List of New York State Historic Markers in Oneida County, New York
Appearance
This is an incomplete list of New York State Historic Markers in Oneida County, New York.[1]
Listings county-wide
[edit]Marker name | Image | Location | City/Town | Coords | Marker text |
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"Stone Church" | Nys 12B In Oriskany Falls | Oriskany Falls, New York | 42°56′24.6″N 75°27′34.9″W / 42.940167°N 75.459694°W | Built 1834 By The Congregational Society Dedication Sermon By Rev. O. Bartholomew, Early Pastor Rev. John Cross | |
Amos Parker | Sallsville-augusta Co., Rd., 1/2 Me. South Of Augusta | Augusta, Town Of, New York | 1762–1842 Tallest Man In American Army. Saved Gen. La Fayette's Life. Present At The Surrender Of Cornwallis. Buried Here. | ||
Augusta, New York | On Nys 26 In Augusta | Augusta, Town Of, New York | Oneida County March 15Th 1798 Formed From The Town Of Whitestown | ||
Augusta Academy | Nys 12B In Oriskany Falls | Oriskany Falls, New York | Founded 1834. Semicircular Stone Building Used Until 1878. Its Unique Design Was A Curiosity. First Teacher Melville Adams. | ||
Augusta Church | On Nys 26 In Augusta | Augusta, Town Of, New York | Organized 2797, By Congregational Society | ||
Cassety Hollow | Nys 12-B & Nys 26 In Oriskany Falls | Oriskany Falls, New York | 42°56′19.9″N 75°27′42.8″W / 42.938861°N 75.461889°W | Settled In 1794 Thomas Cassety, Who Erected A Grist Mill Here. Later Renamed Oriskany Falls | |
Chenago Canal | Nys 26, Oriskany Falls | Oriskany Falls, New York | Authorized 1833. Utica To Binghamton. Completed 1836. 72 Locks In 30 Miles. Abandoned 1876 | ||
Dr. A. Burgoyne | South St. In Knoxboro | Knoxboro, New York | 1737–1824 Buried In This Cemetery. Was Physician At Saratoga Under Gen. Burgoyne, 1777. Lived With Daughter In Augusta. | ||
INDIAN TRAIL | Knoxboro Rd. In Knoxboro | Knoxboro, New York | 42°59′10.7″N 75°31′19.99″W / 42.986306°N 75.5222194°W | Used By Oneida, Tuscarora, Brotherton And Stockbridge Indians As A Channel Of Commerce About 1700. Made Highway Soon After 1800 | |
Knox House | South St. In Knoxboro | Knoxboro, New York | Built 1820 By Gen. J. J. Knox, Pioneer Settler, 1791–1876. Village Of Knoxboro Named In His Honor | ||
Site of | Sallsville-Augusta Co. Rd. 1½ Mis. South Of Augusta | Augusta, Town Of, New York | Log School First In Augusta, Built 1797. Augusta Then Known As Bartlett's Corner. Used As Church And Meeting House | ||
Site of | College St. Rd., 1/2 Mile North Of Oriskany Falls | Oriskany Falls, New York | The Gunn House About 500 Feet From Here Built In 1793. First House In The Town Of Augusta Built By A White Settler. | ||
Site of | West St. In Knoxboro | Knoxboro, New York | Lock Company Organized 2862, By J.c. Knox. High Grade Locks Were Manufactured Here For A Number Of Years. | ||
Union Church | South & East Sts., Knoxboro | Knoxboro, New York | Built 1849 By Methodists And Presbyterians. Lumber Hauled From Old Church Built About 1800 On East Hills. Converted To School 1873. | ||
Utica Clinton | Broad St., Oriskany Falls | Oriskany Falls, New York | Binghamton R.r. Formed 1862. Completed From Utica To Terminate At This Site 1858, Extended South 1871 | ||
Black River Canal | On Nys 12 In Boonville | Boonville, Town Of, New York | Site Of Lock 71, Summit Level; 710 Feet Above Rome; From Here Water Flowed North To St Lawrence, South To Mohawk | ||
Black River Canal | Nys 46 At Entrance To Pixley Falls Park | Boonville, Town Of, New York | Site Of The Once Famous Five Combines-world's Record For Number Of Canal Locks; Canal Has 109 Locks In 35 Miles Of Waterway | ||
Boonville, New York | On Nys 12-D In Boonville | Boonville, Town Of, New York | Settled 1795; Named For Gerrit Boon, Native Leyden, Holland, Agent Of Holland Land Co.; Town Formed 1805; Village Incorporated 1855 | ||
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | So. Side James St., Boonville | Boonville, Town Of, New York | Society Organized 1805 Present Edifice Built 1855–1856 Re-dedication 1955 | ||
OLD FRENCH ROAD | On Nys 12, 1 Mile S.e. Of Boonville | Boonville, Town Of, New York | Built By French Colonists, 1790 On Way To Settle Castorland; First Road To North Country, Following An Iroquois War Trail. | ||
BIRTHPLACE OF | Town Rd. At Babcock Hill | Bridgewater, Town Of, New York | Dr. Stephen Moulton Babcock Inventor Of Babcock Milk Test Scientist, Educator, Friend Benefactor Of Agriculture 1843–1931 | ||
BRIDGEWATER | On Us 20 In Bridgewater | Bridgewater, Town Of, New York | Oneida County March 24Th 1797 Transferred From Chenango County April 4, 1804 | ||
DEERFIELD | Nys 8, 2 Mis. No. Of Nys 5 & 12 | Deerfield, Town Of, New York | Oneida County March 15Th 1798 Formed From The Town Of Schuyler Herkimer County | ||
ARROW | Nys 12, 1 Mi. No. Of Nys 5 | Deerfield, Town Of, New York | 17 Miles Tomb Of Baron Steuben In State Memorial Park Near Remsen | ||
FLOYD | Nys 46 In Floyd | Floyd, Town Of, New York | March 4Th 1796 Named In Honor Of William Floyd, 1734–1821 A Signer Of The Declaration Of Independence | ||
FORESTPORT | River And White Lake Sts. In Forestport | Forestport, Town Of, New York | Town-1869. Village-1903. First Settlement 1795 In 1777 St. Leger's Indians Retreated Through Here Oriskany To Crown Point. | ||
ST. LEGER'S HILL | N. Lake Rd., 5 Mis. East Of Forestport | Forestport, Town Of, New York | 1777 Easterly Over This Route 450 Of St. Leger's Indians Retreated From Oriskany To Crown Point | ||
ELIHU ROOT | Hamilton College Campus, Clinton | Kirkland, Town Of, New York | Secretary Of War Secretary Of State United States Senator Was Born In This Building February 15, 1845 | ||
FIRST GRIST MILL | Nys 412 In Clinton | Kirkland, Town Of, New York | Near This Spot First Grist Mill Was Built In Winter Of 1787. Before This Early Settlers Had To Carry Grist To Whitestown | ||
HAMILTON COLLEGE | Hamilton College Campus, Clinton | Kirkland, Town Of, New York | Founded As Hamilton-oneida Academy, 1793 By The Rev. Samuel Kirkland. Chartered As Hamilton College May 26, 1812. | ||
HAMILTON COLLEGE CHAPEL | Hamilton College Campus, Clinton | Kirkland, Town Of, New York | 1827 An Unusual And Distinctive Three Story Church Desigened By Philip Hooker Of Albany | ||
WASHINGTON TRACT | Nys 233, 1½ Mis. South Of Kirkland | Kirkland, Town Of, New York | These Lands Are Part Of Parcel Of Ground Deeded To Nathaniel Griffin By George Washington And Dewitt Clinton In 1790 | ||
[ARROW] 17 MILES | Nys 49 And Nys 12-C | Marcy, Town Of, New York | Tomb Of Baron Steuben In State Memorial Park Near Remsen | ||
HOME OF | Nys 315, 4 Mis., N.w. Of Waterville | Marshall, Town Of, New York | Brotherton Indians 1783–1850 Among Whom Lived, 1785–1792, Samson Occom Indian Presbyterian Preacher | ||
1ST RELIGIOUS | Nys 5 And Nys 12, New Hartford | New Hartford, Town Of, New York | Society Of The Town Of Whitestown Organized 1791 Church Dedicated Nov. 29, 1797 | ||
A GRIST MILL | Oxford Pl. & Mill St., New Hartford | New Hartford, Town Of, New York | Was Built 350 Feet East Of Here In 1790 By Jedediah Sanger, First Settler And Founder Of New Hartford | ||
JEDEDIAH SANGER | Nys 5 And Nys 12, New Hartford | New Hartford, Town Of, New York | Founded New Hartford In 1788 By Purchasing 1000 Acres Of Land And Settling Here With His Family | ||
BIRTHPLACE OF | Pinnacle Rd., In Sauquoit | Paris, Town Of, New York | [Arrow] Dr. Asa Gray Born November 18, 1810 Died January 30, 1888 World Famous Botanist | ||
BIRTHPLACE OF | Pinnacle Rd., In Sauquoit | Paris, Town Of, New York | [Arrow] Dr. Asa Gray Born November 18, 1810 Died January 30, 1888 World Famous Botanist | ||
METHODIST CHURCH | Mohawk St. At Pinnacle Rd. In Sauquoit | Paris, Town Of, New York | First Sermon Preached In Northern New York 1788 By Elder Freeborn Garretson Within Whitestown Sauquoit Society Formed 1788 First In Conference | ||
ARROW | Nys 8 At Pinnacle Rd., In Sauquoit | Paris, Town Of, New York | 7/8 Mile Birthplace Of Dr. Asa Gray World Famous Botanist | ||
REMSEN | Nys 12-B, Remsen | Remsen, Town Of, New York | 43°19′39″N 75°11′13″W / 43.32750°N 75.18694°W | Oneida County March 15Th 1798 Formed From The Town Os Norway, Herkimer County | |
ARROW | Nys 12-B, Remsen | Remsen, Town Of, New York | Next Turn Right To Tomb Of Baron Steuben In State Memorial Park | ||
ARROW | Fairchild Rd., North Of Hinckley Reservoir | Remsen, Town Of, New York | 1 Mile East Col. Marinus Willett Routed British-tory Force Oct. 30, 1783 Along West Canada Creek; Walter Butler, Tory Leader Was Killed By An Oneida | ||
ARROW | Nys 12 12-B, Remsen | Remsen, Town Of, New York | 4 Miles Tomb Of Baron Steuben In State Memorial Park Near Remsen | ||
1755–1756 | E. Dominick & Bouck Sts. | Rome, City Of, New York | [Arrow] Revolutionary Battlefields And Colonial Fort Sites | ||
1755–1756 | Bouck St. Between E. Whitesboro & E. Dominick Sts. | Rome, City Of, New York | Fort Williams Guarded Upper Mohawk Landing Burned In A Panic By British Gen. Webb | ||
DURING SIEGE OF | E. Bloomfield St. & Harding Blvd. | Rome, City Of, New York | 43°12′39.9″N 75°26′26″W / 43.211083°N 75.44056°W | Fort Stanwix Aug. 1777 Main British Camp Was Between This Point And Bluff To South | |
FORT CRAVEN | E. Whitesboro St. Between Bouck & Mill Sts. | Rome, City Of, New York | Destroyed In British Panic Before Completion Aug. 31, 1756 | ||
FORT NEWPORT | Calvert St. Between Arsenal St. And Brewer Alley | Rome, City Of, New York | A Small Colonial Post Which Guarded Upper Wood Creek Landing Place | ||
HERE PASSED | W. Dominick & Jay Sts. | Rome, City Of, New York | Ancient Carry Passed Southward To Fort Newport And Wood Creek | ||
HERE PASSED | George And Liberty Sts. | Rome, City Of, New York | From East To West The Ancient Carry From The Mohawk To Wood Creek | ||
INLAND CANAL | So. James & E. Whitesboro Sts. | Rome, City Of, New York | Begun 1792 And Second Erie Canal Completed 1844 | ||
OLD BLACK RIVER CANAL | Black R. Blvd. & E. Whitesboro St. | Rome, City Of, New York | Building 1836–1855; Connected Mohawk Valley With Black River Country; Opening Up 90 Miles Navigable Waterway; Joined Erie Canal Here. | ||
ROME | No. James & W. Park Sts. | Rome, City Of, New York | March 4Th 1796 Formed From The Town Of Steuben | ||
SITE OF | W. Dominick St. Between Arsenal & Jay Sts. | Rome, City Of, New York | U.s. Arsenal Maintained During War Of 1812 And Subsequently | ||
THE CENTRAL N.Y. | On Nys 26 | Rome, City Of, New York | School For The Deaf Founded Jan. 27, 1875 By Alphonso Johnson, Thomas Gallaudet And Rome Citizens | ||
ARROW | W. Dominick St. & Arsenal Sts. | Rome, City Of, New York | One Block To Site Of Fort Newport And Wood Creek Landing | ||
ARROW | E. Dominick St. Between James And Spring Sts. | Rome, City Of, New York | Historic Elm This Elm Was A Sapling Growing On The Southwest Bastion Of Fort Stanwix In 1804 | ||
ARROW | Nys 69 At Oriskany Battlefield | Rome, City Of, New York | Lower Landing And Oriskany Battlefield | ||
ARROW | Mill And E, Whitesboro Sts. | Rome, City Of, New York | Fort Stanwix And Revolutionary Skirmishes | ||
NORWEST 35 RODS | Nys 46, 2 Mis. N. Of Rome | Rome, Town Of, New York | Jesse Williams In 1851 Inaugurated The Cheese Factory System Thus Revolutionizing Dairying | ||
ORISKANY | Nys 69 At Oriskany Battlefield | Rome, Town Of, New York | Battlefield 1777 Public Welcome | ||
ARROW | Nys 46 North Of Rome | Rome, Town Of, New York | 20 Miles Tomb Of Baron Steuben In State Memorial Park Near Remsen | ||
BIRTHPLACE OF | Nys 12 In Waterville | Sangerfield, Town Of, New York | George Eastman Inventor Of Kodak Born July 12, 1854 Died In Rochester March 14, 1932 | ||
PROPERTY LINE | Nys 12 North Of Waterville | Sangerfield, Town Of, New York | Western Boundary Of Civilization Fixed By Fort Stanwix Treaty Nov. 5, 1768. Witnessed By Sir William Johnson | ||
SANGERFIELD | Nys 12 At Town Line | Sangerfield, Town Of, New York | Oneida County March 15Th 1795 Transferred From Chenango County April 4Th 1804. | ||
300 FEET WEST | Co. Rd., 1 Mi. W. Of Remsen | Steuben, Town Of, New York | Site Of Home Robert Everett (1791–1875) Anti-slavery Reformer Minister Chapel Ucha 37 Years Editor "Cenhadwr" (Welsh) 35 Years | ||
BARON STEUBEN | At Baron Steuben Memorial | Steuben, Town Of, New York | Instector General Of Army Major General In Revolution Citizen Of United States And New York State | ||
BURIAL PLACE | In Field 1/4 Mi. N. Of Co. Rd., 2 Mis. E. Of Steuben | Steuben, Town Of, New York | Of Samuel Sizer, Abigail Sizer, Asa Sizer And Abigail Tyler Mitchell, The Mother Of Abigail Sizer | ||
CAPEL ISAF OR | Co. Rd., 1 Mi. W. Of Remsen | Steuben, Town Of, New York | Second Baptist Church Once Located Here Cared For The Grave Of Baron Steuben For Ninety-five Years (1804–1899) | ||
CAPT. SIMEIN WOODRUFF | Co. Rd., 1/2 Mi. W. Of Remsen | Steuben, Town Of, New York | Circumnavigated Globe With Capt. Cook. Leased This Farm May 26, 1791 From Baron Steuben Buried Capel Ucha Cemetery | ||
EENEZER WEEKS | Co. Rd., 1/2 Mi. W. Of Remsen | Steuben, Town Of, New York | Settled Here 1791 Buried In Adjoining Meadow Built Bake Oven And Did Coopering For Baron Steuben | ||
FIRST GRAVE | Co. Rd. W. Of Baron Steuben Memorial | Steuben, Town Of, New York | Of Baron Steuben Near This Spot By His Own Wish He Was Buried Wrapped In His Military Cloak In An Unmarked Grave | ||
FRIEDRICH WILHELM | At Baron Steuben Memorial | Steuben, Town Of, New York | Baron Von Steuben Born September 17, 1730 Magdeburg, Germany Died Here November 28, 1794 Erection Completed 1872 | ||
FULLER FARM | Co. Rd., 1 Mi. W. Of Remsen | Steuben, Town Of, New York | Acquired 1793 From Baron Steuben By Capt. Simeon Fuller, B. 1761-D. 1852 Held By Him And His Descendants To The Present Day | ||
GERMAN-AMERICAN | At Baron Steuben Memorial | Steuben, Town Of, New York | Organizations Assisted By State Of New York Erected This Tomb In Honor Of Their Great Fellow Countryman | ||
SACRED GROVE | At Baron Steuben Memorial | Steuben, Town Of, New York | Is The Name Given In 1804 To These Woods Hallowed By Associations With Baron Steuben, The American Patriot | ||
SAMUEL SIZER | Co. Rd. 2 Mis. E. Of Steuben | Steuben, Town Of, New York | First Settler On Steuben Grant, 1787. Farm Manager For Baron Steuben Burial Place In Meadow 80 Rods North Of This Marker | ||
SAW-MILL | Nr. Creek, No. Of Fuller Rd. | Steuben, Town Of, New York | Of Baron Steuben Built 1790 Near This Spot Remains Of Dam Visible | ||
STARR HILL | Co. Rd.1 Mi. W. Of Baron Steuben Memorial | Steuben, Town Of, New York | Named For David Starr Captain In Continental Army Friend And Neighbor Of Baron Steuben Settled Here 1791 | ||
STEUBEN GRANT | Co. Rd. W. Of Baron Steuben Memorial | Steuben, Town Of, New York | Of 16,000 Acres By The State Of New York, June 27, 1786 For Service In The Revolution He Cleared Sixty Acres Near Here For Home Site (1788–1793) | ||
STEUBEN STATE | At Baron Steuben Memorial | Steuben, Town Of, New York | Memorial Park Dedicated September 12, 1931 By Franklin D. Roosevelt, Governor Of New York | ||
STEUBEN STATE | At Baron Steuben Memorial | Steuben, Town Of, New York | Memorial Park Included Fifty Acres Given In 1804 By Col. Benj. Walker, Friend And Aide Of Steuben, To Second Baptist Church | ||
THIS MONUMENT | At Baron Steuben Memorial | Steuben, Town Of, New York | Covers The Remains Of Baron Steuben Governor Horatio Seymour Laid Cornerstone June 1, 1870 Erection Completed 1872 | ||
THIS PARK | At Baron Steuben Memorial | Steuben, Town Of, New York | Was Created In Memory Of Friedrich Wilhelm Baron Steuben, Major General In The War For Independence | ||
TOWN OF STEUBEN | Nys 46-A In Steuben | Steuben, Town Of, New York | Formed April 10, 1792 Named In Honor Of Baron Steuben Originally Extended To North Bounds Of The State | ||
WELSH IMMIGRANTS | Co. Rd., 1/2 Mi. W. Of Remsen | Steuben, Town Of, New York | Beginning 1795 Cleared And Settled Greater Part Of Steuben Grant. Built First Church Here 1804. | ||
ARROW | Co. Rd. From Steuben & Remsen | Steuben, Town Of, New York | 2 Miles Tomb Of Baron Steuben In State Memorial Park | ||
CINCINNATI CREEK | Nys 28, 2 Mis. S. E. Of Trenton | Trenton, Town Of, New York | Named By Baron Steuben To Commemorate The Society Of The Cincinnati Which He Helped To Found In 1783 | ||
TRENTON | Nys 12 In Barneveld | Trenton, Town Of, New York | Oneida County March 24, 1797 Formed From The Town Of Schuyler, Herkimer County | ||
BAGG'S TAVERN | Genesee And Main St. | Utica, City Of, New York | Originally A Log House Founded 1794 By Moses Bagg Washington, La Fayette Henry Clay & Gen. Grant Were Guests Here | ||
ARROW | Fuller Rd @ Nys 274 | Town of Remsen, New York | 2 Mi Tomb Of Baron Steuben In State Memorial Park Near Remsen | ||
[ARROW] 17 MILES | Nys 5 E. Of Nys 8 & 12 | Utica, City Of, New York | Tomb Of Baron Steuben In State Memorial Park Near Remsen | ||
MISSION CHURCH | Seneca Ave. Between Verona And Sconon Dora Sts. In Vernon | Vernon, Town Of, New York | Of The Oneidas Built By Rev. Eleazer Williams 1818 Moved In 1842 From Oneida Castle By Unitarians. Vernon Town Hall Since 1892. | ||
ONEIDA CASTLE | Nys 5 In Oneida Castle Village | Vernon, Town Of, New York | Chief Village Of Oneida Tribe Of Indians Members Of Iroquois Confederacy | ||
ROYAL | Nys 13 In Sylvan Beach | Verona, Town Of, New York | Blockhouse 60 Rods East Of This Point Stood Fort Erected By British In 1759 | ||
STARK'S LANDING | Nys 46 In Higinsville | Verona, Town Of, New York | Javez Hough Stark, Pioneer Built 1St Presbyterian Church, Seneca Falls 1807. Came Here 1821; Built House Across Canal 1823-5. | ||
WESTERN | Nys 46 Near School In Westernville | Western, Town Of, New York | Oneida County March 10, 1797 Formed From The Town Of Steuben | ||
ARROW | Nys 46 & 46-A In Frenchville | Western, Town Of, New York | 11 Miles Tomb Of Baron Steuben In State Memorial Park Near Remsen | ||
BIRTHPLACE OF | Co. Rd. In Westmoreland | Westmoreland, Town Of, New York | Samuel Eels 1810–1842 Who In 1832 Founded The Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity At Hamilton College | ||
1ST PRESBYTERIAN | Elm And Main Sts., Whitesboro | Whitestown, Town Of, New York | Church Of Whitesboro Organized April 1, 1793 Bethuel Dodd, 1St Pastor | ||
ENGLISH HOME | Nys 69 In Yorkville | Whitestown, Town Of, New York | Built 1792. Birthplace Of Henry Inman, 1801-46 Artist Who Excelled In Portraits, Landscapes And Miniatures | ||
HERE STOOD THE HOME OF | Dexter Ave. Between Graham And Utica Sts. In Oriskany | Whitestown, Town Of, New York | Colonel Gerrit G. Lansing Officer In Cont. Army Who Purchased Land Whereon Oriskanyt Was Founded 1902 | ||
SITE OF | Nys 69 In Oriskany | Whitestown, Town Of, New York | Woolen Mill Erected In 1810 Believed To Be The 1St In America To Manufacture Fabrics From Raw Material | ||
TOWN HALL | In Front Of Town Hall, Whitesboro | Whitestown, Town Of, New York | Erectd 1807 Early Co. Court House Presented To Whitestown By Hon. Philo White 1860 | ||
WHITESTOWN | Main St. & Victor Pkwy., Whitesboro | Whitestown, Town Of, New York | March 7Th 1788 Named In Honor Of Judge Hugh White A First Settler May 1784 |
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]- ^ "New York State Historic Markers". New York State Historic Markers. New York Museum. 2009-07-15. Archived from the original on 2013-03-24.