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This is an incomplete list of New York State Historic Markers in Monroe County, New York.

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Marker name Image Date designated Location City or Town Coords Marker text
1 CITY OF TRYON On East Side Of Landing Rd., Near Blossom Rd. Brighton, Town Of, New York First White Settlement West Of Canandaigua Founded 1797, Abandoned 1818. John Lusk Was The First Settler 1789.
2 IRONDEQUOIT On Blossom Rd., East Of Landing Rd. North Brighton, Town Of, New York Site Of A Large Algonkin Town The Senecas Lingered Here Until 1845
3 HENRY R. SELDEN On Us 104 At Clarkson Clarkson, Town Of, New York 1805–1885 Lieut. Gov. And Judge Lived Here. George B. Selden Inventor Of "Selden Patent" For Automobiles Was Born Here.
4 HOME OF SINEON B. JEWETT On Nys 19 At Clarkson Clarkson, Town Of, New York 1801–1869 Political Leader, Jurist, Partner Of Henry R. Selden, U.s. Marshall, Northern N.y. Under President Buchanan.
5 HOUSTON TAVERN On Us 104 About 1 Mi. E. Of Garland Clarkson, Town Of, New York A Popular Stopping Place In Stage Coach Days. Built Soon After 1825 For Isaac Houston Who Was The Sole Proprietor For Many Years
6 PHILIP BOSS On Us 104 At Clarkson Clarkson, Town Of, New York Artist And Cabinet Maker Lived Here From 1820 To 1830. Moving To Rochester, Then, He Achieved Great Popularity As A Painter Of Portraits
7 FORT SITE On Bluff Overlooking Lake Ontario At Sea Breezr Irondequoit, Town Of, New York Here Denonville's French Army Landed To Invade The Seneca Country; July 12, 1687, 400 Men Were Left To Build Fort; Battle At Victor July 13, 1687
8 CAMP SITE On Canfield Rd. At Mendons Ponds Park Mendon, Town Of, New York Of Primitive Algonkins Who Fished Here Ages Ago Driven Out By The Iroquois Who Occupied This Region
9 TOTIAKTON On E. Side Plain Rd., S. Of Rochester Junction Mendon, Town Of, New York Seneca Town Of 120 Cabins Was Located Here Burned By Denonville, 1687 Jesuit Mission, 1668–1683
10 WAR SITE In Mendon Ponds Park Mendon, Town Of, New York Denonville's Army Of 3000 French And Indian Allies Camped Here 23 July 1687 Returning To Irondequoit After Razing Seneca Towns
11 BIRTHPLACE OF On Nichols St. About 2 Mis. S.e. Of Spencerport Ogden, Town Of, New York John T. Trowbridge 1827–1916 Poet; Author Of "Darius Green And His Flying Machine" And Other Stories
12 INDIAN HILL On Bangs Rd. About 2 Mis. N. Of Churchville Ogden, Town Of, New York Indian Encampment When Whites Entered Region. Grandparents Of Frances E. Willard Settled Here In 1816 As Pioneers On This Land
13 METHODIST CHURCH On Nys 259 At Parma Center Parma, Town Of, New York Oldest West Of The Genesee First Sermon Preached 1804; Class Organized 1811 Church Built 1830.
14 LA SALLE ROAD On Nys 96 About 1/4 Mi. E. Of Bushnell Basin Perinton, Town Of, New York Route Used By The French Army Of Denonville To Destroy Seneca Indians At Town South Of Victor, Ny July 13, 1687
15 DENONVILLE On Golf Course Of Oak Hill Country Club Pittsford, Town Of, New York With Army Of 3000 French And Indians Crossed These Ground Twice In July, 1687
16 FIRST LIBRARY On Mendon Ctr. Rd., About 1 Mi. S.e. Of Pittsford Pittsford, Town Of, New York In The Genesee Country Northfield Library Co., 1803–1808, Kept Its Books At The Farm Of Ezra Patterson, First Librarian
17 ON THIS SPOT On Nys 64 About 1 Mi. S. Of Pittsford Pittsford, Town Of, New York Stood The First School House In Monroe County Erected 1794; First Teacher, John Barrows.
18 PITTSFORD VILLAGE At Intersection Nys 96 & Nys 31 At Pittsford Pittsford, Town Of, New York Founded August 1789 By Captain Simon Stone And Lieutenant Israel Stone
19 SENECA TRAIL On Nys 96 About 1½ Mi. E. Of Pittsford Village Pittsford, Town Of, New York Crossing The Irondequoit Thickly Wooded, Perilous Defile Where Denonville, Expected An Ambuscade On Journey To Gannogaro, 1689
20 THE FIRST HOUSE On Nys 31 At Pittsford Pittsford, Town Of, New York In Pittsford Village Was Erected On This Spot By Israel Stone
21 FRANCES E. WILLARD On Main St., Churchville Riga, Town Of, New York Great Temperance Leader Was Born In House Standing On This Site Sept. 28, 1839. The Willards Left This Home For Ohio Two Years Later.
22 OLD TAVERN On Riga Mumford Rd. At Riga Ctr. Riga, Town Of, New York Built By J. Thomson, 1808 First Frame House And First Post Office In Town Of Riga Thomas Adams Homestead.
23 RIGA ACADEMY On Riga Mumford Rd., Riga Ctr. Riga, Town Of, New York A Flourishing School For Boarding And Day Pupils Was Organized Here In 1846. The Building Was Earlier Known As Thomson's Tavern.
24 CASCONCHIAGON On Main St., Churchville Rochester, City Of, New York Indian Village At The Falls Nearby. Occupied By Senecas Until 1819
25 HIGHLAND PARK Near Pavilion At Highland Park Rochester, City Of, New York Rochester's First Park Was Offered In 1883 By Ellwanger And Barry And Accepted Jan. 13, 1888. Park Commission Was Formed May 1, 1888.
26 INDIAN SPRING At Intersection Of Spring & Washington Sts. Rochester, City Of, New York Attracted Indians Here; Supplied Good Water To Rochester's First Settlers For A Decade After 1812; Gave Name To Spring Street.
27 INDIAN TOWN On E. Side Of River Blvd. Near Elmwood Ave. Rochester, City Of, New York In Primitive Wilderness Here Was A Large Algonkin Village Whose Bark Cabins And Tilled Fields Covered Nine Acres
28 JONATHAN CHILD On Grounds Of Fourth Church Of Christ Scientist Rochester, City Of, New York First Mayor Of Rochester 1834–1835, Built The House In 1838 And Lived Here With His Wife, Sophia Eliza Rochester Child, Until 1850
29 LEWIS HENRY At Intersection Of Fitzhugh And Troup Sts. Rochester, City Of, New York Morgan's Home 1855–1881. Here He Wrote His Great Books: "The American Beaver", "The Human Family", "Ancient Society".
30 OLD HIGH SCHOOL On Grounds Of First Unitarian Church On Cortland St. Rochester, City Of, New York Built On This Site, 1827 By Brighton Districts 4 And 14 Named Rochester Collegiate Institute, 1839. Dr. Chester Dewey Was Principal 1836-51.
31 PIONEER SCHOOL On Fitzhugh St. Rochester, City Of, New York First Schoolhouse In Rochester Was Built Of Wood On This Site, 1813. It Was Replaced By A Two-story Stone Building, 1836, And By This Structure, 1873.
32 SITE OF On W. Bank Of Genesee R.e. Of N. End Of River St. Rochester, City Of, New York Indian Fort Built By Early Algonkins In Form Of A Semicircular Earthen Embankment With Three Entrances
33 SUSAN B. ANTHONY On Madison St. Rochester Rochester, City Of, New York Outstanding Leader In Woman's Rights Movement Made Her Home Here With Her Sister, Mary 1866–1906
34 HONEOYE On East River Rd., W. Rush Rush, Town Of, New York Valley Three Indian Tribes Have Hunted, Fished And Tilled The Soil Here For Thousands Of Years
35 SITE OF A SETTLEMENT OF On Avon Rd. At Monroe-livingston County Line Rush, Town Of, New York Tuscaroras 6Th Nation Of Iroquois League. Driven From Carolinas By British 1714–1722
36 MCCORMICK REAPER At Intersection Market & Park Sts. At Brockport Sweden, Town Of, New York Made Here In 1846. Seymour And Morgan By Building 100 Reapers For Cyrus Mccormick Began Quantity Production Of Reapers
37 BURIAL SITE On Burrell Rd. S. Of Scottsville Wheatland, Town Of, New York Quaker Cemetery Bought 1833 From Darius Shadbolt
38 ERECTED 1854 On South Rd. S. Of Scottsville Wheatland, Town Of, New York By Orthodox Quakers Used Thirty Years
39 FIRST HOUSE On Scottsville-west Henrietta Rd. At Scottsville Wheatland, Town Of, New York West Of Genesee River Stood 1700 Feet Due South "Indian" Allen, Builder, 1786 Peter Shaeffer, Settler, 1789 First Town Meeting 1797
40 NORTHAMPTON Main St. At Scottsville Wheatland, Town Of, New York First Town West Of Genesee River Organized Here 1797 Ebenezer Allen Home 1786 Peter Shaeffer Farm 1789 Terminus Pioneer R.r. 1838
41 SITE OF On Burrell Rd., S. Of Scottsville Wheatland, Town Of, New York Early School Quarkers Met Here 1824–1827
42 SITE OF FIRST On Burrell Rd. S. Of Scottsville Wheatland, Town Of, New York Quaker Meeting House Town Of Wheatland Frame Building 1827 Used Until 1854 By Hicksites
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