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

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

Listings county-wide[edit]

	Marker name^[1]	Image	Date designated	Location	City or Town	Marker text
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	Camp House sign		On Camp 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.
78	R.A. MOOG COMPANY	R.A. Moog sign		East Main St (NYS 96) near corner of Elm in Trumansburg	Ulysses, Town Of, New York	At this site in 1964, innovator Robert Moog developed and produced the first commercial modular synthesizer, changing the course of music history.
79	BAPTIST CHURCH	Baptist Church sign		McLallen St near corner of Bradley in Trumansburg	Ulysses, Town Of, New York	Designed and constructed in 1851 by Daniel Elmore, minister & carpenter. Housed 2nd Baptist Church and Society of Ulysses.
80	HERMANN BIGGS, M.D.	Hermann Biggs sign		Congress St near corner of McLallen in Trumansburg	Ulysses, Town Of, New York	Born here in 1859. Renowned public health leader, preventive medicine pioneer & NYS Health Commissioner. Knighted by the King of Spain.
81	WILLIAM AUSTIN	William Austin sign		Seneca St near corner of Bradley in Trumansburg	Ulysses, Town Of, New York	1832-1909. Edited abolitionist Kansas newspaper. Recruiter & Second Lt. during Civil War. Local Lawyer. Lived here ca. 1869 until his death.