The historic village of Aurora, Cayuga County, New York, rises on a hill above the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake. The village was named by Captain Benjamin Ledyard, who settled there in 1793, in the post-Revolutionary development of the Finger Lakes region. Up until the mid-nineteenth century, Aurora played an important part in the history of Central New York.
Sherwood is a hamlet in Cayuga County, New York, United States.
Cayuga County Courthouse and Clerk's Office is a historic courthouse complex located at 152 Genesee Street in Auburn, New York. It consists of a two building government complex. The courthouse was built in 1835–1836 to a design by John I. Hagaman in the Greek Revival style, employing a massive Greek Doric order. It was rebuilt and expanded in 1922–1924 after a fire destroyed everything but the front and side walls of the original building. The rebuilt courthouse, designed by Carl Tallman and Samuel Hillger, is a 2+1⁄2-story, Neoclassical temple-fronted stone building incorporating Hagaman's monumental portico. Attached to it is the 1882 County Clerk's Office building, designed by Green and Wicks in the Late Victorian Italianate style.
The House at 17 Aurora Street in the village of Moravia, Cayuga County, New York, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The House at 18 Aurora Street in the village of Moravia, in Cayuga County, New York, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The House at 20 Aurora Street in the village of Moravia in Cayuga County, New York is a historic house listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is a two-story, vernacular frame dwelling constructed about 1840, with an extension to the ell added about 1860. Also on the property is a two-story Greek Revival style carriage house probably added about 1850.
The House at 21 West Cayuga Street in the village of Moravia in Cayuga County, New York is a historic home. It is a 1+1⁄2-story, frame dwelling with a 1-story rear wing. It was probably constructed between 1810 and 1830 as a vernacular interpretation of Federal style residential architecture.
The House at 31 West Cayuga Street in the village of Moravia in Cayuga County, New York is a historic home. It is a 2-story, frame, Greek Revival-style dwelling with a 1+1⁄2-story rear wing. It was built about 1840.
Sager House is a historic home located at 12 West Cayuga Street in the village of Moravia in Cayuga County, New York. It is a 2½-story, frame, Queen Anne–style residence, with a cruciform plan. The house was built in 1884. Also on the property is a 2-story, frame carriage house. It was built by carpenters/construction managers James Patten and James Harris.
Tuthill-Green House is a historic home located at 59 S. Main St. in the village of Moravia in Cayuga County, New York. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, frame, Queen Anne–style residence. The house was built about 1887. Also on the property is a 2+1⁄2-story, frame carriage house, built about 1885.
Peter Yawger House is a historic home located at Union Springs in Cayuga County, New York. It was built in 1838–1840 in the Greek Revival style on the east shore of Cayuga Lake. It consists of a 1+1⁄2-story, five-by-three-bay, brick gable-roofed main block, with a 1-story, gable-roofed kitchen wing. The front portico is supported by four massive fluted Ionic columns.
The Almeron Durkee House is a historic house located at 13 Cayuga Street (NY-90) in Union Springs, Cayuga County, New York.
Charles Howland-William H. Chase House is a historic home located at Union Springs in Cayuga County, New York. It was built about 1840 and is a remarkably intact two-story, five-bay, center-hall limestone dwelling in the Greek Revival style. Attached to the main block is a large two-story rear wing creating an L-shaped house. Also on the property is a stone barn, stone shed, and stone smokehouse.
William Richardson House is a historic home located at Union Springs in Cayuga County, New York. It was built about 1830 and is a remarkably intact late Federal / early Greek Revival–style farmhouse. It is a 2-story, three-bay brick dwelling main block with a 1+1⁄2-story side ell and 1+1⁄2-story rear wing. Also on the property are four late-19th-century / early-20th-century barns.
Augustus Howland House is a historic home located at 1395 Sherwood Road in Sherwood in Cayuga County, New York. It is a "distinctive high-style Italianate" dwelling built about 1850. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, six bays wide and three bays deep, heavy timber frame dwelling, topped by a low pitched hipped roof. It is sheathed in clapboard and features a two bay wide front pavilion. Included in the listing are four contributing barns, a laundry building, and two hitching posts.
Orrin W. Burritt House is a historic home located at Weedsport in Cayuga County, New York. It is a fashionable Italianate / Queen Anne style dwelling built about 1876. It consists of a large, essentially rectangular, two story frame main block. Notable features of the building include broadly projecting eaves supported by elaborate scroll brackets, dentils and modillions; large windows surrounded by elaborate wood trim; an imposing verandah with a wealth of Victorian-inspired ornamentation; and a Colonial Revival style porte-cochere added about 1912. Also on the property is a carriage house built about 1876.
Edward Hopper Birthplace and Boyhood Home, also known as the Edward Hopper House Art Center, is an art center and historic home located at 82 North Broadway, 3 1/2 blocks north of Main Street, Nyack in Rockland County, New York. It is a 2-story, side hall, mid-19th-century Greek Revival–style dwelling with a 2+1⁄2-story, Queen Anne–style addition. It was the home of noted artist Edward Hopper (1882–1967) from the time of his birth until he moved to Manhattan in 1910. He held title to the house until his death.
The Davenport House, also known as Sans-Souci, is an 1859 residence in New Rochelle, New York, designed by architect Alexander Jackson Davis in the Gothic Revival style. The "architecturally significant cottage and its compatible architect-designed additions represent a rare assemblage of mid-19th through early 20th century American residential design". The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The Albert Slingerland House is a historic home located at Slingerlands in Albany County, New York. It was built about 1840 and is a 2-story, frame Greek Revival–style dwelling. It consists of a 2-story, gable-front main block with a 1+1⁄2-story side ell with a projecting porch. Also on the property are two 2-story frame barns dated to about 1840 and a brick smoke house.
Mary Amy Otis (1863–1950) was an American miniaturist.
