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Historic Places in Seneca County

Amelia Bloomer House

53 E. Bayard St.

Seneca Falls, NY 13148

Architect: Not listed

Style: Not listed

Period: 1825-1849

Ownership: Private

Historic Significance: Associated with Amelia Bloomer, women's rights activist.

William H. Burton House

35 E. Main St.

Waterloo, NY 13165

Architect: Unknown

Style: Italianate

Period: 1850-1874

Ownership: Private

Note: This house currently houses the Waterloo Memorial Day Museum.

Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church (United Church of Fayette)

Main St.

Fayette, NY 13065

Architect: Stephen Frantz

Style: Queen Anne, Federal

Period: 1800-1899

Ownership: Private

Covert Historic District

State Rt. 96

Town of Covert

Interlaken, NY 14847

Architect: Unknown

Style: Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Federal

Period: 1800-1924

Ownership: Private, Local Govt.

Fall Street-Trinity Lane Historic District

Seneca Falls, NY 13148

Architect: Not listed

Style: Not listed

Period: 1850-1924

Ownership: Private, Local Govt.

Note: This district includes the Women's Rights National Historical Park.

First Baptist Church of Interlaken

8414 Main St.

Interlaken, NY 14847

Architect: Horatio Nelson White

Style: Romanesque

Period: 1850-1874

Ownership: Private

First Presbyterian Church

42 E. Main St.

Waterloo, NY 13165

Architect: Unknown

Style: Romanesque

Period: 1850-1899

Ownership: Private

Fourth Ward School

8 Washington St.

Seneca Falls, NY 13148

Architect: R. Jacobson, John Bowers

Style: Italianate

Period: 1850-1874

Ownership: Private

William Hoster House

3832 State Rt. 414

Fayette, NY 13065

Architect: Not listed

Style: Federal, Italianate

Period: 1825-1899

Ownership: Private

Hunt House

401 E. Main St.

Waterloo, NY 13165

Architect: Not listed

Style: Not listed

Period: 1825-1849

Ownership: Federal

Historic Significance: Associated with Jane C. Hunt and Richard Pell Hunt. Richard Hunt was a Quaker and the richest man in Waterloo. He owned several farms and was secretary of the Waterloo Woolen Factory. With a partner, he also owned a dry-goods store called Hunt and Hoyt. He made a contribution to build the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls and supported the anti-slavery movement. In 1842 he was known to be vice-president of the American Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester, and it is suspected that the Hunt house was a way-station on the Underground Railroad. In 1845 he married for the fourth time to June Clothier Master. The house was the location where Jane Hunt and other activists met to plan the women's rights convention. Richard Hunt was directly related to eight signers of the Declaration of Sentiments. See a more detailed description of Richard Hunt's life. Despite what this site may say, the Hunt House was acquired by the National Park Service in 2000 and is now open to the public.

David Kinne House

6858 Kinne Rd.

Ovid, NY 14521

Architect: unknown

Style: Greek Revival

Period: 1846?

Ownership: Private

Historic Significance: Located on land that was an early and prosperous family farm in the region thought to have used slaves. As time went by, it appears that some of the family members changed their minds about the holding of slaves and became anti-slavery though it isn't known if the house was a safe house for slaves or not.

Lodi Methodist Church

S. Main and Grove Sts.

Lodi, NY 14860

Architect: Warren H. Hayes

Style: Gothic

Period: 1875-1899

Ownership: Private

M'Clintock House

14 E. Williams St.

Waterloo, NY 13165

Architect: Not listed

Style: Not listed

Period: 1825-1849

Ownership: Private

Historic Significance: Associated with Mary Ann M'Clintock, women's rights activitist.

The Queen's Castle

State Rt. 414

Lodi, NY 14860

Architect: Arthur Nash

Style: Not listed

Period: 1875-1900

Ownership: Federal

Note: This adorable little building is associated with the suffrage movement. See more about its history.

Rose Hill Mansion

State Rt. 96A

Hamlet of Rose Hill

Fayette, NY 13065

Architect: Unknown

Style: Greek Revival

Period: 1825-1899

Ownership: Private

Historic Significance: Former site of one of the largest concentrations of slaves in Upstate New York. Associated with Robert Swan. Swan had been an apprentice and later son-in-law to John Johnston(e), a Scottish immigrant farmer and assistant to Charles Williamson, land agent for the William Johnstone Pulteney. The soils on Johnston's farm, Viewfields, had been heavy due to poor drainage. Being familiar with the use of tiles in Scotland to drain soils, Johnston incorporated this method on his own farm and is now considered "The Father of Tile Drainage" in the United States. (See more information about John Johnston and the Tile Drainage Museum. Johnston passed this knowledge on to Swan who used it successfully on the land around Rose Hill. His progressive farming philosophy led to the creation of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva. The mansion, designated a National Historic Landmark, is now owned by the Geneva Historical Society and open to the public.

Saint Paul's Church

101 W. Williams St.

Waterloo, NY 13165

Architect: Various

Style: Gothic Revival

Period: 1850-1924

Ownership: Private

Seneca County Courthouse Complex at Ovid (The Tree Bears)

State Rt. 414

Ovid, NY 14521

Architect: O.B. Latham, O.S. Latham, Horace H. Bennett

Style: Greek Revival

Period: 1825-1874

Ownership: Private, Local Govt.

Note: See more information about the Three Bears and the story of how they got that name.

Seneca Falls Village Historic District

State and Cayuga Sts. from Butler and Auburn to Canal Sts., including Van Cleef Lake

Seneca Falls, NY 13148

Architect: Various

Style: Mid 19th Century Revival, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Period: 1800-1949

Ownership: Private, Local Govt., State

Elizabeth Cady Stanton House

32 Washington St.

Seneca Falls, NY 13148

Architect: Not listed

Style: Not listed

Period: 1825-1874

Ownership: Federal (National Park Service)

Historic Significance: Associated with Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902), women's rights activist. The Elizabeth Cady Stanton House is part of the Women's Rights National Historical Park and is open to the public. Designated a National Historic Landmark.

U.S. Post Office

34-42 State St.

Seneca Falls, NY 13148

Architect: James A. Wetmore

Style: Classical Revival, Art Deco

Period: 1925-1949

Ownership: Federal

U.S. Post Office

2 E. Main St.

Waterloo, NY 13165

Architect: James A. Wetmore

Style: Colonial Revival

Period: 1900-1949

Ownership: Federal

Waterloo Library

31 Williams St.

Waterloo, NY 13165

Architect: Unknown

Style: Queen Anne

Period: 1875-1899

Ownership: Private

Wesleyan Chapel

126 Fall St.

Seneca Falls, NY 13148

Architect: Not listed

Style: Not listed

Period: 1825-1849

Ownership: Federal (National Park Service)

Note: The Wesleyan Chapel is part of the Women's Rights National Historical Park and is open to the public. See more information about the chapel.

Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane

Willard State Psychiatric Center

Willard, NY 14588

Architect: Unknown

Style: Second Empire

Period: 1850-1899

Ownership: State

Note: Currently a drug treatment center. Interesting article.

Aaron Wilson House

2037 Wilson Rd.

Ovid, NY 14521

Architect: Not listed

Style: Federal

Period: 1825-1974

Ownership: Private

Women's Rights National Historical Park

P.O. Box 70

Seneca Falls, NY 13148

Architect: Various

Style: Not listed

Period: 1825-1849

Ownership: Federal (National Park Service)

Updated 12 April 2009