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

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Marker name Image Date designated Location City or Town Coords Marker text
1 OLD BAPTIST CHURCH On Nys 96 At Covert Covert, Town Of, New York Founded Covert, N.y, Feb. 16, 1803. 1St Pastor Minor Thomas. "Mother Church" Of Seneca Baptist Association. Old Covert Cemetery Nearby
2 OLD SCHOOL HOUSE On Ys 96A At Interlaken Covert, Town Of, New York This Building Was The 2D Used For School Purposes In Farmersville, New York In 1845 Was Known As The "Farmersville Institute"
3 THE BEEHIVE On Nys 96 At Interlaken Covert, Town Of, New York Tavern Of Pioneer Days Erected 1824 3Rd Floor Used For Various Meeting
4 BURROUGHS POINT
Burroughs Point NYSHM
On Nys 89 About 3 Miles North Of Canoga Fayette, Town Of, New York Site Of Indian Village Destroyed During Sullivan Campaign, 1779. Troops Under Col. Henry Dearborn Encamped Here
5 CANOGA On Nys 89 At Canoga Fayette, Town Of, New York Ga-no-geh Of The Indians Included In Reservation By Indian Sachem Fish-carrier By Treaty Of 1795
6 CANOGA CREEK On Nys 89 About 1½ Mi. North Of Canoga Fayette, Town Of, New York Site Of The Indian Village Of Skannayutenate Red Jacket, The Indian Orator Was Born Here
7 CANOGA LANDING On Town Rd. Shore Cayuga L. About 1½ Mi. S.e. Of Canoga Fayette, Town Of, New York Site Of Indian Village Destroyed During Sullivan Campaign, 1779 Frontenac Is. Just East & Nearly Across The Lake
8 CANOGA SPRING On County Rd. About 3/4 Mi. West Of Canoga Fayette, Town Of, New York Referred To In The Survey Of Seneca Co. By John Delafield In 1850 As Bubbling Pure Nitrogen Gas
9 CAYUGA LAKE
Cayuga Lake NYSHM
On Nys 89 About 3 Miles South Of Canoga Fayette, Town Of, New York Site Of Landing Of Moravian Missionaries Zeisberger And Cammerhoff June 27, 1750
10 FIRST On County Rd. About 3 Mis. West Of Canoga Fayette, Town Of, New York Sunday School In Fayette, 1819, Taught Here In Old Log School House By Deacon Hugh Mc Allister
11 SITE OF On Nys 89 About 3 Miles North Of East Varick Fayette, Town Of, New York Howland's Landing Formerly A Landing And Warehouse, Shown On The Delafield Map Of 1852
12 SITE OF On Town Rd. On Shore Cayuga Lake About 2½ Mis. S.e. Of Canoga Fayette, Town Of, New York Indian Village Destroyed By Troops Under Col. Henry Dearbornn Sept. 21, 1779
13 SITE OF TAVERN On County Rd. About 1 Mile North Of Macdougall Fayette, Town Of, New York Kept By Captain Nathan Cook 1756–1838 His Grandson, Stephen V. Harkness Lived Here-one Of Founders Of Standard Oil Company
14 [ARROW] 1 MILE On Nys 89 About 1/2 South Of Canoga Fayette, Town Of, New York Indian Village At Canoga Landing Destroyed During Sullivan Campaign 1779
15 [ARROW] 1 MILE On Nys 89 About 1½ Mis. South Of Canoga Fayette, Town Of, New York Site Of Indian Village Destroyed By Troops Under Col. Henry Dearborn Sept. 21, 1779
16 SULLIVAN TRAIL On Nys 96 About 1½ Miles North Of Interlaken Ovid, Town Of, New York Before Settlement By White Men Co. Henry Dearborn Of The Sullivan Expedition Viewed Cayuga Lake Here, Sept. 22, 1779
17 THOMAS R. LOUNSBURY On Nys 414, Vlge. Of Ovid Ovid, Town Of, New York Illustrious Yale Professor Born Here 1835. Son Of Rev. Thomas Lounsbury And Mary Janette Woodward. Student Of Ovid Academy
18 DEAN'S COVE
Deans Cove NYSHM
On Nys 89 About 2½ Miles South Of East Varick Romulus, Town Of, New York (Swah-ya-wa-nah) Indian Village Destroyed By Detachments From Sullivan's Army September 22, 1779
19 DEGORY PROWTT On Nys 89 About 4 Miles South Of East Varick Romulus, Town Of, New York Drummer Boy, 1776–1783 At Siege Of Fort Stanwix On The Sullivan Expedition, At Surrender Of Cornwallis, Lived A Mile West Of Here.
20 KEN-DAI-A On Nys 96A About 5 Miles Northwest Of Ovid Romulus, Town Of, New York Indian Village Destroyed By Sulivan's Army September 17, 1779
21 WHITNEY'S LANDING
Whitney's Landing NYSHM
On Nys 89 About 6 Miles South Of East Varick Romulus, Town Of, New York Later Known As Jacacks' Landing Was A Prominent Landing Shown In The Delafield Map Of 1852
22 ALONG NORTH SIDE OF RIVER On Us 20 & Nys 5 About 1 Mile East Of Waterloo Seneca Falls Town Of, New York Marched Sullivan's Forces Expedition Commanded By Col.peter Gansevoort & Lt. Col. William Butler Sept. 20-21, 1779
23 BRIDGEPORT On Co. Rd. About 2 Mis. E. Of Seneca Falls Seneca Falls Town Of, New York Formerly Cayuga Ferry & W. Cayuga Terminus Of State Line Bridge Prominent When Auburn Was "Hardenbergh's Corner"
24 ELIZABETH CADY On Washington St., Seneca Falls Seneca Falls Town Of, New York Stanton Promoter Of The First Woman's Rights Convention Lived Here. Convention Was Held Across The River
25 FIRST CONVENTION FOR On Us 20 & Nys 5, Seneca Falls Seneca Falls Town Of, New York Woman's Right Was Held On This Corner 1848
26 HOME OF At Intersection W. Bayard & Sackett Sts., Seneca Falls Seneca Falls Town Of, New York Gary V. Sackett 1790–1885 Judge Court Of Common Pleas-promoter Of Canal System
27 KINGDOM CEMETERY On Us 20 & Nys 5 About 1 Mile East Of Waterloo Seneca Falls Town Of, New York Reserved In Deed To Thomas Lawrence. Here Until 1856 Were Mills, Distilleries, Taverns, School, Justice Ct., Masonic Lodge, Race Track.
28 MILITARY ROUTE On Us 20 & Nys 5 At The East End Of Waterloo Seneca Falls Town Of, New York Of The Sullivan-clinton Army On Its Campaign Against The British And Indians Of Western New York In 1779
29 MYNDERSE On Us 20 & Nys 5, Seneca Falls Seneca Falls Town Of, New York Academy Named For Co. Wilhelmus Mynderse, Founder Of Seneca Falls
30 OLD GENESEE
Old Genesee Stage Route
On Co. Rd. About 1/2 Mile East Of Seneca Falls Seneca Falls Town Of, New York Stage Route Cayuga Lake Bridge Made This The Main Route Until The Erie Canal Of 1822 And The Railway Of 1840
31 POTTER INN FARM On Co. Rd. About 1/2 Mile East Of Seneca Falls Seneca Falls Town Of, New York Nathaniel J. Potter, Innkeeper Blacksmith On Genesee Road, 1801–1808. His Son, Henry's. Potter, Lived Here. 1St Pres. Western Union Telegraph, 1851.
32 SITE OF INDIAN VILLAGE
Gar-Non-De-Yo
On Nys 89 About 1½ Miles North Of Canoga Seneca Falls Town Of, New York Gar-non-de-yo Destroyed During Sullivan Campaign Sept. 21, 1779
33 VAN CLEEF LAKE On Bank Of Lake Near Intersection Trinity La. & Fall St., Seneca Falls Seneca Falls Town Of, New York Named For George Cunningham Van Cleef, One Of First White Children Born In Seneca County 1797
34 CRUSOE ISLAND On Nys 414 At Crusoe Tyre, Town Of, New York Site Of Crusoe Post Office Until 1852. Home Of Senator David H. Evans (1837–1920). Stage Relaying Barns Were Located Here
35 BIRTHPLACE OF
IP Roberts NYSHM
On Nys 89 About 1 Mile North Of East Varick Varick, Town Of, New York Isaac Philips Roberts July 24, 1833 Representative Extra- Ordinary Of American Farmer
36 EAST VARICK On Nys 89 At East Varick Varick, Town Of, New York Once Prominent Landing With Hotel, Warehouse, Stores, Residences. Early Home Of Roberts, Phillips, Burroughs, Christopher, Barrick Families
37 PRESBYTERIAN On Nys 96 In Village Of Romulus Varick, Town Of, New York Church Organized 1796 By Rev. Daniel Thatcher Of Virginia This Building Erected 1838
38 SITE OF
Frisbie's Ferry NYSHM
On Nys 89 About 1½ Miles S. Of East Varick Varick, Town Of, New York Frisbie's Ferry A Now Extinct Hamlet With Store, Mills, Distillery, Tavern, And Ferry To Aurora, 1796.
39 SITE OF
Site of Clarktown NYSHM
On Nys 89 About 2 Miles North Of East Varick Varick, Town Of, New York Clarktown A Now Extinct Hamlet With Warehouse, Stores, Tavern, Pottery, And Ferry To Levanna Across The Lake
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