1754 Homesite
Of Col. James Vanderburgh 5 th Regiment D. C. Militia Friend and Host of Gen. George Washington, Visitor Here During the Revolution
— — Map (db m24881) HM
Along the Old Upper Road
The Mill House
The Mill House built in 1749 by Robert Livingston, leased to Bartholomew Noxon in 1753 to Isaac Dennis in 1781,
later owned by FDR Jr. — — Map (db m24883) HM
On the National Register
of Historic Places
Bloomvale
Early Industrial Center,
Named for Isaac Bloom
(1748-1803), Judge, Miller,
Patriot, Politician — — Map (db m140618) HM
The most heavily traveled road in Colonial America passed through here, linking areas from the Great Lakes to Augusta, Ga. Laid on ancient animal and Native American Trading/Warrior Paths. Indian treaties among the Governors of NY, PA, & VA and the . . . — — Map (db m44473) HM
East Fishkill formed from
Fishkill 1849. Beekman
formed as town 1788. Part of
La Grange off in 1821; and
part of Union Vale in 1827. — — Map (db m235775) HM
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) centered his life on Springwood, the family estate. Whether starting married life with his new bride Eleanor, launching his political career, or recovering from the effects of polio, he always returned here. . . . — — Map (db m83111) HM
A view of Hyde Park Landing from the Professions and Industries in Hyde Park murals in the Hyde Park, New York Post Office painted in 1941 by Olin Dows (1904-1981). Dows, a Rhinebeck native and Vassar-trained artist, became head of . . . — — Map (db m210401) HM
Sturgeon: This fish once abounded in the Hudson River. It was a favorite of the Dutch, at Albany (Beverwyck), and is on that account, called "Albany Beef".
Mr. Lehan lived on River Road at the top of the hill south of Hyde Park Landing. He . . . — — Map (db m210408) HM
“Up to Date in Every Respect”
That was the boast of Sheldon's Pharmacy, across from the railroad station. It had a popular soda fountain, carried souvenirs, published and sold local postcard views like this one, and attracted . . . — — Map (db m140037) HM
A Tribute and a Gift
The Descendants of Isaac and Hannah Thorn(e) have been part of this community since the 1740s, when much of the area was settled by the Society of Friends (Quakers). Isaac's great grandson, Jonathan Thorne . . . — — Map (db m139984) HM
Founding Families
Considered the oldest residence In the village, this house (1750) was known for generations as the Haight family homestead. Owned by Philip Hart, an early entrepreneur, it was purchased in 1795 by Ebenezer Mott, . . . — — Map (db m140231) HM
Irish and Italian Immigrants
Alden Place used to be called "Hogan's Alley" after a news- paper comic strip, begun in 1895, about immigrant children using odd slang. The Irish were the first to settle on Alden Place, having moved . . . — — Map (db m140116) HM
1776 1976
Town of Washington
Village of Millbrook
Celebrate the Bicentennial
200 Years of Freedom
Erected by the Bicentennial Commission
Ernest A. Ciferri, Chairman
William L. Still, Co-Chairman
Robert J. Rogers, Co-Chairman . . . — — Map (db m139867) HM
Welcome to Millbrook
In 1697, when this area was thickly forested and unexplored, nine men formed a partnership and were granted a royal charter to a huge tract of land that stretched from the Hudson River to what would become the . . . — — Map (db m139866) HM
Organized 1823. Named to commemorate pine trees that grew on the plains. Part of Northeast 1788. Part of Little Nine Partners 1706. — — Map (db m135793) HM
As "Queen City of the Hudson River Valley," Poughkeepsie has been a beehive of activity since settlers first established riverfront industries here in the early 1700s. Geography helped fuel the transformation from town to city. The Fall Kill Creek . . . — — Map (db m141937) HM
The Dutch named the Hudson from Crum Elbow (4 miles to the north) to Danskammer Point (9 miles to the south) Lange Rack, which means long reach, because sloop skippers did not have to change the set of their sails on that long, straight . . . — — Map (db m145250) HM
Vibrant immigrant enclaves steeped in old world values and ethnic food are part of the American landscape. However, the locomotive age made Poughkeepsie’s Little Italy, sprouting in the shadow of a train trestle, truly distinct. The neighborhood’s . . . — — Map (db m144742) HM
First Settlers in 1687.
New York State Capitol
1778-1783. Constitution of
The United States Ratified
Here By New York, July 26 1788 — — Map (db m168692) HM
Long before locomotives and automobiles, the Hudson River was like a super highway attracting intrepid explorers, settlers, and businessmen. As such, the area's earliest economic development dotted the lush banks of the waterfront. This is where . . . — — Map (db m140324) HM
Between 1896 and 1921, nearly 4 million Italians immigrated to America's cities. Many settled in the Mount Carmel district near Poughkeepsie's waterfront and worked on the railroads. Today, this neighborhood is called “Poughkeepsie’s Little . . . — — Map (db m145010) HM
Standing witness to the city's stature, this manicured mix of distinctive homes recalls the aspirations of the inventors, industrialists, and civic leaders who called Poughkeepsie home over a century ago. Comprised of four national historic . . . — — Map (db m144741) HM
Speck Zyn Kill
Dutch for "Speck, his stream". Later called Speck 'n Kill and Speckenkill. Speck, an Indian, owned this land.
State Education Department 1935 — — Map (db m37881) HM
In many ways, the city's oldest neighborhood follows the meandering history of Poughkeepsie itself. Starting as a mere footpath that connected the early hilltop settlement to the Union Store on the riverbank, this major artery was officially . . . — — Map (db m144740) HM
Built brick house here before
1797. Was Capt. during
Revolution, Gen. of State
Militia State Senator and
Presidential Elector 1812. — — Map (db m192411) HM
Circa 1760 Stagecoach stop by 1785. Hosted town meetings, 1813, and 1st County Fair, 1817. Now a community center. Sign donated by junior friends — — Map (db m136994) HM
John Fulton, First owner. Deed recorded Oct. 12, 1795.
Has always been in possession of the Fulton family. In Fulton name until 1933. — — Map (db m144662) HM
History This beautiful hill, rising 550 feet above the Hudson River, has a long history. The region was first populated at the end of the last ice age, nearly 10,000 years ago, by bands of roaming hunter-gatherers who gradually established . . . — — Map (db m204987) HM
Some 12,000 years ago, after the glaciers receded and melt waters carved out water courses, a forested river valley formed here. In 1609 Henry Hudson sailed up the Muhheakantuk ("The River that Flows Two Ways") and met the local Algonquian-speaking . . . — — Map (db m146974) HM
On September 27, 1852, Jonathon Russell, the first settler in the Village of Akron, deeded this tract to our village with the provision that it be maintained as a public park, or if it not so maintained, it was to revert to his legal heirs. erected . . . — — Map (db m75080) HM
Henry Bundy, Sr. operated grist and saw mills from 1847 until destroyed by fire in 1877. Rebuilt by sons, Henry, Horace, and Milan as a custom grist mill, it remained in use until it was disassembled in the 1940's. The mill dam, itself, was removed . . . — — Map (db m75204) HM
Throughout the history of the area, Cazenovia Creek has played a vital role in the industry and natural beauty of the Town of Aurora and the Southtowns. Connecting the Town. Aurora, as it is today, would not have existed in the same form had . . . — — Map (db m104158) HM
Grist mill built here ca. 1810
Owned by Griffins family and
later by Yaw bros. Saw mill,
carding mill, fulling mill &
tannery also stood nearby. — — Map (db m164161) HM
Historic Lake Avenue ——·•·—— In 1884 a North Collins man, Heman Blasdell, came to this new developing Lake Avenue community and constructed a four story hotel at a site on the north side of what was at that time a crude . . . — — Map (db m94027) HM
In 1803, Charles Johnson purchased 50 acres of open land in the forest, paying $2.25 per acre. He built the town's first log cabin in 1804 and raised the first frame barn in 1807. Johnson owned another 30 acres containing visible remains of an early . . . — — Map (db m80592) HM
Tallcut Patchin lived here until 1834. He was a man of unusual courage, a dynamic orator, preacher, and founder of the "Patchinite" sect. To establish a Post Office, in 1850, Boston Center was renamed Patchin in his honor. — — Map (db m80589) HM
Horton Hill Bros. John & Truman Horton walked from New Lebanon, NY to Concord. Bought land in 1815 from Holland Land Co. Bought land in Boston 1834. — — Map (db m80635) HM
Town of Brant Memorial Park Originally named Sampton in 1820, Morse's Corners in 1835, and organized as BRANDT on Mar. 25, 1839 after the Mohawk Chief Col. Joseph Brandt. His Indian name, Pha-wan-da-nee-gah, meant "Wood partly burned" or . . . — — Map (db m104240) HM
Anthony Sisti, born Greenwich Village, New York City, 1901, came to Buffalo at the age of ten. Artist by profession, boxer by avocation, prime mover in the development of this city's Allentown district where he maintained his studio and gallery . . . — — Map (db m104032) HM
Early in the morning of December 30, 1813 over 1,000 British troops landed near the foot of present-day Amherst Street and proceeded to burn Black Rock, destroying all homes and buildings. They then marched to Buffalo and burned everything except . . . — — Map (db m57098) HM
The Jubilee Springs began supplying water to the village of Black Rock in 1827. Wooden water mains fed pumps at various locations throughout the village. Today the spring supplies water to a small pond in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Black Rock Heritage . . . — — Map (db m74555) HM
Built on land donated by General Peter B. Porter to the people of Black Rock, Porter Square was the village's public gathering place. An early schoolhouse once flanked the square. Later the Black Rock Railroad Station stood here. — — Map (db m80450) HM
Tow Path Park The “Black Rock” The black rock that gave the area its name was situated in the Niagara River just north of where the Peace Bridge is now, near the foot of present-day School Street. It was 200 feet wide, rose about . . . — — Map (db m140711) HM
First Polish colony settled here in 1873. St. Stanislaus Parish was established by the Rev. Dean John Pitass, who became founder of the great Polish east side of Buffalo. — — Map (db m81342) HM
Born in Beckett, Massachusetts, Williams College class of 1799, first lawyer west of the Genesee River.
Escaped captors during the War of 1812. Buffalo board of trustees president in 1816, founding member of the Buffalo Harbor Company, first Judge . . . — — Map (db m65474) HM
Buffalo History Architecture
The City Beautiful Movement was a Progressive reform of architecture and urban planning that flourished from 1890 to 1915. It espoused beautification and monumental grandeur to counteract the "moral decay and . . . — — Map (db m65921) HM
Near this site in 1893, Paraskevas Niarchos, Spyros Niarchos, and Theodore Macheras resided and operated a confectionery store.
Hellenic Eastern Orthodox Church of the Annunciation
Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society — — Map (db m65920) HM
From Frontier to Major City
In the early 1800s, Buffalo was a sleepy village known as New Amsterdam, on the edge of America's then western frontier. Holland Land Company surveyor Joseph Ellicott, inspired by Pierre L'Enfant's radial . . . — — Map (db m92798) HM
Niagara SquareJoseph Ellicott, agent for the Holland Land Company, surveyed and laid out this square in 1803-1804. The square and streets radiating from it remain as originally planned for the village of New Amsterdam. — — Map (db m92792) HM
Samuel Helm A German-American settled near here in 1809 Killed during British raid in War of 1812. Namesake of Steuben Society Unit 144 — — Map (db m131843) HM
First Court House built 1810. Destroyed at the burning of Buffalo by the British - December 30, 1813.
Second Court House built 1816-17. Abandoned March 11, 1876.
Niagara County formed from Genesee County March 11, 1888 and Erie County from . . . — — Map (db m65922) HM
In this vicinity from 1780 to 1842 dwelt the larger portion of the Seneca Nation of the Iroquois League. In this enclosure were buried Red Jacket, Mary Jemison the white woman of the Genesee and many of the noted chiefs and leaders of the nation . . . — — Map (db m232547) HM
The Bellevue Neighborhood was one of the earliest settlements in Cheektowaga, when the Ely family settled there and established one of the first saw mills in Cheektowaga along Cayuga Creek. These family members were abolitionists and maintained an . . . — — Map (db m82326) HM
Clarence Center ———— David Vantine opened a store on this site in 1829. The settlement was called Vantine's Corners. When first Post Office was established June 26, 1849 with Mr. Vantine as Post-Master, the name was . . . — — Map (db m128609) HM
This building is not a replica but a genuine log cabin moved here in 1990 and restored as an exhibit by the Town of Clarence and the Historical Society. It is the best surviving local example of the type of cabin erected by early settlers from New . . . — — Map (db m74996) HM
Harris Hill was named for Asa Harris, pioneer who settled here in 1807 and opened a tavern. When Buffalo burned during the War of 1812, Harris Hill became a haven for refugees. Many Buffalo business places were moved here temporarily, including the . . . — — Map (db m75032) HM
The Niagara River between Lakes Ontario and Erie was the natural route to the interior of the continent. Following the arrival of French explorers in 1678, missionaries, traders, troops and settlers traveled by its waters. At the outlet of the . . . — — Map (db m57072) HM
Erected on this site June 1803 by Asa Ransom. Plaque erected by Rotary Club of Clarence in 1963 for Historical Society of the Town of Clarence. — — Map (db m74904) HM
First settlement in Town on Clarence (and second in Erie County) made near this site in 1799 by Asa Ransom. Birthplace of Harry B. Ransom, first white male child on Holland Purchase. Joseph Ellicott opened Holland Land Company Office here at . . . — — Map (db m75036) HM
Swormville was settled by people of Bavarian and French Canadian descent. The Rev. John N. Neumann, a secular priest, held services here as early as 1839. The town's first Catholic Church was built in 1849, serving 80 families in the so-called . . . — — Map (db m75252) HM
Buffum Inn Built in 1828 by Richard Buffum. First settler in 1810. Built first grist mill 1814 giving area name of Buffum's Mills. — — Map (db m104163) HM
Originally named Buffum Mills, Colden was renamed after the post office was moved to the Buffum Inn in 1833. Colden residents have served their country in many conflicts from the American Revolution to the present time. In front of you is our . . . — — Map (db m104177) HM
Erie County's Gateway to the Allegheny Mountains. You are standing in the historic Concord Community Park. The land was donated and the park was created in 1952, becoming the home of the Springville Baseball Club. The club converted a 20 acre . . . — — Map (db m104197) HM
Woodside Farms —·•·— Jeremiah Richardson 1795 ~ 1879. Pioneer settler town of Concord about 1816, near Mortons Corners, cleared much land, establishing farms that his son David and grand~ son Arthur enlarged. David built a home . . . — — Map (db m104211) HM
in 1803 Joseph Ellicott with Jabez Warren, East Aurora's pioneer settler, surveyed and laid out Middle Road, also known as Big Tree Road, for the Holland Land Company. It extended a distance of 43 miles from the Genesee River to Lake Erie including . . . — — Map (db m74558) HM
Clarksburg Est. 1819. Named for early settler Simeon Clark, who built a sawmill & gristmill near here ca.1820. First school established ca. 1839. — — Map (db m94050) HM
Hill's Corners ——•—— John Hill settled here in 1811. The Town was officially named Eden in 1812, but was known as Hill's Corners until 1822, when a Post Office was established. Dr William Hill, father of John Hill, . . . — — Map (db m94043) HM
East Elma ca. 1865. Had woolen mill, sawmill, blacksmith, grocery, Post Office & swimming hole. Later called Frog Pond. Originally home of Senecas. — — Map (db m131847) HM
Elma Centre prospered around R.R. depot est. near here ca. 1870. Coal & lumber dealers, blacksmith, saloon, Post Office & school built nearby. — — Map (db m187871) HM
Purchased land here in 1845. By 1866 site included home, store, dam for his saw and grist mills, and bridge over Cazenovia Creek. — — Map (db m186374) HM
Aaron Salisbury was the first permanent settler in the Town of Evans (1809). He is reputed to have single handedly fought off a British raiding party at 18 Mile Creek during the War of 1812. He became a lieutenant in the 48th N.Y. Infantry. After . . . — — Map (db m105619) HM WM
GOWANDA HISTORIC SITE. The village of Gowanda, incorporated in 1848, is located in two counties, Cattaraugus and Erie, divided by the Cattaraugus Creek. It was first called Aldrich Mills, and later Lodi. The first settler in 1810 was Turner Aldrich, . . . — — Map (db m104217) HM
First Settler John Cummings, the original settler in the Town of Hamburg, built the first grist mill south of Buffalo, here at the waterfalls of Eighteen Mile Creek in 1806. — — Map (db m82504) HM
The First Town Meeting of Hamburg was held near this site. At the home of Jacob Wright, on April 7, 1812. This area was then known as Wright's Corners. — — Map (db m159626) HM
Ezekiel Smith and his large family had settled, in about 1806, in the area which is now the intersection of Abbott and Newton Roads within what was then the original, larger Town of Hamburg. The family established a series of grist mills on local . . . — — Map (db m82484) HM
The intersection of Main and Buffalo has changed many times over the years. About 1820, this settlement was called "White's Corners" as Thomas T. White had a shop here. The village grew rapidly after the Buffalo and White's Corners Plank Road was . . . — — Map (db m82421) HM
[left photos] Street parade, circa 1940. George M. Pierce, President of the village of Hamburg, 1874-76. Hotel Hamburg was built on the site of the old B.M. Fish Dry Goods Store after it burned in 1917. 1798 - Joseph Ellicott, a land agent for . . . — — Map (db m82502) HM
The village of Hamburg has many historic buildings, both public and private. Some of the buildings are highlighted here. Follow the map below to see more of the village's historic buildings.
1) First Baptist Church 116 Main Street. . . . — — Map (db m82549) HM
Hull House Federal Style stone house built ca. 1810 by Warren Hull Revolutionary War veteran and Holland land purchase settler. — — Map (db m131840) HM
David Eddy, first settler of the Village of Orchard Park, arrived from Vermont and constructed his cabin on this site in the spring of 1804. Mr. Eddy built and operated the first tavern in the village located at the Four Corners. In 1812 he was . . . — — Map (db m80545) HM
Built in 1840 - replaced log cabin erected when property was acquired from Holland Land Company in 1804. The Baker family - prominent Quakers in this area - lived here for five generations. This home served as one last station of Underground Railway . . . — — Map (db m80830) HM
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