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Historic Places in Cayuga County

Henry Allen House

12 E. Cayuga St.

Moravia, NY 13118

Architect: Unknown

Style: Italianate

Period: 1875-1899

Ownership: Private

Aurora Stream Grist Mill

Main St.

Aurora, NY 13026

Architect: Junia Curtis

Style: None

Period: 1800-1824

Ownership: Private

Aurora Village-Wells College Historic District

Rt. 90

Aurora, NY 13026

Architect: A.J. Davis, A.J. Downing et al.

Style: Mixed

Period: 1750-1799, 1925-1949

Ownership: Private, Local Govt.

Case Memorial-Seymour Library

176 Genesee St.

Auburn, NY 13021

Architect: Carrere & Hastings

Style: Beaux Arts

Period: 1875-1924

Ownership: Private

Cayuga County Courthouse and Clerk's Office

152-154 Genesee St.

Auburn, NY 13021

Architect: John L. Hagaman, et al.

Style: Classical Revival, Late Victorian

Period: 1825-1924

Ownership: Local Govt.

Centerport Aqueduct

2462 Rt. 31

Weedsport, NY 13166

Architect: Ogden Edwards

Style: None

Period: 1850-1899

Ownership: Local Govt.

Church and Congress Streets Historic District

Bounded by S. Main and Park Sts.

Moravia, NY 13118

Architect: Unknown

Style: Greek Revival, Federal, Italianate

Period: 1750-1949

Ownership: Private, Local Govt.

East Genoa Methodist Episcopal Church

558 Genoa Rd.

Genoa, NY 13071

Architect: Jeremiah Snyder

Style: Greek Revival, Gothic

Period: 1825-1899

Ownership: Private

Erie Canal Lock 52 Complex

Maiden La.

Port Byron, NY 13140

Architect: Joseph M. Kasson, et al.

Style: Italianate

Period: 1825-1924

Ownership: Private, State

First Baptist Church of Weedsport

Liberty St.

Weedsport, NY 13166

Architect: Unknown

Style: Romanesque, Renaissance

Period: 1825-1924

Ownership: Private

Flatiron Building (Ezekial Williams Block)

1-3 Genesee St.

Auburn, NY 13021

Architect: Unknown

Style: None listed

Period: 1825-1849

Ownership: Private

House

15 E. Cayuga St.

Moravia, NY 13118

Architect: Unknown

Style: Italianate

Period: 1900-1924

Ownership: Private

House

17 Aurora St.

Moravia, NY 13118

Architect: Unknown

Style: Greek Revival

Period: 1850-1874

Ownership: Private

House

18 Aurora St.

Moravia, NY 13118

Architect: Unknown

Style: Greek Revival

Period: 1850-1874

Ownership: Private

House

20 Aurora St.

Moravia, NY 13118

Architect: Unknown

Style: Greek Revival

Period: 1825-1874

Ownership: Private

House

21 W. Cayuga St.

Moravia, NY 13118

Architect: Unknown

Style: Federal

Period: 1800-1849

Ownership: Private

House

31 W. Cayuga St.

Moravia, NY 13118

Architect: Unknown

Style: Greek Revival

Period: 1825-1849

Ownership: Private

House

36 Main St.

Moravia, NY 13118

Architect: Unknown

Style: Queen Anne

Period: 1875-1899

Ownership: Private

House

37 W. Cayuga St.

Moravia, NY 13118

Architect: Unknown

Style: Italianate

Period: 1875-1899

Ownership: Private

House

46 S. Main St.

Moravia, NY 13118

Architect: Unknown

Style: Italianate

Period: 1875-1899

Ownership: Private

Howland Stone Store Museum

2956 Rt. 34B

Hamlet of Sherwood

Popular Ridge, NY 13139

Architect: Unknown

Style: Federal (cobblestone)

Period: 1825-1849

Ownership: Private

Historic Significance: Associated with Slocum Howland, abolitionist. On New York State Underground Railroad Heritage Trail.

Lakeside Park

Rt. 38A at Owasco Lake

Owasco, NY 13130

Architect: Merrick & Randall

Style: Colonial Revival

Period: 1875-1949

Ownership: Local Govt.

Special Use: Recreation and Culture

John McGreer House

7 Aurora St.

Moravia, NY 13118

Architect: Unknown

Style: Italianate

Period: 1850-1890

Ownership: Private

Moravia Union Cemetery (Dry Creek Cemetery)

Rt. 38

Moravia, NY 13118

Architect: None

Style: Not listed

Period: 1800-1874

Ownership: Local Govt.

Morse Farm

53 S. Main St.

Moravia, NY 13118

Architect: Unknown

Style: Federal

Period: 1750-1924

Ownership: Private

Mosher Farmstead (Brightside Farms)

1016 Sherwood Rd.

Aurora, NY 13026

Architect: Unknown

Style: Not listed

Period: 1875-1924

Ownership: Private

New Hope Mills Historic Site

5983 Glen Haven Rd.

Moravia, NY 13118

Architect: Unknown

Style: Mill

Period: 1823

Ownership: Private

North Main St. Historic District

N. Main St. and part of Keeler Ave.

Moravia, NY 13118

Architect: Unknown

Style: Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Italianate

Period: 1825-1921

Ownership: Private

William Richardson House

5494 Cross Rd.

Town of Springport

Cayuga, NY 13034

Architect: Unknown

Style: Unknown

Period: Unknown

Ownership: Private

Sager House

12 W. Cayuga St.

Moravia, NY 13118

Architect: James Patten & James Harris

Style: Queen Anne

Period: 1875-1899

Ownership: Private

Sand Beach Church

Rt. 38 (2 mi. S. of Auburn)

Auburn, NY 13021

Architect: Not listed

Style: Not listed

Period: 1850-1874

Ownership: Private

Historic Significance: Associated with Samuel Robbins Brown (1810-1880), missionary to China and Japan and educator. One of the founders of Elmira College.

Schine Theater

12-14 South St.

Auburn, NY 13021

Architect: John Eberson

Style: Modern

Period: 1925-1949

Ownership: Private

William H. Seward House

33 South St.

Auburn, NY 13021

Architect: Not listed

Style: Federal, Tuscan

Period: 1800-1874

Ownership: Private

Use: Museum

Historic Significance: Associated with William H. Seward, abolitionist. While Secretary of State under Andrew Johnson, Seward encouraged the purchase of the Alaska Territory from Russia for $7.2 million. On New York State Underground Railroad Heritage Trail. Designated a National Historic Landmark.

South Street Area Historic District

from Metcalf Dr. to Lincoln St.

Auburn, NY 13021

Architect: Various

Style: Late 19th and early 20th Century Revivals, Early Republic, Late Victorian

Period: 1800-1949

Ownership: Private, Local Govt., State

St. Peter's Episcopal Church Complex (Church of Saints Peter and John Complex)

169 Genesee St.

Auburn, NY 13021

Architect: Henry Dudley, William Beardsley

Style: Gothic Revival, Late Gothic Revival

Period: 1800-1949

Ownership: Private

Sterling District No. 5 Schoolhouse

14352 Woods Rd. (Rt. 104A)

Sterling, NY 13156

Architect: Not listed

Style: Unknown

Period: 1825

Ownership: Local Govt.

Sterling Grist Mill Complex (Sterling Center)

1332 Rt. 104A

Sterling, NY 13156

Architect: Not listed

Style: Greek Revival

Period: 1800-1924

Ownership: Private

Thompson (Memorial) AME Zion Church

33 Parker St.

Auburn, NY 13021

Architect: Not listed

Style: Not listed

Period: 1875-1924

Ownership: Private

Historic Significance: Associated with Harriet Tubman, abolitionist. Designated a National Historic Landmark.

Harriet Tubman Grave

Fort Hill Cemetery

Auburn, NY 13021

Architect: None

Style: None

Period: 1913

Ownership: Private

Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged (Harriet Tubman Museum)

180-182 South St.

Auburn, NY 13021

Architect: None listed

Style: None listed

Period: 1900-1924

Ownership: Private

Special Significance: Associated with Harriet Tubman (1820-1913), abolitionist, humanitarian. This house was the original house on the Tubman farm, which Tubman used to house the needy and the aged. It is now a museum and open to the public.

Harriet Tubman House

182 South St.

Auburn, NY 13021

Architect: Not listed

Style: Not listed

Period: 1875-1885

Ownership: Private

Historic Significance: Associated with Harriet Tubman, abolitionist. This house was built in 1908 and funded in part by the residents of Auburn. It is on the New York State Underground Railroad Heritage Trail. Designated a National Historic Landmark.

Tuthill-Green House

52 S. Main St.

Moravia, NY 13118

Architect: James M. Curtis

Style: Queen Anne

Period: 1875-1899

Ownership: Private

(Former) U.S. Post Office and Federal Courthouse

151-157 Genesee St.

Auburn, NY 13021

Architect: Not listed

Style: Queen Anne, Romanesque

Period: 1875-1949

Ownership: Local Govt.

Wall Street Methodist Episcopal Church (African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church)

69 Wall St.

Auburn, NY 13021

Architect: Not listed

Style: Gothic

Period: 1875-1899

Ownership: Private

Willard Memorial Chapel--Welch Memorial Building

17-19 Nelson St.

Auburn, NY 13021

Architect: Tiffany Glass & Decorating Co., Andrew Jackson Warner

Style: Romanesque

Period: 1875-1899

Ownership: Private

Historic Significance: Association with stained glass artist Louis Comfort Tiffany.

Note: Designated a National Historic Landmark.

Dr. Sylvester Willard Mansion

203 W. Genesee St.

Auburn, NY 13021

Architect: Louis Comfort Tiffany

Style: Classical Revival, Greek Revival

Period: 1825-1949

Ownership: Private

Historic Significance: Association with Dr. Sylvester Willard, physician and owner of the Oswego Starch Factory.

Jethro Wood House

Rt. 34B

Popular Ridge, NY 13139

Architect: Not listed

Style: Not listed

Period: 1800-1849

Ownership: Private

Historic Significance: Association with Jethro Wood, inventor of a plough with replaceable parts. Considered "father of the modern plough."

Note: Designated a National Historic Landmark.

 

 

 

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