This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Orleans County, New York. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates". [note 1] Two listings, the New York State Barge Canal and the Cobblestone Historic District, are further designated a National Historic Landmark.
There are currently 29 listings in the county, the fourth fewest in the state after Schuyler County (19), Hamilton County (22) and Genesee County (23). Seven of the listings are historic districts, including Mount Albion Cemetery (Millville Cemetery is classified as a site). The remaining 20 are individual buildings. No structures in the county are yet listed on the National Register.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 24, 2023. [1]
Albany (Albany) – Allegany – Bronx – Broome – Cattaraugus – Cayuga – Chautauqua – Chemung – Chenango – Clinton – Columbia – Cortland – Delaware – Dutchess (Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck) – Erie (Buffalo) – Essex – Franklin – Fulton – Genesee – Greene – Hamilton – Herkimer – Jefferson – Kings – Lewis – Livingston – Madison – Monroe (Rochester) – Montgomery – Nassau – New York (Below 14th Street, 14th to 59th Streets, 59th to 110th Streets, Above 110th Street, Islands) – Niagara (Niagara Falls) – Oneida – Onondaga (Syracuse) – Ontario – Orange – Orleans – Oswego – Otsego – Putnam – Queens – Rensselaer – Richmond – Rockland – St. Lawrence – Saratoga – Schenectady – Schoharie – Schuyler – Seneca – Steuben – Suffolk – Sullivan – Tioga – Tompkins – Ulster – Warren – Washington – Wayne – Westchester (Northern, Southern, New Rochelle, Peekskill, Yonkers) – Wyoming – Yates |
Of the 20 buildings, at least 10 have been used as dwellings at some point in their history. Two [note 2] of those were originally inns that have since become residences. The Tousley-Church House was later converted into the local Daughters of the American Revolution chapter offices. [2] The four conventional historic districts [note 3] all include some residential properties as well among their contributing properties.
Three other buildings—the Albion and Medina post offices and the Medina Armory—are government buildings. The armory is now used by the local YMCA. No commercial buildings in Orleans County are individually listed on the Register. Nor are any religious buildings, although seven churches contribute to the Orleans County Courthouse Historic District [3] and one to the Cobblestone Historic District. No educational buildings were listed on their own until 2017, when the Gaines District No. 2 Cobblestone Schoolhouse was listed; however, the Cobblestone Historic District includes an old one-room schoolhouse among its contributing properties.
In the five districts, there are 135 buildings on 104 acres (42 ha). Most of that acreage is accounted for by Mt. Albion Cemetery, the largest listing in the county at 70 acres (28 ha). The Cobblestone Historic District, with three buildings on two discontiguous plots totaling three-quarters of an acre (3,000 m2), is the smallest district and the smallest National Historic Landmark District in New York.
The other three districts are in the downtowns of Medina and Albion, the largest settlements in the county. The two Albion districts abut each other, with the southerly being characterized by the public buildings, churches and residences around the county courthouse while the northerly is primarily commercial. Medina's Main Street Historic District is almost all commercial property.
All but three of the buildings (and one structure [note 4] ) within the historic districts are considered contributing properties. None of the contributing properties are themselves listed individually on the Register. However, the Albion post office, within the bounds of the county courthouse historic district, is not considered a contributing property to it despite later being listed on the Register, since it was built two decades after the district's period of significance.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 24, 2023. [4]
Legend: National Register of Historic Places listing National Historic Landmark Historic district National Historic Landmark District
[5] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed [6] | Location | City or town | Description |
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1 | Bacon–Harding Farm | February 27, 2013 (#13000041) | 3077 Oak Orchard Road 43°16′02″N78°11′31″W / 43.267273°N 78.192016°W | Gaines | 200-year-old farm still owned by the same family; centered around 1844 cobblestone Greek Revival farmhouse | |
2 | William V. N. Barlow House | September 8, 1983 (#83001757) | 223 S. Clinton St. [7] 43°14′22″N78°11′47″W / 43.239444°N 78.196389°W | Albion | Barlow, architect of many important buildings in downtown Albion, including the county courthouse, built this eclectic home for himself in 1875. Its rear yard has one of the village's few remaining hand-pumped wells. [7] | |
3 | Jackson Blood Cobblestone House | June 30, 2005 (#05000635) | 142 S. Main St. [8] 43°19′00″N78°23′22″W / 43.316775°N 78.389383°W | Lyndonville | The Blood family is supposed to have built this sophisticated 1846 Greek Revival cobblestone house by hauling the stones down from Lake Ontario themselves. [8] | |
4 | Boxwood Cemetery | January 27, 2015 (#14001216) | 3717 N. Gravel Rd. 43°14′04″N78°23′59″W / 43.2344879°N 78.3996647°W | Medina | Small cemetery started in 1860s where many of city's original settlers are buried | |
5 | Butterfield Cobblestone House | March 1, 2010 (#10000044) | 4690 Bennetts Corners Rd. [9] 43°11′19″N78°01′02″W / 43.188611°N 78.017222°W | Clarendon | This 1849 Greek Revival cobblestone house is the only such structure in Clarendon. It is considered the finest building in that style in county. [9] | |
6 | T.O. Castle and Son General Store | January 25, 2023 (#100008604) | 12348 Maple Ridge Rd. 43°12′28″N78°19′30″W / 43.2077°N 78.3250°W | Millville | ||
7 | Clarendon Stone Store | May 9, 2012 (#12000258) | 16301 E. Lee Rd. 43°11′38″N78°03′53″W / 43.1938°N 78.0647°W | Clarendon | General store, an early use of Medina sandstone. Also known as the "Old Stone Store", or the "Copeland Store". | |
8 | Cobblestone Historic District | April 1, 1993 (#93001603) | Ridge Rd. (NY 104) [10] 43°17′13″N78°11′24″W / 43.286944°N 78.19°W | Childs | Orleans County's only National Historic Landmark, and the state's smallest NHL district, consists of three 19th-century cobblestone buildings reflecting style at its highest in different periods. They include the state's oldest known cobblestone church and its parsonage, as well as one of only two buildings with cobblestone veneer over wood frame. [10] | |
9 | Cobblestone Inn | July 24, 2007 (#07000755) | 12226 Ridge Rd. [11] 43°16′28″N78°19′59″W / 43.274444°N 78.333056°W | Oak Orchard on-the-Ridge | This 1837 tavern, which one served traffic on the Ridge Road, is possibly the largest cobblestone building in the state. It later became a restaurant and is now a residential duplex [11] | |
10 | Fancher World War II Memorial | August 3, 2022 (#100007953) | Southwest corner of NY 31 and Fancher Rd. 43°13′44″N78°05′09″W / 43.2289°N 78.0858°W | Murray vicinity | ||
11 | Gaines District No. 2 Cobblestone Schoolhouse | June 12, 2017 (#100001070) | 3286 Gaines Basin Rd. 43°15′26″N78°13′25″W / 43.257100°N 78.223694°W | Gaines | Intact 1832 schoolhouse built to handle population influx after completion of Erie Canal; restoration completed in 2015–16. | |
12 | Benjamin Franklin Gates House | June 4, 2009 (#09000378) | 13079 W. Lee Rd. [12] 43°12′10″N78°16′43″W / 43.202778°N 78.278611°W | Barre | Gates, a pioneering settler of Barre, built this Greek Revival stacked-plank house and the region's first tannery around 1830. New owners restored it in the early 21st century; it is still a working farm. [12] | |
13 | Hillside Cemetery | June 25, 2013 (#13000450) | NY 237 & S. Holley Rd. 43°12′57″N78°01′54″W / 43.2159488°N 78.0315884°W | Clarendon | Resting place of many early settlers of town later adapted into rural cemetery | |
14 | Holley Village Historic District | August 24, 2015 (#15000539) | 1 Village Sq., 3-35 Frisbe Terrace, Public Sq., 32-34 Albion, 1-13 S. Main, 1 Wright, 2 White, 1 & 4-18 Thomas Sts. 43°13′33″N78°01′36″W / 43.225767°N 78.0266787°W | Holley | Commercial and institutional core of a village as it developed over a century following a distinctive street plan along the Erie Canal. | |
15 | Main Street Historic District | March 23, 1995 (#95000213) | Roughly, along Main and Center Sts., West Ave. and Proctor Pl. [13] 43°13′13″N78°23′13″W / 43.220278°N 78.386944°W | Medina | When Medina came into existence following the construction of the Erie Canal, this strip from the canal to the railroad tracks was the first area of the village. Its buildings, from the 1830s to the 1940s, are relics of Medina's industrial peak years. [13] The district was later expanded slightly to include the Medina Railroad Museum building. [14] | |
16 | Medina Armory | April 13, 1995 (#95000399) | 302 Pearl St. [15] 43°13′19″N78°23′32″W / 43.221944°N 78.392222°W | Medina | This structure, built of locally quarried Medina sandstone, was George Heins' first commission as state architect in 1901. It is today the Lake Plains YMCA. [15] | |
17 | Millville Cemetery | October 31, 2007 (#07001126) | E. Shelby Rd. [16] 43°11′23″N78°19′28″W / 43.189722°N 78.324444°W | Millville | This exemplary 1871 rural cemetery on a small hill, expanded from earlier burying ground, is the final resting place of many residents of this former bustling agricultural hamlet. [16] | |
18 | Mt. Albion Cemetery | September 27, 1976 (#76001261) | New York State Route 31 [17] 43°14′22″N78°09′20″W / 43.239444°N 78.155556°W | Town of Albion | This rural cemetery was built in 1842 on a high drumlin outside of Albion. It features local Civil War monument and chapel. Among those buried here are many local politicians of the 19th century, and former Georgia governor Rufus Bullock. [17] | |
19 | New York State Barge Canal | October 15, 2014 (#14000860) | Linear across county 43°14′56″N78°11′27″W / 43.248815°N 78.190914°W | Albion, Gaines, Holley, Medina, Murray, Ridgeway, Shelby | Successor to Erie Canal approved by state voters in early 20th century to compete with railroads. | |
20 | North Main-Bank Streets Historic District | November 30, 1994 (#94001341) | Roughly, along N. Main, E. Bank, W. Bank and Liberty Sts. [18] 43°14′51″N78°11′37″W / 43.2475°N 78.193611°W | Albion | The northerly of Albion's two downtown historic districts is one of the most intact commercial areas along the Erie Canal, with buildings from the century after its completion. [18] | |
21 | Orleans County Courthouse Historic District | August 31, 1979 (#79001617) | Courthouse Sq. and environs [3] 43°14′45″N78°11′36″W / 43.245833°N 78.193333°W | Albion | The southern downtown Albion historic district is the civic and religious center of the village and county. Centered around William Barlow's 1858 county courthouse are residential, commercial and institutional buildings, including seven churches. Many use Medina sandstone. [3] | |
22 | Payjack Chevrolet Building | May 8, 2012 (#12000259) | 320 N. Main St. 43°13′21″N78°23′16″W / 43.22259°N 78.38786°W | Medina | 1949 concrete building is intact example of car dealership facility built to General Motors international standards of that era. | |
23 | Servoss House | February 28, 2008 (#08000104) | 3963 Fruit Ave. [19] 43°13′00″N78°25′51″W / 43.216667°N 78.430833°W | Ridgeway | A former canal worker built this early 1830s Greek Revival house alongside the canal using an unusual horizontal-plank structural system. [19] | |
24 | John Shelp Cobblestone House | November 20, 2008 (#08001079) | 10181 West Shelby Rd. [20] 43°09′17″N78°27′51″W / 43.154722°N 78.464167°W | West Shelby | In the late 19th century, the owners of this sophisticated 1836 Greek Revival cobblestone house redid the interior in the Queen Anne Style [20] | |
25 | Skinner-Tinkham House | April 15, 2004 (#04000291) | 4652 Oak Orchard Rd. [21] 43°11′11″N78°11′40″W / 43.186389°N 78.194444°W | Barre Center | This 1829 Federal-style tavern along a busy highway, later remodeled into house, is one of the county's few surviving brick buildings in that style. Restoration efforts are underway after several decades of neglect. [21] | |
26 | Stevens–Sommerfeldt House | May 26, 2015 (#15000268) | 5482 Holley-Byron Rd. 43°08′52″N78°04′15″W / 43.147887°N 78.0707476°W | Clarendon | Rare surviving late Federal Stone House, built in 1820s | |
27 | Tousley-Church House | February 5, 2002 (#01001565) | 249 N. Main St. [2] 43°15′08″N78°11′34″W / 43.252222°N 78.192778°W | Albion | This 1840 Greek Revival house was expanded ten years later in a fashion showing strong influence of Minard Lafever. Since being renovated in the 1930s it has housed the local Daughters of the American Revolution chapter. [2] | |
28 | US Post Office-Albion | November 17, 1988 (#88002450) | 8 S. Main St. [22] 43°14′46″N78°11′39″W / 43.246°N 78.194083°W | Albion | This 1937 post office uses one of more popular Colonial Revival designs for post offices in the state. It is within the Orleans County Courthouse Historic District, but not considered a contributing property to that listing since it was built after 1910. [23] | |
29 | US Post Office-Medina | May 11, 1989 (#88002351) | 128 W. Center St. [24] 43°13′14″N78°23′19″W / 43.220556°N 78.388611°W | Medina | The only other known reuse of this sophisticated 1931 Colonial Revival design is in Salem, Indiana. [24] |
This list is intended to be a complete compilation of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. Seven of the properties are further designated National Historic Landmarks.
There are 75 properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Albany, New York, United States. Six are additionally designated as National Historic Landmarks (NHLs), the most of any city in the state after New York City. Another 14 are historic districts, for which 20 of the listings are also contributing properties. Two properties, both buildings, that had been listed in the past but have since been demolished have been delisted; one building that is also no longer extant remains listed.
The Cobblestone Inn is located along Ridge Road in Oak-Orchard-on-the-Ridge, an unincorporated hamlet in the Town of Ridgeway, New York, United States. It is a cobblestone building dating to the 1830s.
First Universalist Church of Portageville, also known as The Portageville Chapel, is a historic Universalist church in Portageville, Wyoming County, New York. It is a Greek Revival style structure with Gothic and Federal elements dating to 1841. The church features a two-stage square tower above the north gable of the building.
Coverdale Cobblestone House is a historic home located at Leicester in Livingston County, New York. It was completed in 1837 and has a 2-story, three-by-four-bay cobblestone main block, a 1+1⁄2-story kitchen wing, and a 1-story cobblestone and frame carriage shed. It was built in the late Federal / early Greek Revival style. It features medium-sized cobbles in its construction.
Payne Cobblestone House is a historic home located at Conesus in Livingston County, New York. It was constructed in the 1830s and is a vernacular 1-story, five-by-three-bay cobblestone structure with a 1+1⁄2-story offset frame wing. The interior features some Greek Revival style details. It features medium-sized field cobbles set in horizontal rows in its construction. Also on the property are three contributing structures: a sandstone railroad embankment and culvert built about 1853 and a small barrel vault culvert built to accommodate a small stream.
Sliker Cobblestone House is a historic home located at Conesus in Livingston County, New York. It consists of a 1+1⁄2-story frame structure with a 2-story visually dominant cobblestone portion and 1-story rear shed addition. It features medium-sized field cobbles set in horizontal rows in its construction. The interior features Federal-style details. Also on the property are four contributing outbuildings: a shed, four privies, and a barn dating to about 1900.
Cobblestone Railroad Pumphouse is a historic pumphouse located at the hamlet of Fishers in the town of Victor in Ontario County, New York. It was constructed about 1845 by the Auburn and Rochester Railroad and is a small cobblestone structure. It is built of relatively large, rough variously colored field cobbles. It is one of approximately 101 cobblestone buildings in Ontario County.
Adsit Cobblestone Farmhouse is a historic home located at Mendon in Monroe County, New York. It is a Federal style cobblestone farmhouse built about 1832. It served as an inn during the mid-19th century and was a popular stopover for farmers delivering grain on the road from Canandaigua to Rochester. It is constructed of medium-sized field cobbles and is one of only 10 surviving cobblestone buildings in Mendon.
Isaac Cox Cobblestone Farmstead, also known as the Letson Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located in the town of Wheatland near Scottsville in Monroe County, New York. The complex includes a Federal style cobblestone farmhouse built about 1838. It is constructed of small to medium-sized field cobbles and is one of seven surviving cobblestone buildings in the town of Wheatland. Also on the expansive property are a pair of Wells truss barns, 19th century combination corn crib / pig sty, and small 19th century smokehouse.
Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Brockport in Monroe County, New York. The district encompasses 51 contributing structures and one contributing structure, a canal lift bridge. All buildings in the district are commercial, except the U.S. Post Office and a church.
Angus Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex is a historic home and barn located at Benton in Yates County, New York. The complex consists of the farmhouse, was constructed about 1831–1834, and three contributing outbuildings. The farmhouse is an example of vernacular Greek Revival style, cobblestone domestic architecture. The exterior walls are built of variously shaped and colored field cobbles. Also on the property are two large frame barns and a small shed. The farmhouse is smong the nine surviving cobblestone buildings in Yates County.
Hamilton Farmstead is a historic farm complex and national historic district located at Mexico in Oswego County, New York. The district includes three contributing structures; the farmhouse, a barn, and a milkhouse; and three hand-dug wells. The farmhouse is a three bay, two story cobblestone building built in 1848 in the Greek Revival style.
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Rochester, New York, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".
The John Brand Jr. House is a historic house located at 351 Maple Avenue in Elmira, Chemung County, New York.
Ceres School is a historic two-room school building located at Ceres in Allegany County, New York. It was built in 1855 and remodeled in 1893 with Italianate and Queen Anne style design elements. It is a one-story, gross-gabled frame building topped by a belfry. It is a surviving example of a late 19th-century schoolhouse, which served students from both Pennsylvania and New York. The school closed following World War II and used as a community center.
John Brand Sr. House is a historic home located at Elmira in Chemung County, New York. It was built about 1870 and is a large 2+1⁄2-story, Italianate-style dwelling with a 2-story wing. Also on the property is a concrete fountain basin with a reproduction Victorian fountainhead.
Norton Village Historic District is a national historic district located in the northeast quadrant of Rochester in Monroe County, New York. The district consists of 144 contributing buildings. The garden apartment complex was originally built in 1949 as part of the Rochester Plan to provide quality, low-rent housing for veterans returning from World War II and their families. There are 144 two-story garden-style apartment buildings with a total of 288 two-story apartments, or two per building, with the buildings grouped in four main clusters. The buildings are in a vernacular Colonial Revival style. It is one of three complexes built as part of the Rochester Plan; the others are Fernwood Park and Ramona Park.
Linden–South Historic District is a national historic district located in the South Wedge neighborhood of Rochester in Monroe County, New York. The district consists of 136 contributing buildings, including 82 residential buildings, 53 outbuildings, and one church. The houses were constructed between 1872 and 1913 in a variety of vernacular interpretations of popular architectural styles including Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, and Colonial Revival styles. The houses are 2 1/2-stories, are of frame or brick construction, and were designed by local architects employed by the developer Ellwanger & Barry. Among the more prominent are Andrew Jackson Warner and Claude Bragdon. The church is the former South Avenue Baptist Church, now Holy Spirit Greek Orthodox Church, built in 1909–1910 in a Late Gothic Revival style. Also in the district is a three-story, Queen Anne style mixed use building, with commercial space on the first floor and residential units above, located at 785 South Avenue.
First Baptist Church of Mumford is a historic Baptist church located at Mumford in Monroe County, New York. It was built in 1852, and is a three-by-four-bay, vernacular Greek Revival–style frame church building on a cobblestone foundation. It features a square, three stage tower. Minor expansions and alterations were done to the building through 1917.
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