Ticonderoga is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 5,042 at the 2010 census. The name comes from the Mohawk tekontaró:ken, meaning "it is at the junction of two waterways".
The steamboat Ticonderoga is one of two remaining side-paddle-wheel passenger steamers with a vertical beam engine of the type that provided freight and passenger service on America's bays, lakes and rivers from the early 19th to the mid-20th centuries. Commissioned by the Champlain Transportation Company, Ticonderoga was built in 1906 at the Shelburne Shipyard in Shelburne, Vermont on Lake Champlain.
Henry Gordon Burleigh was an American businessman, banker and politician. He served as a United States Representative from New York and as a member of the New York State Assembly during the 1870s.
The Hancock House is an historic structure in Ticonderoga, New York. It is a replica of the Hancock Manor on Boston's Beacon Hill that was the residence of Thomas Hancock, the uncle of John Hancock.
H. G. Burleigh House is a historic home located at Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York. The home was originally owned by U.S. Congressman Henry G. Burleigh, and was built in 1894 and enlarged in 1905. It is a 2 1⁄2-story, irregularly massed stone and concrete veneer Queen Anne–style building with Colonial Revival features. It is a 2 1⁄2-story, rectangular, gable-roofed structure built of brick. It features a central Palladian window at the second level. It features complex massing, molded chimneys, multiple roofs, corner towers, as well as classical columned and shingle-sheathed porches.
Clark House is a historic home located at Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York. The home was built in 1921 and is a 1 1⁄2-story stone and shingle-sheathed American Craftsman–style building with a slate gable roof. Also on the property is a contributing cobblestone wall.
The Ferris House is a historic house located at 16 Carillon Road in Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York.
Black Watch Library is a historic library building located at Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1905 and is a one-story brick structure with a cruciform plan in the Jacobean Revival style. It features a blue / green slate gable roof with projecting rafter ends.
Central School was a historic school building located at Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1906 and was a 2 1⁄2-story, eleven-bay-wide by seven-bay-deep brick building with Jacobean Revival style features. The features included parapeted gables, round arched entrances, and a steeply pitched multi-gabled roof. A rear 1 1⁄2-story addition had a slate hipped roof. It was built on the site of the Academy, Ticonderoga's first high school. It was used as a school until 1967; from 1967 to 1984 it was used as a civic center for community activities.
Ticonderoga High School is a historic high school building located at Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1928-1930 and is a three-story, masonry neo-Georgian style building with a slate roof, concrete foundation, and brick walls. It features a semi-circular portico with Corinthian order columns and a balustrade and a copper polygonal cupola.
Community Building is a historic town hall located at Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1927 and is a large two story, five bay neo-Georgian style ashlar granite building with a central bowed portico. The portico has four Ionic order columns and two engaged pilasters. It has a slate hipped roof anchored by a central octagonal cupola.
Gilligan and Stevens Block is a historic commercial building located at Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York. It was built in two parts between 1882 and 1884 and is a three-story, eight bay wide structure with Italianate and Queen Anne style features. The east part of the block features five cast iron columns at the street level.
Ticonderoga Pulp and Paper Company Office is a historic office building located at Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1888 and is a rectangular, two story structure of brick laid in common bond with a rectangular brick addition built about 1910. Both sections have gray slate gable roofs, white painted wood trim, and a denticulated brick cornice. The company was organized in 1877 by Clayton H. Delano, whose house is also listed on the register.
The NYS Armory is a historic former National Guard armory building located at Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1934–1935 and is a large, two story "T" shaped brick and case stone building with Tudor and Jacobean Revival style features. The main seven bay block has a steeply pitched, slate-covered hipped roof and is flanked by two bay wings.
The PAD Factory is a historic factory building located at Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1893 and is a 3-story, five-by-three-bay brick industrial building with a fieldstone foundation and a low pitched gable roof. It was originally built for the manufacture of blank books, but was used almost immediately for a variety of purposes including a temporary school and shirt factory. It was converted for residential and commercial uses in 1981.
Silas B. Moore Gristmill is a historic grist mill located at Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1879–80 and is a two-story, three-bay wood-frame commercial building with shiplap siding and Italianate style details. A two-story, rectangular addition completed about 1885 is attached to the rear of the main block.
US Post Office-Ticonderoga is a historic post office building located at Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York, United States. It was designed and built in 1936–37, and is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department under Louis A. Simon. The building is in the Colonial Revival style and is a symmetrically massed, one story brick building with a stone watertable. The slate covered gable roof is topped by a square, flat-topped cupola with Doric order pilasters. The interior features a 1940 mural by Frederick Massa titled The Exhortation of Ethan Allen.
Amherst Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Ticonderoga, in Essex County, New York. The district contains 16 contributing buildings on ten properties; 10 houses and six garages. It includes single-family homes built between 1921 and 1923 by W.A. Gale for the Ticonderoga Pulp and Paper Company as rental properties for company management. Gale also constructed the houses in the Lake George Avenue Historic District.
Lake George Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Ticonderoga, in Essex County, New York. The district contains 20 contributing buildings on 14 properties; 12 houses and eight garages. It includes single-family homes built between 1919 and 1921 by W.A. Gale for the Ticonderoga Pulp and Paper Company as rental properties for company management. The houses share a common American Craftsman influenced bungalow style. Gale also constructed the houses in the Amherst Avenue Historic District.
Crandall Marine Railway is a historic dry dock facility located at Heart's Bay, 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York. It was built in September 1927 by the Lake George Steamboat Company as its primary facility for building, repairing and maintaining its fleet. Contributing structures on the property are the head house, tracks and a cradle.
