List of National Historic Landmarks in New York facts for kids
This is a list of National Historic Landmarks and comparable other historic sites designated by the U.S. government in the U.S. state of New York. The United States National Historic Landmark (NHL) program operates under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes buildings, structures, objects, sites and districts of resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. There are 276 NHLs in New York state, which is more than 10 percent of all the NHLs nationwide, and the most of any state. The National Park Service also has listed 20 National Monuments, National Historic Sites, National Memorials, and other sites as being historic landmarks of national importance, of which 7 are also designated NHLs. All of these historic landmarks are covered in this list.
There are 139 NHLs in upstate New York, 13 on Long Island, and 116 within New York City (NYC). Three counties have ten or more NHLs: New York County (Manhattan) has 86; Westchester County, just north of NYC, has 18; and Erie County in western New York has 10. Twelve other counties have five to nine NHLs, eight have three or four, 27 counties have one or two, and the remaining twelve of the state's 62 counties have none. The first New York NHLs were eight designated on October 9, 1960; the latest was designated on January 13, 2021. The NHLs and other landmarks outside NYC are listed below; the NHLs in NYC are in this companion article.
Seven NHL sites are among the 20 National Park System historic areas in New York state. The other 13 National Park Service areas are also historic landmark sites of national importance, but are already protected by Federal ownership and administration, so NHL designation is unnecessary. A list of these National Park Service areas that conserve historic sites in New York State is also provided. Finally, three former NHLs in the state are also listed.
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Overview
Slabsides, nature retreat of John Burroughs
New York State NHLs include ten prehistoric or other archeological sites, 12 historical Dutch farmhouses, manors, and historic districts, and 21 architecturally and/or historically important churches or houses of worship. Fully 26 NHLs are primarily military, including 13 fort sites (five standing forts, three fortified houses, and five ruins), five other battlegrounds, seven military headquarters, training facilities, arsenals and armories, and one military shipwreck site. One of these NHLs is associated with the American Civil War, while all the rest of these forts and other military places are associated with the French and Indian War and/or the American Revolutionary War.
There are nine NHL ships, including a warship and a tugboat that served in World War II, one warship that saw combat in the Vietnam War, three sailing boats, two fireboats and a lightvessel. Salient in the list are 24 mansions, and four sites primarily significant for their architectural landscaping. Many properties, numbering in the thousands, are contributing or non-contributing structures in the state's nine National Historic Landmark Districts. Intellectual accomplishments of New Yorkers are associated with 22 sites, including nine university buildings, ten other NHLs associated with inventions, inventors or scientists, and four engineering landmarks, including two bridges that were once the longest of their types. Commercial accomplishments include 11 historic skyscrapers, five of which were once the tallest in the world, seven stock exchanges and other buildings important in commercial history, two bank buildings, five industrial facilities, and three water-based civil engineering works. Two are architectural oddities.
Political and social accomplishments are represented by four former mental care institutions (a legacy of the state's leading role in mental health care), 14 sites associated with suffragettes or other women leaders, five Underground Railroad or other sites associated with abolitionists, six sites associated with African-American leaders, three sites associated with labor rights, and four sites associated with other social activism. In addition, there are 21 homes of other national leaders, and six government buildings that are significant on a national scale. Community, arts and entertainment accomplishments represented include two utopian communes, the Adirondack Park and four of its Great Camps, and five other retreat sites. No fewer than nine artist homes or studios are landmarked, as well as nine homes of writers and composers. There are four club buildings, of which two are historical societies, and eight entertainment venues or sites associated with entertainers. Sixteen others are unique sites that are difficult to classify.
Notable architects whose work is represented in the NHLs of the state include: Alexander Jackson Davis (7 sites), Andrew Jackson Downing (2), William West Durant (2), Leopold Eidlitz (2), Cass Gilbert (2), Henry J. Hardenbergh (2), Raymond Hood (3), Philip Hooker (2), Minard Lafever (7), John McComb Jr. (3), Frederick Law Olmsted (3), Isaac G. Perry (2), George B. Post (3), James Renwick Jr. (4), Henry Hobson Richardson (2), Louis Sullivan (2), Richard Upjohn (6), Calvert Vaux (6), and Frederick Clarke Withers (2). The firm McKim, Mead, and White participated in design of at least six buildings later declared to be NHLs. It was also that firm's work, Pennsylvania Station, whose pending demolition in 1963 launched a historic preservation movement in New York City and led to creation of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1965.
Current National Historic Landmarks in Upstate and Long Island
The State of New York, exclusive of NYC, is home to 155 of these landmarks, which are tabulated here. Twenty-three of these are also State Historic Sites (SHS), and fourteen are National Park System areas; these designations are indicated in italics.
- Key
| National Historic Landmark | |
| † | National Historic Landmark District |
| ∞ | National Memorial |
| * | National Historic Site |
| National Monument | |
| National Historical Park | |
| Delisted landmark |
| Landmark name | Image | Date designated | Location | County | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adams Power Plant Transformer House |
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(#75001212) |
Niagara Falls 43°04′54″N 79°02′34″W / 43.081764°N 79.042836°W |
Niagara | Transformer house of the first large-scale, alternating current electric generating plant in the world; tapped power of Niagara Falls via a 7,500 foot (2,286 m) tail-race tunnel |
| 2 | Adirondack Forest Preserve |
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(#66000891) |
Northeastern Upstate New York 43°47′13″N 74°29′06″W / 43.786958°N 74.485016°W |
All of Essex and Hamilton and parts of Clinton, Franklin, Fulton, Herkimer, Lewis, Oneida, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Warren, and Washington | Largest publicly protected area in the lower 48 United States; largest National Historic Landmark; largest and one of earliest areas protected by any state; established in 1885; later protected in "forever wild" section of New York state constitution |
| 3 | Susan B. Anthony House |
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(#66000528) |
Rochester 43°09′12″N 77°37′33″W / 43.153336°N 77.625747°W |
Monroe | Home of Susan B. Anthony, prominent 19th century women's rights activist |
| 4 | Armour-Stiner House |
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(#75001238) |
Irvington 41°01′51″N 73°52′13″W / 41.030803°N 73.870415°W |
Westchester | Octagonal implementation of architectural ideas of Orson Squire Fowler |
| 5 | Bennington Battlefield |
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(#66000564) |
Walloomsac 42°56′19″N 73°18′16″W / 42.938658°N 73.304418°W |
Rensselaer | Site of Battle of Bennington, where the American defeat of a British foraging party of dragoons helped assure the Continental Army's pivotal victory at Saratoga |
| 6 | Boston Post Road Historic District |
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(#82001275) |
Rye 40°57′31″N 73°42′07″W / 40.958487°N 73.701922°W |
Westchester | Three mansions and associated grounds with pre-contact archaeological significance; 5 contributing properties include the 23-acre Jay Estate, childhood home of Founding Father John Jay, Lounsberry, Rye Golf Club home of Whitby Castle, the private Jay Cemetery, final resting place of John Jay and his descendants, and Marshlands Conservancy, a nature preserve running from Boston Post Road down to the Long Island Sound, an area essentially unchanged for 200 years |
| 7 | Boughton Hill (Gannagaro) |
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(#66000559) |
Victor 42°57′40″N 77°24′46″W / 42.961157°N 77.412736°W |
Ontario | The site of a 17th-century Seneca village known as the Town of Peace and birthplace of the Iroquois Confederacy |
| 8 | Bronck House |
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(#67000012) |
Coxsackie 42°20′31″N 73°50′55″W / 42.342052°N 73.848724°W |
Greene | Oldest structure in upstate New York; excellent example of Dutch colonial architecture |
| 9 | Dr. Oliver Bronson House and Estate |
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(#03001035) |
Hudson 42°14′35″N 73°47′09″W / 42.243119°N 73.785764°W |
Columbia | Early example of the Hudson River bracketed style of Alexander Jackson Davis |
| 10 | John Brown Farm and Gravesite |
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(#72000840) |
Lake Placid 44°15′20″N 73°58′15″W / 44.255574°N 73.970969°W |
Essex | Home and final resting place of famous abolitionist John Brown, executed for his raid on Harper's Ferry Armory before the Civil War |
| 11 | Buffalo and Erie County Historic Society Building |
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(#80002606) |
Buffalo 42°56′08″N 78°52′36″W / 42.935556°N 78.876667°W |
Erie | Parthenon-evoking legacy of the 1901 Pan-American Exposition; turned over to historical society afterwards |
| 12 | Buffalo State Hospital |
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(#86003557) |
Buffalo 42°55′46″N 78°52′56″W / 42.929382°N 78.882147°W |
Erie | Architect H. H. Richardson's largest commission; advent of his characteristic Richardsonian Romanesque style; used to care for the mentally ill; grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmsted |
| 13 | John Burroughs' Riverby Study |
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(#68000035) |
West Park 41°48′00″N 73°57′32″W / 41.8°N 73.958889°W |
Ulster | Small frame structure built in 1881 by naturalist John Burroughs as a writing retreat; in this study, that looks east over the Hudson River, Burroughs wrote Fresh Fields (1884), Signs and Seasons (1886), Indoor Studies (1889), and Riverby (1894) |
| 14 | Camp Pine Knot |
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(#86002934) |
Raquette Lake 43°49′17″N 74°37′34″W / 43.821325°N 74.626197°W |
Hamilton | First of the Adirondack Great Camps; designed and built by William West Durant |
| 15 | Camp Uncas |
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(#86002937) |
Raquette Lake 43°44′38″N 74°38′53″W / 43.743889°N 74.648056°W |
Hamilton | Second of the Adirondack Great Camps; designed and built by William West Durant |
| 16 | Canfield Casino and Congress Park |
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(#87000904) |
Saratoga Springs 43°04′45″N 73°46′58″W / 43.079076°N 73.782855°W |
Saratoga | Former resort and casino; now houses the Saratoga Springs History Museum |
| 17 | Chautauqua Historic District |
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(#73001168) |
Chautauqua 42°12′35″N 79°28′01″W / 42.209722°N 79.466944°W |
Chautauqua | Adult education and summer retreat; focuses on programs related to arts, education, religion and recreation; well-preserved 19th century architecture |
| 18 | Christeen (sloop) |
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(#91002060) |
Oyster Bay 40°52′40″N 73°32′23″W / 40.87774°N 73.539702°W |
Nassau | Oldest oyster sloop in the U.S. |
| 19 | Frederick E. Church House |
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(#66000509) |
Hudson 42°13′03″N 73°49′07″W / 42.2175°N 73.818611°W |
Columbia | Calvert Vaux-designed home of Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church; also known as Olana |
| 20 | Clermont |
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(#71000535) |
Clermont 42°05′09″N 73°55′09″W / 42.085922°N 73.919073°W |
Columbia | Ancestral home of the Livingston family, prominent in colonial and early New York; known also as Clermont Manor |
| 21 | Cobblestone Historic District |
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(#93001603) |
Gaines 43°17′16″N 78°10′54″W / 43.287827°N 78.181543°W |
Orleans | Three buildings: a First Universalist Church, the Ward House, and schoolhouse exemplifying 19th-century U.S. cobblestone architecture at its highest |
| 22 | Thomas Cole House |
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(#66000522) |
Catskill 42°13′35″N 73°51′43″W / 42.226372°N 73.862007°W |
Greene | Home and studio of painter Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School of American painting |
| 23 | Colonial Niagara Historic District |
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(#66000556) |
Youngstown 43°15′42″N 79°03′49″W / 43.261667°N 79.063611°W |
Niagara | Originally built by British during French and Indian War; served as US post in War of 1812 until retaken by British; ceded back at war's end |
| 24 | Columbia (Steamer) |
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(#79001171) |
Buffalo 42°51′39″N 78°51′44″W / 42.860878°N 78.862312°W |
Erie | This passenger steamship carried passengers to Bois Blanc Island for the Detroit & Windsor Ferry Company, and is one of the last remaining examples of her kind. Designed by Frank E. Kirby, noted naval architect. In September 2015, it was moved to Buffalo, New York, where it is being prepared for an eventual move to the Hudson River. |
| 25 | Roscoe Conkling House |
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(#75001214) |
Utica 43°05′46″N 75°13′47″W / 43.096108°N 75.229728°W |
Oneida | Home of Roscoe Conkling, divisive U.S. senator in years after Civil War; leader of Stalwart faction of Republican Party; contributor to atmosphere that led to the assassination of James Garfield |
| 26 | Aaron Copland House |
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(#03000245) |
Cortlandt Manor 41°14′24″N 73°54′09″W / 41.24°N 73.9025°W |
Westchester | Home of composer Aaron Copland for last 30 years of his life |
| 27 | Croton Aqueduct (Old) |
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(#74001324) |
Croton River to Manhattan 41°13′35″N 73°51′19″W / 41.226389°N 73.855278°W |
Westchester | Large and complex water supply system for New York City; constructed between 1837 and 1842 |
| 28 | Davis-Ferris Organ |
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(#100000864) |
Round Lake 42°56′12″N 73°47′38″W / 42.936739°N 73.793834°W |
Saratoga | Oldest three-manual organ in the nation. |
| 29 | De Wint House |
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(#66000568) |
Tappan 41°01′11″N 73°56′48″W / 41.019722°N 73.946667°W |
Rockland | Oldest building in Rockland County; outstanding example of Dutch colonial architecture; used by George Washington as headquarters during final negotiations for British withdrawal from New York City |
| 30 | Delaware and Hudson Canal |
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(#68000051) |
Kingston, NY, Rosendale, NY, Ellenville, NY, Port Jervis, NY, Lackawaxen, PA and Honesdale, PA 41°36′26″N 74°26′53″W / 41.607222°N 74.448056°W |
Orange, NY, Sullivan, NY, Ulster, NY, Pike, PA and Wayne, PA | Vital coal supply line for New York City in 19th century; shared with Pennsylvania |
| 31 | John William Draper House |
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(#75001237) |
Hastings-on-Hudson 40°59′24″N 73°52′48″W / 40.9901°N 73.8801°W |
Westchester | Building mistakenly thought to be the home of scientist John William Draper; it was actually the home of his son, the astrophotography pioneer Henry Draper, the first person to photograph the Moon with recognizable surface features. |
| 32 | Dutch Reformed Church |
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(#66000581) |
Sleepy Hollow 41°05′25″N 73°51′43″W / 41.090408°N 73.861918°W |
Westchester | Oldest church building in state dates to 1685; figures prominently in Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" |
| 33 | Dutch Reformed Church, Newburgh |
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(#70000425) |
Newburgh 41°30′16″N 74°00′32″W / 41.504453°N 74.008983°W |
Orange | Church designed by Alexander Jackson Davis in 1835 in the Greek Revival style |
| 34 | Eagle Island Camp |
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(#86002941) |
Saranac Inn 44°16′28″N 74°19′57″W / 44.2744°N 74.3325°W |
Franklin | One of the original Adirondack Great Camps, on Upper Saranac Lake; used as a Girl Scout camp today |
| 35 | Gardner Earl Memorial Chapel and Crematorium |
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(#04000091) |
Troy 42°45′20″N 73°40′17″W / 42.755586°N 73.671367°W |
Rensselaer | Late 1880s Richardsonian Romanesque structure influenced design of many later memorial chapels. |
| 36 | George Eastman's house |
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(#66000529) |
Rochester 43°09′08″N 77°34′49″W / 43.152147°N 77.580278°W |
Monroe | The home of George Eastman, founder of Kodak, now an internationally known photography museum |
| 37 | Edward M. Cotter |
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(#96000968) |
Buffalo 42°52′20″N 78°52′22″W / 42.872143°N 78.872824°W |
Erie | In use for 107 years; oldest active fireboat in the world |
| 38 | Elephant Hotel |
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(#05000462) |
Somers 41°19′37″N 73°41′13″W / 41.326944°N 73.686944°W |
Westchester | "Cradle of the American circus" when it was used as headquarters by Hachaliah Bailey in the 1830s; today serves as both a museum and Somers Town Hall |
| 39 | Erie Canal |
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(#66000530) |
Glen and Florida 42°56′23″N 74°17′11″W / 42.939625°N 74.286283°W |
Montgomery | Aqueduct for Erie Canal over Schoharie Creek |
| 40 | Millard Fillmore House |
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(#74001235) |
East Aurora 42°46′06″N 78°37′21″W / 42.768297°N 78.622506°W |
Erie | Only surviving home of 13th U.S. President Millard Fillmore, besides the White House |
| 41 | Fire Fighter (fireboat) |
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(#89001447) |
Greenport 41°05′59″N 72°21′41″W / 41.099799°N 72.361414°W |
Suffolk | Originally listed in New York City, since moved to Greenport |
| 42 | First Presbyterian Church (Old Whalers) |
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(#94001194) |
Sag Harbor 40°59′50″N 72°17′39″W / 40.997228°N 72.294072°W |
Suffolk | Egyptian Revival style church |
| 43 | First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Kingston |
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(#08001089) |
Kingston 41°55′58″N 74°01′08″W / 41.932778°N 74.018889°W |
Ulster | 1850 "Old Dutch Church" is third home to congregation established in 1659. Nearby graves include George Clinton. One of the few Minard Lefever churches whose original steeple has survived. His only intact Renaissance Revival church, and his only known one in stone. |
| 44 | Gen. William Floyd House |
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(#71000549) |
Westernville 43°18′22″N 75°23′02″W / 43.306103°N 75.383897°W |
Oneida | Upstate home of William Floyd, a signer of the Declaration of Independence |
| 45 | Fort Corchaug Archeological Site |
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(#74001308) |
Southold 41°00′10″N 72°29′55″W / 41.002683°N 72.498744°W |
Suffolk | Site of a Native American fort |
| 46 | Fort Crailo |
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(#66000563) |
Rensselaer 42°38′08″N 73°44′59″W / 42.635478°N 73.749625°W |
Rensselaer | Dutch colonial patroonship house; may be place where "Yankee Doodle" was written |
| 47 | Fort Crown Point |
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(#68000033) |
Crown Point 44°01′45″N 73°25′52″W / 44.029167°N 73.431111°W |
Essex | Built by British to secure Lake Champlain against French in mid-18th century |
| 48 | Fort Johnson |
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(#72000858) |
Fort Johnson 42°57′26″N 74°14′30″W / 42.957222°N 74.241667°W |
Montgomery | Home of Sir William Johnson, and later his son Sir John Johnson. |
| 49 | Fort Klock |
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(#72000859) |
St. Johnsville 42°59′06″N 74°39′01″W / 42.984997°N 74.650278°W |
Montgomery | Mid-18th century fortified stone homestead in the Mohawk River Valley |
| 50 | Fort Massapeag Archeological Site |
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(#93000610) |
Massapequa 40°39′11″N 73°27′40″W / 40.653158°N 73.461185°W |
Nassau | Archaeological site in town of Oyster Bay, New York |
| 51 | Fort Montgomery |
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(#72000897) |
Highlands 41°19′26″N 73°59′13″W / 41.323889°N 73.986944°W |
Orange | Built by Continental Army in an attempt to control Hudson River; later taken and destroyed by the British |
| 52 | Fort Orange Archeological Site |
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(#93001620) |
Albany 42°38′41″N 73°45′01″W / 42.64485°N 73.750292°W |
Albany | Archaeological site at first permanent Dutch settlement in New Netherland |
| 53 | Fort St. Frédéric |
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(#66000517) |
Crown Point 44°01′49″N 73°25′34″W / 44.030365°N 73.426186°W |
Essex | Mostly destroyed by French forces in French and Indian War; British built Fort Crown Point next to its ruins |
| 54 | Fort Stanwix |
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(#66000057) |
Rome 43°12′38″N 75°27′19″W / 43.210556°N 75.45525°W |
Oneida | Modern reconstruction of colonial fort on original site |
| 55 | Fort Ticonderoga |
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(#66000519) |
Ticonderoga 43°50′29″N 73°23′17″W / 43.841389°N 73.388056°W |
Essex | Site of important battles in both French and Indian War and American Revolution |
| 56 | General Electric Research Laboratory |
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(#75001227) |
Schenectady 42°48′39″N 73°57′06″W / 42.810772°N 73.951575°W |
Schenectady | First industrial research facility in the U.S. |
| 57 | Geneseo Historic District |
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(#77000948) |
Geneseo 42°47′46″N 77°49′00″W / 42.796237°N 77.816771°W |
Livingston | Well-preserved 19th century upstate village |
| 58 | Jay Gould Estate |
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(#66000582) |
Tarrytown 41°03′21″N 73°51′55″W / 41.0558°N 73.8653°W |
Westchester | Alexander Jackson Davis-designed Gothic Revival mansion named Lyndhurst; became home to rail baron Jay Gould |
| 59 | Grant Cottage |
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(#100006247) |
CR 101 north of US 9 43°12′03″N 73°44′45″W / 43.200833°N 73.745833°W |
Saratoga | Cottage first owned by banker Joseph W. Drexel. It was the site where Ulysses S. Grant died in 1885. |
| 60 | W. & L. E. Gurley Building |
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(#70000432) |
Troy 42°43′56″N 73°41′13″W / 42.732135°N 73.687068°W |
Rensselaer | Classical Revival structure; built in 1862; housed the W. & L. E. Gurley Company, a maker of precision measuring instruments |
| 61 | James Hall Office |
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(#76001204) |
Albany 42°38′45″N 73°46′09″W / 42.645956°N 73.769175°W |
Albany | Office of paleontologist James Hall, a leader in research on the geology of North America during the 19th century; designed by Vaux and Olmsted |
| 62 | Harmony Mills |
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(#78003151) |
Cohoes 42°46′53″N 73°42′16″W / 42.78137°N 73.704422°W |
Albany | Largest cotton mill complex in the world when it opened in 1872; one of the finest examples of a large-scale textile mill complex outside New England |
| 63 | E.H. Harriman Estate |
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(#66000561) |
Harriman 41°17′48″N 74°07′09″W / 41.2967°N 74.1193°W |
Orange | Estate of railroad magnate Edward Harriman; also known as Arden |
| 64 | John A. Hartford House |
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(#77000987) |
Valhalla 41°04′07″N 73°47′26″W / 41.068594°N 73.79059°W |
Westchester | Home of John Hartford, whose family built A&P into the first nationwide retail chain |
| 65 | Jean Hasbrouck House |
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(#67000016) |
New Paltz 41°45′03″N 74°05′19″W / 41.7509°N 74.0885°W |
Ulster | Early eighteenth century example of Hudson Valley Dutch architecture; located within the Huguenot Street Historic District |
| 66 | Lemuel Haynes House |
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(#75001235) |
South Granville 43°22′16″N 73°17′00″W / 43.371078°N 73.283369°W |
Washington | Last home of Lemuel Haynes, first African-American preacher ordained in America. |
| 67 | Historic Track |
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(#66000560) |
Goshen 41°24′08″N 74°19′10″W / 41.4022°N 74.3195°W |
Orange | Oldest continuously operated horse racing facility in U.S. |
| 68 | Holland Land Office |
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(#66000521) |
Batavia 42°59′55″N 78°11′21″W / 42.998556°N 78.189222°W |
Genesee | Main office of Holland Land Company, early owners of Western New York. |
| 69 | Franklin B. Hough House |
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(#66000526) |
Lowville 43°47′18″N 75°30′00″W / 43.788418°N 75.499924°W |
Lewis | Home of Franklin Hough, considered the father of American forestry |
| 70 | Hudson River Historic District |
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(#90002219) |
East bank of river between Staatsburg and Germantown 41°55′13″N 73°56′12″W / 41.920162°N 73.936729°W |
Dutchess and Columbia | View of Catskills across river from here inspired Hudson River School artists; small towns with much land use and architecture preserved from past eras |
| 71 | Hudson River State Hospital, Main Building |
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(#89001166) |
Poughkeepsie 41°43′59″N 73°55′41″W / 41.733056°N 73.928056°W |
Dutchess | Frederick Clarke Withers-designed first institutional building in the U.S. in High Victorian Gothic style. Grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux |
| 72 | Huguenot Street Historic District |
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(#66000578) |
New Paltz 41°45′00″N 74°05′21″W / 41.7500°N 74.0893°W |
Ulster | One of the oldest continuously inhabited neighborhoods in the current United States of America (Taos Pueblo is another) |
| 73 | Hurley Historic District |
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(#66000577) |
Hurley 41°55′32″N 74°03′49″W / 41.925556°N 74.063611°W |
Ulster | Ten stone Dutch Colonial houses; served as the capitol of NY for two months during the American Revolution |
| 74 | Hyde Hall |
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(#71000555) |
Glimmerglass State Park 42°47′32″N 74°52′08″W / 42.792314°N 74.868908°W |
Otsego | One of the finest American houses that combines the architectural traditions of England and America; one of the few surviving works of Philip Hooker. |
| 75 | John Jay Homestead |
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(#72000918) |
Katonah 41°15′05″N 73°39′36″W / 41.251488°N 73.660103°W |
Westchester | Home of John Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States |
| 76 | Johnson Hall |
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(#66000520) |
Johnstown 43°00′58″N 74°23′00″W / 43.016242°N 74.383315°W |
Fulton | Later home of Sir William Johnson; Johnson Hall was seized by the rebel government during the American Revolution and was subsequently acquired by Silas Talbot. |
| 77 | Kleinhans Music Hall |
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(#89001235) |
Buffalo 42°54′07″N 78°53′01″W / 42.9019°N 78.8835°W |
Erie | Home of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, designed by Eliel and Eero Saarinen. |
| 78 | Knox Headquarters |
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(#72000901) |
Vails Gate 41°27′18″N 74°03′00″W / 41.4549°N 74.0501°W |
Orange | Headquarters of Gen. Henry Knox during the American Revolution |
| 79 | Lake Mohonk Mountain House |
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(#73001280) |
New Paltz 41°46′07″N 74°09′20″W / 41.768611°N 74.155556°W |
Ulster | Distinctive resort on Shawangunk Ridge; site of 1895-1916 conference that led to establishment of Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague |
| 80 | Lamoka |
(#66000571) |
Tyrone Address Restricted |
Schuyler | First archeological evidence of an Archaic (c. 3,500 BCE) hunter-gatherer culture in the U.S. | |
| 81 | Land Tortoise (radeau) |
(#95000819) |
Bottom of Lake George 43°25′16″N 73°42′30″W / 43.421111°N 73.708333°W |
Warren | Only known surviving radeau (simple flat-bottomed ship with cannon), sunk under 100 feet (30 m) of water during French and Indian War | |
| 82 | Irving Langmuir House |
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(#76001275) |
Schenectady 42°48′58″N 73°55′09″W / 42.816233°N 73.919189°W |
Schenectady | Home of physicist-chemist Irving Langmuir, winner of the 1932 Nobel Prize during his research career with General Electric |
| 83 | Lindenwald |
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(#66000510) |
Kinderhook 42°22′11″N 73°42′15″W / 42.369706°N 73.704206°W |
Columbia | Home of U.S. President Martin Van Buren; designed in part by Richard Upjohn |
| 84 | Manitoga (Russel Wright House and Studio) |
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(#96001269) |
Garrison 41°20′55″N 73°57′04″W / 41.3487°N 73.9512°W |
Putnam | House and studio of industrial designer Russel Wright. Designed by Wright and his wife to be sustainable and blend in with surrounding environment |
| 85 | Darwin D. Martin House |
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(#86000160) |
Buffalo 42°55′52″N 78°50′29″W / 42.931175°N 78.841378°W |
Erie | Considered the most important building of architect Frank Lloyd Wright's early career. |
| 86 | Lewis Miller Cottage, Chautauqua Institution |
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(#66000506) |
Chautauqua 42°12′37″N 79°27′53″W / 42.2104°N 79.4648°W |
Chautauqua | Home of Lewis Miller, founder of Chautauqua Institution, located on grounds |
| 87 | Edna St. Vincent Millay House (Steepletop) |
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(#71000534) |
Austerlitz 42°19′13″N 73°26′52″W / 42.320278°N 73.447778°W |
Columbia | Home of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Edna St. Vincent Millay |
| 88 | Modesty (sloop) |
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(#01001051) |
West Sayville 40°43′22″N 73°05′43″W / 40.722775°N 73.095286°W |
Suffolk | Example of a Long Island oyster dredging sloop, and only extant one that operated purely on sail power |
| 89 | Mohawk Upper Castle Historic District |
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(#93001621) |
Danube 43°00′10″N 74°46′40″W / 43.002778°N 74.777778°W |
Herkimer | Historic district including the Indian Castle Church as well as archaeological site areas |
| 90 | Montauk Point Light |
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(#69000142) |
East Hampton 41°04′15″N 71°51′26″W / 41.07097°N 71.85709°W |
Suffolk | Built in 1797, oldest lighthouse in New York and fourth-oldest in country |
| 91 | Montgomery Place |
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(#75001184) |
Annandale 42°00′52″N 73°55′08″W / 42.014543°N 73.918982°W |
Dutchess | Federal-style house, with expansion designed by architect Alexander Jackson Davis |
| 92 | Thomas Moran House |
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(#66000574) |
East Hampton 40°57′14″N 72°11′40″W / 40.953767°N 72.194514°W |
Suffolk | Home of the Hudson River School painter Thomas Moran who helped inspire the creation of the National Park system |
| 93 | Morrill Hall, Cornell University |
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(#66000576) |
Ithaca 42°26′55″N 76°29′08″W / 42.448681°N 76.485594°W |
Tompkins | First building of Cornell University |
| 94 | Samuel F. B. Morse House |
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(#66000515) |
Poughkeepsie 41°37′51″N 73°55′10″W / 41.6309°N 73.9195°W |
Dutchess | Home of telegraph inventor Samuel F. B. Morse in his later years; preserved by subsequent owners |
| 95 | Mount Lebanon Shaker Society |
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(#66000511) |
New Lebanon 42°27′09″N 73°22′50″W / 42.452550°N 73.380657°W |
Columbia | Main Shaker community established in U.S. |
| 96 | William Sidney Mount House |
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(#66000575) |
Stony Brook 40°54′27″N 73°08′18″W / 40.907394°N 73.138286°W |
Suffolk | Home and studio of painter William Sidney Mount |
| 97 | Kate Mullany House |
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(#98000453) |
Troy 42°44′24″N 73°40′54″W / 42.7399°N 73.681803°W |
Rensselaer | Home of Kate Mullany, early female labor organizer and founder of Collar Laundry Union |
| 98 | Nash (harbor tug) |
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(#91002059) |
Oswego 43°27′49″N 76°30′56″W / 43.463478°N 76.515608°W |
Oswego | Last surviving U.S. Army vessel that participated in World War II's D-Day Normandy landing |
| 99 | New York State Barge Canal |
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(#100000834) |
42°47′12″N 73°40′44″W / 42.786633°N 73.678834°W |
Albany, Erie, Herkimer, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Orleans, Oswego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Seneca, Washington, Wayne | |
| 100 | New York State Capitol |
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(#71000519) |
Albany 42°39′09″N 73°45′26″W / 42.652553°N 73.757323°W |
Albany | Built in two different architectural styles; one of ten U.S. state capitol buildings without a dome |
| 102 | Newtown Battlefield |
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(#72000826) |
Elmira 42°02′43″N 76°44′00″W / 42.045385°N 76.733451°W |
Chemung | Site of only major battle of the Sullivan Expedition, a decisive victory by General John Sullivan over of Loyalist-Indian forces led by Joseph Brant, in August 1779 |
| 103 | Niagara Reservation |
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(#66000555) |
Niagara Falls 43°05′N 79°04′W / 43.08°N 79.07°W |
Niagara | Oldest U.S. state park (1885); built around U.S. side of Niagara Falls |
| 104 | Nott Memorial Hall |
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(#72000912) |
Schenectady 42°49′02″N 73°55′49″W / 42.817239°N 73.930303°W |
Schenectady | Sixteen-sided building on Union College campus considered outstanding example of Victorian Gothic architecture |
| 105 | Old House |
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(#66000573) |
Cutchogue 41°00′30″N 72°29′08″W / 41.008392°N 72.485691°W |
Suffolk | Built in 1649; asserted to be "one of the finest surviving examples of English domestic architecture in America" |
| 106 | Old Main, Vassar College |
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(#73001183) |
Poughkeepsie 41°41′12″N 73°53′45″W / 41.686675°N 73.895831°W |
Dutchess | Second Empire building was the second building of one of America's first women's colleges |
| 107 | Oneida Community Mansion House |
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(#66000527) |
Oneida 43°03′37″N 75°36′19″W / 43.060356°N 75.605175°W |
Madison | Built in 1848 for the Oneida Community |
| 108 | Oriskany Battlefield |
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(#66000558) |
Oriskany 43°10′38″N 75°22′10″W / 43.177259°N 75.369521°W |
Oneida | Local militias held off pro-British Indians and Loyalists in Battle of Oriskany, one of the few battles of the Revolutionary War in which all participants were natives of North America |
| 109 | Owl's Nest |
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(#71000565) |
Lake George 43°26′41″N 73°39′18″W / 43.444722°N 73.655°W |
Warren | Home of author Edward Eggleston, one of America's first realist novelists |
| 110 | Thomas Paine Cottage |
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(#72000920) |
New Rochelle 40°56′11″N 73°47′12″W / 40.936389°N 73.786667°W |
Westchester | Home and gravesite of Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense |
| 111 | Palisades Interstate Park |
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(#66000890) |
Hudson River western shoreline; shared with New Jersey 40°57′11″N 73°55′52″W / 40.95319°N 73.93099°W |
Rockland, NY, Orange County, NY, and Bergen, NJ | Joint effort by two states to preserve scenic beauty of west Hudson Palisades and protect them from development and quarrying |
| 112 | Petrified Sea Gardens |
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(#99000631) |
Saratoga Springs 43°04′59″N 73°50′40″W / 43.083047°N 73.844489°W |
Saratoga | First stromatolites in North America discovered here; fossils of marine algae were fully described by pioneering female paleontologist Winifred Goldring |
| 113 | Philipsburg Manor House |
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(#66000584) |
Sleepy Hollow 41°05′26″N 73°51′55″W / 41.090556°N 73.865278°W |
Westchester | Historic house, water mill, and trading site; at one time, one of the largest slave holdings in the colonial North |
| 114 | Philipse Manor Hall |
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(#66000585) |
Yonkers 40°56′08″N 73°53′59″W / 40.935556°N 73.899722°W |
Westchester | Historic house museum; Westchester County's oldest standing building |
| 115 | Plattsburgh Bay |
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(#66000507) |
Lake Champlain 44°41′33″N 73°22′34″W / 44.692576°N 73.376141°W |
Clinton | Site of Battle of Plattsburgh, where U.S. land and naval forces repulsed the last foreign invasion attempt on the northern states during the War of 1812 |
| 116 | Playland Amusement Park |
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(#80004529) |
Rye 40°57′57″N 73°40′26″W / 40.965833°N 73.673889°W |
Westchester | The only publicly owned amusement park in the U.S.; rides and attractions were designed in the Art Deco style |
| 117 | Jackson Pollock House and Studio |
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(#94001193) |
East Hampton 41°01′26″N 72°09′18″W / 41.023848°N 72.15492°W |
Suffolk | Home and studio of painter Jackson Pollock and his wife Lee Krasner beginning in 1945 |
| 118 | Priscilla (sloop) |
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(#06000238) |
West Sayville 40°43′22″N 73°05′43″W / 40.722775°N 73.095286°W |
Suffolk | Example of a classic Long Island oyster dredging sloop |
| 119 | Prudential (Guaranty) Building |
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(#73001187) |
Buffalo 42°52′58″N 78°52′36″W / 42.882761°N 78.876739°W |
Erie | Early skyscraper design; collaboration between Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler |
| 120 | John D. Rockefeller Estate |
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(#76001290) |
Pocantico Hills 41°05′23″N 73°50′40″W / 41.089722°N 73.844444°W |
Westchester | Estate of the oil tycoons, the Rockefeller family; also known as Kykuit |
| 121 | Elihu Root House |
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(#72000893) |
Clinton 43°02′59″N 75°24′18″W / 43.049714°N 75.405011°W |
Oneida | Home of Elihu Root, U.S. Senator, Secretary of War, Secretary of State, and recipient of the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize |
| 122 | Rose Hill |
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Fayette 42°51′38″N 76°56′09″W / 42.860556°N 76.935833°W |
Seneca | Large-scale Greek Revival house |
| 123 | Roycroft Campus |
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East Aurora 42°46′04″N 78°37′04″W / 42.7677°N 78.6178°W |
Erie | Elbert Hubbard-founded home of a key community in the Arts and crafts movement |
| 124 | Rudolph Oyster House |
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West Sayville 40°43′22″N 73°05′43″W / 40.722775°N 73.095286°W |
Suffolk | Early 20th century seafood processing plant |
| 125 | Sagamore Camp |
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(#76001221) |
Raquette Lake 43°45′56″N 74°37′38″W / 43.765458°N 74.627292°W |
Hamilton | Designed by William West Durant; one of the most sophisticated and evolved examples of the Adirondack Great Camps |
| 126 | St. Paul's Cathedral |
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(#73002298) |
Buffalo 42°52′58″N 78°52′35″W / 42.882667°N 78.876375°W |
Erie | Gothic Revival church designed by Richard Upjohn |
| 127 | St. Peter's Episcopal Church |
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(#72000817) |
Albany 42°39′03″N 73°45′16″W / 42.650831°N 73.754453°W |
Albany | Gothic church by architect Richard Upjohn |
| 128 | Santanoni Preserve |
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(#86002955) |
Newcomb 44°00′41″N 74°07′44″W / 44.011389°N 74.128889°W |
Essex | One of the earliest Adirondack Great Camps; a major influence on later ones |
| 129 | Saratoga Spa State Park |
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(#85002357) |
Saratoga Springs 43°03′04″N 73°48′14″W / 43.051°N 73.804°W |
Saratoga | Site of only active geysers in Eastern U.S.; popular resort for wealthy in early 20th century |
| 130 | Schuyler Flatts Archeological District |
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(#74001217) |
Colonie 42°42′23″N 73°42′29″W / 42.706486°N 73.708137°W |
Albany | Archeological district with artifacts from 6,000 years of human habitation; now a local park. |
| 131 | Philip Schuyler Mansion |
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(#67000008) |
Albany 42°38′29″N 73°45′33″W / 42.641413°N 73.759251°W |
Albany | Home of Philip Schuyler, general in the Continental Army and early U.S. Senator |
| 132 | William H. Seward House |
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(#66000504) |
Auburn 42°55′33″N 76°33′59″W / 42.925792°N 76.566364°W |
Cayuga | Home for many years of William Henry Seward, statesman whose long career was capped by the purchase of Alaska as Secretary of State |
| 133 | Slabsides |
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West Park 41°47′40″N 73°58′23″W / 41.794444°N 73.973056°W |
Ulster | Log cabin built by John Burroughs and son as nature retreat |
| 134 | USS Slater |
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(#98000393) |
Albany 42°38′33″N 73°44′59″W / 42.64257°N 73.74968°W |
Albany | |
| 135 | Gerrit Smith Estate |
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Peterboro 42°58′04″N 75°41′14″W / 42.967647°N 75.687089°W |
Madison | Home of Gerrit Smith, 19th century social reformer and presidential candidate |
| 136 | John Philip Sousa House |
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Port Washington 40°50′38″N 73°43′49″W / 40.843891°N 73.730397°W |
Nassau | Home of legendary bandleader and composer John Philip Sousa |
| 137 | Springside |
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(#69000141) |
Poughkeepsie 41°41′21″N 73°55′43″W / 41.6891°N 73.9287°W |
Dutchess | Only surviving landscape designed by Andrew Jackson Downing; also known as Matthew Vassar Estate |
| 138 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton House |
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(#66000572) |
Seneca Falls 42°54′45″N 76°47′18″W / 42.912628°N 76.788378°W |
Seneca | Home of 19th century feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
| 139 | Stepping Stones (Bill and Lois Wilson House) |
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Katonah 41°14′48″N 73°42′04″W / 41.24671°N 73.70106°W |
Westchester | Home of Alcoholics Anonymous cofounder Bill W. and his wife Lois; he wrote The Big Book here and the table around which AA was founded is on exhibit. |
| 140 | Stony Point Battlefield |
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(#66000567) |
Stony Point 41°14′29″N 73°58′25″W / 41.241449°N 73.973522°W |
Rockland | Site of Anthony Wayne's victory over the British in the Battle of Stony Point |
| 141 | USS The Sullivans |
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(#86000085) |
Buffalo 42°52′40″N 78°52′52″W / 42.877639°N 78.880978°W |
Erie | Example of a Fletcher-class destroyer; saw service in World War II and Korea; now in the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park |
| 142 | Sunnyside |
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Tarrytown 41°02′52″N 73°52′12″W / 41.0478°N 73.8699°W |
Westchester | Estate of writer Washington Irving, best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle" |
| 143 | Top Cottage |
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Hyde Park 41°45′54″N 73°53′19″W / 41.765°N 73.888611°W |
Dutchess | Fieldstone cottage built as retreat for Franklin D. Roosevelt, with his input; one of the first American buildings designed to be fully wheelchair accessible |
| 144 | Troy Savings Bank |
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Troy 42°43′49″N 73°41′17″W / 42.730278°N 73.688056°W |
Rensselaer | Designed by George B. Post to accommodate both a functioning bank on the first floor and an auditorium |
| 145 | Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged, Harriet Tubman Residence, Thompson A.M.E. Zion Church |
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(#74001222) |
Auburn 42°54′40″N 76°34′04″W / 42.911103°N 76.567781°W |
Cayuga | Properties associated with Harriet Tubman, a conductor on the Underground Railroad |
| 146 | United States Military Academy |
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(#66000562) |
Highlands 41°23′32″N 73°57′27″W / 41.392184°N 73.957536°W |
Orange | Commonly known as West Point; oldest continuously occupied military post in the nation and alma mater of many U.S. Army leaders |
| 147 | Utica State Hospital (Main Building) |
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(#71000548) |
Utica 43°06′18″N 75°15′12″W / 43.104962°N 75.253472°W |
Oneida | First hospital for the "insane poor"; archetypal Greek Revival building |
| 148 | Valcour Bay |
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(#66000508) |
Lake Champlain 44°37′04″N 73°25′57″W / 44.617778°N 73.4325°W |
Clinton | Site of Battle of Valcour Island during the Revolutionary War |
| 149 | Van Alen House |
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Kinderhook 42°22′52″N 73°41′29″W / 42.381094°N 73.691417°W |
Columbia | Exemplary Dutch colonial farmhouse, built in 1737 and preserved largely intact |
| 150 | Van Cortlandt Manor |
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(#66000579) |
Croton-On-Hudson 41°11′30″N 73°52′35″W / 41.191644°N 73.876515°W |
Westchester | Colonial manor house from early 18th century |
| 151 | Vassar College Observatory |
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(#91002051) |
Poughkeepsie 41°41′15″N 73°53′37″W / 41.6875°N 73.893611°W |
Dutchess | Workplace and home of Maria Mitchell, important 19th century astronomer and pioneering woman in the science |
| 152 | Villa Lewaro |
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Irvington 41°02′35″N 73°51′50″W / 41.043169°N 73.863997°W |
Westchester | Home of Madam C.J. Walker, first known African-American millionaire |
| 153 | Washington's Headquarters |
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(#66000887) |
Newburgh 41°29′55″N 74°00′28″W / 41.498611°N 74.007778°W |
Orange | Headquarters of Washington during the final years of the Revolutionary War; Dutch stone house; oldest building in Newburgh; first-ever property designated as a historic site by a U.S. state |
| 154 | Watervliet Arsenal |
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Watervliet 42°43′06″N 73°42′31″W / 42.718333°N 73.708611°W |
Albany | Oldest arsenal in U.S. |
| 155 | Elkanah Watson House |
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Port Kent 44°31′30″N 73°24′21″W / 44.524947°N 73.405867°W |
Essex | Home of Elkanah Watson, Revolutionary-era diplomat, founder of the county fair and early promoter of canals |
| 156 | West Point Foundry Archeological Site |
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Kemble Ave. 41°24′51″N 73°57′11″W / 41.4143°N 73.953°W |
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| 157 | Willard Memorial Chapel-Welch Memorial Hall |
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Auburn 42°56′14″N 76°33′48″W / 42.937086°N 76.563464°W |
Cayuga | Last remaining Louis Comfort Tiffany stained glass installation in its original form |
| 158 | Jethro Wood House |
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Poplar Ridge 42°44′15″N 76°37′56″W / 42.737617°N 76.632302°W |
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| 159 | Woodchuck Lodge |
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Roxbury 42°17′47″N 74°35′01″W / 42.296424°N 74.583657°W |
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| 160 | Yaddo |
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Saratoga Springs 43°04′07″N 73°45′29″W / 43.06848°N 73.75813°W |
Saratoga | Former estate now a prominent artists' colony and writers' retreat. |
Current NHLs in New York City
New York City alone is home to 114 NHLs. The earliest was designated on October 9, 1960; the latest was designated on November 2, 2016. Many of the NHLs in NYC are also landmarked individually or as part of districts by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. See List of New York City Designated Landmarks.
Historic areas in the United States National Park System
National Historic Sites, National Historic Parks, National Memorials, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960. There are 20 of these in New York State. The legislation establishing the National Historic Landmark program does not prevent these from being designated, but in practice these are not often named NHLs per se, due to administrative costs of their nomination and to the low preservation value of designating them.
For the first 16 years of the National Historic Landmarks program, the National Park Service did not consider any sites already within the National Park system for NHL designation, and in fact if an NHL-designated site came into the NPS system it was de-designated.
In New York State, the William Floyd House within the Fire Island National Seashore and Ellis Island within the Statue of Liberty National Monument were both deemed NHL-eligible by the advisory board but were not designated.
It was not until 1977 that a policy was promulgated that would allow for designation of a National Historic Landmark "whose primary significance is not related to its park's purpose". The Jacob Riis House in Queens was de-designated in 1973.
The National Park Service identifies 18 historic sites within national park units in New York State, and lists these together with the NHLs in the state, and there are also two National Historic Sites that are "affiliated areas," receiving National Park Service support but not directly administered by it. Seven of the 20 were declared National Historic Landmarks, in several instances before receiving the higher protection designation, and retain their NHL standing. Four of these are listed above and three are included within the New York City list of NHLs. The 13 others are:
| Landmark name |
Image | Date established | Location | County | Description | |
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| 1 | Castle Clinton National Monument |  |
August 12, 1946 | New York | New York | Circular sandstone fort in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, New York City |
| 2 | Statue of Liberty National Monument |  |
October 15, 1924 | Liberty Island | New York | Monumental statue (Liberty Enlightening the World) presented to the United States by the people of France in 1886 |
| 3 | Saratoga National Historical Park |  |
June 1, 1938 | Stillwater, Schuylerville and Victory | Saratoga | Site of the 1777 Battle of Saratoga, the first significant American military victory of the American Revolutionary War |
| 4 | Women's Rights National Historical Park |  |
December 8, 1980 | Seneca Falls and Waterloo | Seneca | Established in 1980 in Seneca Falls and nearby Waterloo, New York; includes the Wesleyan Chapel, site of the Seneca Falls Convention and the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House |
| 5 | Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site |  |
May 27, 1977 | Hyde Park | Dutchess | Property developed by Eleanor Roosevelt; place that she could develop some of her ideas for work with winter jobs for rural workers and women; includes a large two-story stuccoed building that housed Val-Kill Industries; would become Eleanor's home after Franklin's death |
| 6 | Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site |  |
January 15, 1944 | Hyde Park | Dutchess | Birthplace, lifelong home, and burial place of the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| 7 | Sagamore Hill National Historic Site |  |
July 25, 1962 | Cove Neck | Nassau | Home of the 26th President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt from 1886 until his death in 1919 |
| 8 | Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site |  |
July 5, 1943 | Mount Vernon | Westchester | Colonial church used as a military hospital during the American Revolutionary War |
| 9 | Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site |  |
July 25, 1962 | New York | New York | Theodore Roosevelt born on this site on October 27, 1858 |
| 10 | Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site |  |
November 2, 1966 | Buffalo | Erie | Site of Theodore Roosevelt's oath of office as President of the United States on September 14, 1901 |
| 11 | Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site |  |
December 18, 1940 | Hyde Park | Dutchess | Includes pleasure grounds with views of the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains, formal gardens, natural woodlands, and numerous support structures as well as a 54-room mansion; completed in 1898; perfect example of the Beaux-Arts architecture style |
| 12 | Federal Hall National Memorial |  |
May 26, 1939 | New York | New York | First capitol of the United States of America; site of George Washington's first inauguration in 1789; place where the United States Bill of Rights passed; original building was demolished in the nineteenth century; replaced by the current structure, that served as the first United States Customs House |
| 13 | General Grant National Memorial |  |
April 27, 1897 | New York | New York | Mausoleum containing the bodies of Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), an American Civil War General and the 18th President of the United States, and his wife, Julia Dent Grant (1826–1902) |
There are four other National Park Service areas in New York State that do not have historic standing.
NHLs formerly located in New York
The following Landmarks were located in New York at the time they were declared National Historic Landmarks, but have since moved to other states.
| Landmark name |
Image | Date of designation | Location | Description | |
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| 1 | USS Edson (DD-946) | .jpg) |
June 21, 1990 | Michigan | One of two surviving Forrest Sherman-class destroyers; saw action from World War II to Vietnam; In NYC from 1989 to 2004; relocated to Michigan in 2013. |
| 2 | Fir (Coast Guard cutter) |  |
April 27, 1992 | California | Lighthouse tender that served on west coast; last working vessel in the fleet of the United States Lighthouse Service, ancestors of today's United States Coast Guard buoy tenders; was intended at the time of NHL designation to become a museum ship in New York, but it is unclear if the ship was ever visited; transferred to Sacramento, California in 2002. |
| 3 | Nantucket (lightship) |  |
December 20, 1989 | Massachusetts |
Largest lightship ever built. Originally listed while she was primarily in Maine; sojourned for several years in Oyster Bay, New York. Arrived in Boston May 11, 2010. |
Former NHLs in New York
The following sites in New York were formerly National Historic Landmarks but were delisted.
| Landmark name |
Image | Date of designation | Location | County | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edwin H. Armstrong House |   |
January 7, 1976 | Yonkers | Westchester | Home of scientist and FM radio inventor Edwin H. Armstrong; demolished in 1983 and subsequently de-designated |
| 2 | Old Blenheim Bridge |  |
January 29, 1964 | North Blenheim 42°28′21″N 74°26′29″W / 42.472531°N 74.44127°W |
Schoharie | Longest single span covered bridge in Eastern United States; one of the longest in the world, until destruction during floods after Hurricane Irene in 2011. Designation withdrawn July 21, 2015 |
See also
- Great Camps
- Historic preservation in New York
- New York State Register of Historic Places
- List of National Historic Landmarks by state
- List of National Natural Landmarks in New York
- List of New York State Historic Sites
- List of New York state parks § State historic sites
- National Register of Historic Places listings in New York
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