List of New York State Historic Markers in Livingston County, New York

This is an incomplete list of New York State Historic Markers in Livingston County, New York.[1]

Listings county-wide edit

Marker name[1] Image Date designated Location City or Town Coords Marker text
1 BIG SPRINGS On Nys 5 At Caledonia Caledonia, Town Of, New York Ancient Indian Camp Site On Niagara Trail Earliest White Toureist 1615 Scottish Settlers 1799 Terminus Pioneer R.r. 1838
2 CALEDONIA On Nys 5 At West End Of Caledonia Caledonia, Town Of, New York Organized 1803 As Town Of Southampton; Name Changed To Caledonia 1806; Scottish Emigrants Settled 1799 Village Incorporated 1891
3 CALEDONIA On Nys 5 At West End Of Caledonia Caledonia, Town Of, New York Organized 1803 As Town Of Southampton; Name Changed To Caledonia 1806; Scottish Emigrants Settled 1799 Village Incorporated 1891
4 CALEDONIA On Nys 36 At North End Of Caledonia Caledonia, Town Of, New York Organized 1803 As Town Of Southampton; Name Changed To Caledonia 1806; Scottish Emigrants Settled 1799 Village Incorporated 1891
5 ERECTED 1826 On Nys 5 At Caledonia Caledonia, Town Of, New York By Jajor Gad Blakslee Early Post Office First Bank Apothecary Shop Now Caledonia Library
6 ERECTED 1827 On Nys 5 At Caledonia Caledonia, Town Of, New York By James R. Clark Early Tavern, Postoffice, Early Bank, Library Certified By Historic American Buildings Survey
7 JOHN HUGH On Nys 5 About 4 Miles Southeast Of Caledonia Caledonia, Town Of, New York Mac Naughton 1826–1891 Lived Here 20 Years Famous Poet And Song Writer
8 MILITARY ROUTE On Us 15 At Foots Corners Conesus, Town Of, New York Of The Sullivan-clinton Army On Its Campaign Against The British And Indians Of Western New York In 1779
9 MILITARY ROUTE On Nys 256 About 1 Mile South Of Maple Beach Conesus, Town Of, New York Of The Sullivan-clinton Army On Its Campaign Against The British And Indians Of Western New York In 1779
10 UNION CEMETERY On Nys 256 About 1 Mile North Of Scottsburg Conesus, Town Of, New York Here Is Buried Captain Daniel Shays 1747–1825 Served In The Revolution Leader Of Shays' Rebellion
11 ABOUT 1/4 MILE WEST On Nys 63 At Geneseo Geneseo, Town Of, New York Treaty Of Big Tree Site Of Memorable Treaty Releasing Seneca Title To 3,600,000 Acres Of Land September 15, 1797
12 1 MILE On Nys 256 At Maple Beach Groveland, Town Of, New York Groveland Hill Tory-Indian Ambush Sullivan Expedition 1779 Fifteen Scouts Killed Boyd And Parker Captured
13 MILITARY ROUTE On Nys 63 About 1¼ Miles South Of Hampton Corners Groveland, Town Of, New York Of The Sullivan-clinton Army On Its Campaign Against The British And Indians Of Western New York In 1779
14 SITE OF On Nys 63 About 3 Miles South Of Geneseo Groveland, Town Of, New York Williamsburg First Settlement In County Established 1792 By Charles Williamson
15 ARROW On Town Rd. About 1 Mile West Of Maple Beach Groveland, Town Of, New York Groveland Hill Tory-Indian Ambush Sullivan Expedition 1779 Fifteen Scouts Killed Boyd And Parker Captured
16 2 MILES [ARROW] At Intersection Us 20A & Bys 36 At Leicester Leicester, Town Of, New York Boyd-parker Tourture Tree And Burial Mound. Western Limit Sullivan's Expedition 1779. Seneca Village Little Beard's Town
17 BOYD-PARKER On Us 20 A & Nys 39 About 1/2 Mi. East Of Cuylerville Leicester, Town Of, New York Torture Tree And Burial Mound. Western Limit Sullivan's Expedition 1779. Seneca Village Little Beard Town
18 SITE OF On Town Rd. About 1½ Mis. N. Of Cuylerville Leicester, Town Of, New York A-on-do-wa-nuh (Big Tree) Seneca Indian Village
19 SITE OF On Squawkie Hill Rd. About 2 Mis. S. Of Leicester Leicester, Town Of, New York De-yu-it-ga-oh (Valley Begins To Widen) Seneca Indian Village The Spring Used By Mary Jemison Is Nearby
20 THIS On Squawkie Hill Rd. About 1½ Mis. S. Of Leicester Leicester, Town Of, New York Log House Erected And Occupied By Thomas Jemison (Buffalo Tom) Grandson Of Mary Jemison
21 GANDICHIRAGOU At Intersection Of Us 20 & Nys 5 With Nys 15A At Lima Lima, Town Of, New York "At The Forks Of The Trail" Name Recorded 1634. Destroyed By De Nonville's French Army 1687. Site Also Of Father Garnier's Chapel Of St. Jean
22 GENESEE WESLEYAN SEMINARY At Intersection Of College Ave. & Genesee St. At Lima Lima, Town Of, New York Founded 1832 Genesee College Established 1849 And On April 14, 1869 Was Allowed To Remove To Form Syracuse University
23 SITE OF On Us 20 & Nys 5 At Lima Lima, Town Of, New York Ska-hase-ga-o (Was-a-long-creek) A Populous Modern Seneca Indian Village
24 WARNER HOUSE On Us 20 & Nys 5 At Lima Lima, Town Of, New York Built By Ashahel Warner, 1810 Who Was Pioneer In 1795 Used By Trinity Mark Masonic Lodge No. 59, 1810 Union Lodge No. 45, 1816
25 1/3 MILE EAST On Co. Rd. About 3/4 Mi. So. Livonia Center Livonia, Town Of, New York Site Of Home Solomon Woodruff First Settler Of Livonia, 1789
26 JACKSONVILLE On Tn. Rd. About 1 Mi. N.e. Hemlock Near Livingston-Ontario Co.line Livonia, Town Of, New York Founded 1830 By Andrew Holden Comprised 130 Houses, 10 Mills, Brickyard, 2 Distilleries
27 MILITARY ROUTE On Nys 15A About 1 Mi. South Of Hemlock Livonia, Town Of, New York Of Sullivan-clinton Army On Its Campaign Against The British And Indians Of Western New York In 1779
28 BIRTHPLACE OF On Nys 36 At Mount Morris Mount Morris, Town Of, New York Francis Bellamy 1855–1931 Author Of "The Plege Of Allegiance To The Flag"
29 FRANCIS BELLAMY On Nys 36 At Mount Morris Mount Morris, Town Of, New York Memorial Park Named In Honor Of Francis Bellamy, 1855–1931, Author Of "The Plege Of Allegiance To The Flag"
30 IN THIS CHURCH WAS At Intersection Of Exchange & Church Sts. In Dansville North Dansville, Town Of, New York Organized First Local Red Cross Society In The United States By Clara Barton August 22, 1881
31 SITE OF On Nys 36 At Dansville North Dansville, Town Of, New York First House In Dansville, Built In 1795 By Cornelius Mc Coy Who Came To America From Ireland In 1788
32 SITE OF THE On Main St. In Dansville North Dansville, Town Of, New York First Church In Dansville German Evangelical Lutheran Church 1826–1918
33 BISBEETOWN On Town Rd. About 1/4 Mile East Of Westview Ossian, Town Of, New York Settled 1819 By Luther Bisbee Born 1762-Died 1856 Soldier Of The American Revolution From Massachusetts Site Of First House 1 Mile South
34 HOME - 1850 On Town Rd. About 1/4 Mile East Of Westview Ossian, Town Of, New York Of Luther Bisbee Ii And His Wife, Eliza West, Descendants Of Thomas Besbridge And Francis West, Freemen Of Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts 1637–1670
35 INDIAN CABIN On Town Rd. At Westview Ossian, Town Of, New York Nearby Is The Site Of The Last Cabin In This Town, Occupied By The Senecas, Before Their Removal To The Buffalo Reservation, 1826.
36 OSSIAN CENTER At Intersection Of County Roads At Ossian Ossian, Town Of, New York Settled In 1804 By Judge Richard And James Porter. They With Their Brother, Nathaniel, Were First Settlers In The Town
37 TELEGRAPH ROAD On Town Rd. About 1/4 Mile East Of Westview Ossian, Town Of, New York Route Of New York And Erie Telegraph Line Constructed In 1848 Under The Supervision Of Ezra Cornell Founder Of Cornell University
38 APPROACHING On Co. Rd. Leading To Erie Rr. Bridge Over Genesee R. At Portage Portage, Town Of, New York Civil War Parade Ground 1826–1865
39 APPROACHING At Intersection Nys 245 & Co. Rd. Leading To Erie Rr Bridge Over Genesee R. Portage, Town Of, New York Civil War Parade Ground 1826–1865
40 CIVIL WAR On Co. Rd. Leading To Erie Rr. Bridge Over Genesee R. At Portage Portage, Town Of, New York Parade Ground 1862–1865 130Th N.y. Regt., Later 1St N.y. Dragoons And 136Th N.y. Regt. Of Infantry, 1826
41 KISH-A-WA On County Rd. At Hunts Hollow Portage, Town Of, New York First Settlers In 1816; Only Village In 15 Miles; Home Of Many Famous People; Path Of "Old Indian Trail"
42 PORTAGE BRIDGE On Livingston Co. Side Of Erie Rr. Bridge Over Genesee R. At Portage Portage, Town Of, New York Replaces Largest Wooden Bridge In The World. Built In 1852. 300 Acres Of Timber Used In Construction Burned In 1875
43 SCHOOL SITE On Co. Rd. About 1/2 Mil. W. Of Hunts Hollow Portage, Town Of, New York Frame Building, About 1819; Abandoned For One Of Two Room As Number Of Pupils Grew. Samuel Hunt, Brother Of Governor Hunt, Taught Here.
44 BRICK SCHOOL On Nys 36 At York York, Town Of, New York District No. 8; Built 1825. President Chester A. Arthur Attended This School 1837 To 1842
45 SITE OF On Tn. Rd. About 1/2 Mi. South Of Piffard York, Town Of, New York O-ha-gi (Crowding The Bank) Tuscarora Indian Village Only One In County
45 5 ARCH BRIDGE   Northeast of Avon Avon, New York 42°53′55″N 77°45′50″W / 42.8985°N 77.7639°W / 42.8985; -77.7639) Built 1856-57 by the Genesee Valley RR to span the Conesus Outlet, the 200ft long X 12ft wide limestone bridge was part of the Rochester Avon Geneseo Mt. Morris Line. Avon became a RR hub connecting Buffalo-Rochester-Corning-Hornell. The line was electrified in 1907 with 13 runs daily between Rochester and Mt. Morris. In 1941 the Avon Mt. Morris section was abandoned and the rails removed.

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  1. ^ a b "New York State Historic Markers". New York State Historic Markers. New York State Museum. 2009-07-15. Archived from the original on 2013-03-24.