Of, New York Settled By Dutch Under Arent Van Curler 1661 Borough 1765 City 1798 County Seat 1808
47 SCHENECTADY At Intersection Of Ferry St. & Union St. Schenectady, City Of, New York Academy Erected On This Corner By Dutch Church 1785 Used By Union College 1796–1804. City Hall 1805-15
48 SITE OF On Mill Lane Between So. Ferry St. & State St. Schenectady, City Of, New York First Mill Built By Sweer Teunsie On Mill Kill 1666. Destroyed By Flood 1673 And Rebuilt. First Industry Of The Mohawk Valley
49 SOUTH SHORE ROAD At Intersection Of State St. & Erie Blvd. Schenectady, City Of, New York Colonial-revolutionary Road To Fort Stanwix And Oswego. Route Of Troops In Five Wars
50 ST. GEORGE'S On Ferry St. Between Union & Front Sts. Schenectady, City Of, New York Church 1762 Organized 1736. Part Of Present Church Built 1759 Used As Barracks During Revolution
51 UNION COLLEGE On Union St. Opposite Nott Terrace Schenectady, City Of, New York Charter Granted 1795 Present North And South College Buildings Erected 1813-14 From Plans By Jacques Ramee
52 YATES HOUSE On Union St. Between Church & Ferry Sts. Schenectady, City Of, New York Reputed Oldest House In City. Typical Early 18Th Century Home Of Abraham Yates

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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.
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