List of New York State Historic Markers in Washington County, New York
Appearance
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 | |
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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 | 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 |
See also
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 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.