Historic Markers in Monroe County, NY

Introduction
Brighton	Chili	Clarkson	E. Rochester	Gates
Greece	Hamlin	Henrietta	Irondequoit	Mendon
Ogden	Parma	Penfield	Perinton	Pittsford
Riga	Rush	Sweden	Webster	Wheatland
City of Rochester

Cartersville an active shipping port on the Erie Canal. Horses were changed here in the towpath era.
East Street at Jefferson Road

Spring House 1822 Resort hotel on stage route and near old lock 62 of the Erie Canal. Renowned for sulphur springs nearby.
3001 Monroe Avenue

Denonville Trail	Not found in 2001
Marsh Road, north of Thruway

Denonville Trail	Not found in 2001
Marsh Road at Irondequoit Creek

Seneca Trail Crossing the Irondequoit's thickly wooded, perilous valley. Here Gen. Denonville expected an Indian ambush enroute to Gannogaro, 1687.
437 Jefferson Road

Denonville with Army of 3,000 French and Indians crossed these grounds twice in July, 1687.	Not found in 2001
Oak Hill Country Club

The First House in Pittsford Village was erected on this spot by Israel Stone in 1789.
38 State Street

First Library in the Genesee country Northfield Library Co., 1803 - 1808, kept its books at the farm of Ezra Patterson, first librarian.
92 Mendon Center Road about 1 mi. s.e. of Pittsford

District #1 First school house in Monroe County was erected on this site in 1794. John Barrows was first teacher.
190 Pittsford-Mendon Road

Pittsford Village founded August 1789 by Captain Simon Stone and Lieutenant Israel Stone.
21 N. Main Street in front of Village Hall

Hopkins Homestead Settled by Col. Caleb Hopkins, hero of War of 1812. Given honor of naming Pittsford for his hometown in Vermont.
3151 Clover Street

First U.S. patent issued July 31, 1790 signed by George Washington. The first U.S. patent was granted to Samuel Hopkins, who moved to Pittsford, N.Y. in 1810 and is buried here.
Was located at the Eastern corner of Main St. & Pittsford-Mendon Road in the Pioneer Burying Ground
Information on this marker was found to be incorrect and in was taken down in 2007.

Phoenix Hotel federal style inn built about 1812 to serve Erie Canal and turnpike trade. Restored in 1967.
Southern corner of Main St. & State St.

Erie Canal Albany to Buffalo begun 1817, completed 1825. Enlarged 1850's and early 1900's. This section opened 1822, making Pittsford an active comercial port.
N. Main St. by Erie Canal

Early Church First Congregational Church of Riga. Church society started 1806. Building erected 1823, copy of Hinsdale, Mass. church.
Corner of Chili Riga Center and Churchville Riga Roads

Hotel creek 28 settlers spent the winter, 1806, in surveyor's cabin called "The Hotel." First Riga home, 1806, by Elihu Church, owner of this land.
Chili-Riga Center Road, east of Riga Center

Old tavern built by J. Thomson, 1808 first frame house and first Post Office in Town of Riga. Thomas Adams homestead.	Not found in 2001
Riga Center and Riga-Mumford Roads

Founded 1843 Churchville graded school occupied this building until 1895. A fine example of the lost art of building with cobblestone.
22 W. Buffalo Street Churchville

Riga Academy A flourishing school for boarding and day pupils was organized here in 1846. Building was earler known as Thomson's Tavern.
Corner of Riga Mumford and Chili Riga Center Roads

Frances E. Willard Great Temperance leader was born in house standing on this site Sept. 28, 1839. The Willards left this home for Ohio two years later.
On building wall, 24 S. Main Street, Churchville

Riga First known as West Pulteney, after Sir William Pulteney, Bath, England, Early land owner. Renamed in honor of Riga, Latvia on April 8, 1808. Berkshire, Mass. pioneers included Richard, Elihu and Samuel Church, who gave their name to Churchville Village incorporated 1867. Some of the wilderness they cleared and loved and conquered became part of Churchville Park in 1928.
North Main Street, in Churchville Park

Baptist Colony 1804 Sixteen families from Connecticut settled here. First town meeting of Rush was held near here, 1818
941 Rush-West Rush Road

Site of a settlement of Tuscaroras 6th Nation of Iroquois League. Driven from Carolina by British 1714 - 1722	Not found in 2001
on Avon Rd. at Monroe-Livingston County line

Honeoye Valley Three Indian Tribes have hunted, fished and tilled the soil here for thousands of years.
Northeast corner of Creekside Dr. & Rush-West Rush Road.

Cox ferry operated by Joseph Cox 1820 to 1830. Replaced by covered wooden bridge built by Ira Carpenter & used from 1820 to 1870.
Scottsville-Rush Road at Genesee River

Brockport Central Centralized in 1927, first Central School District in county, 34th in state formed Aug. 17, 1927 from 19 area school districts.
Allen Street Brockport

Mary Jane Holmes 1828 - 1907 Author of 40+ novels which sold in the millions lived here at her "Little Brown Cottage".
25 Cottage Street Brockport

Site of Baptist College 1834, Col- legiate Inst. 1842 - State Normal School est. 1866, Teachers Coll. 1942, State Univ. Coll. of Education 1959.
College Street Brockport

McCormick Reaper made here in 1846. Seymour and Morgan by building 100 reapers for Cyrus McCormick began quantity production of reapers.
Market and Park Streets, Brockport

Holt homestead of 1812 pioneer family. Birthplace, Dr. L. Emmett Holt nationally known author, Pediatrician, 1855 - 1924.
767 Holt Road

Mill site Caleb Lyon, pioneer, built the first sawmill near here in 1806. He formed a settlement and projected a harbor at Nine Mile Point.	Not found in 2001
1429 Lake Road

Denonville Trail	Not found in 2001
Bay Road, south of Lake Road

Denonville Trail	Not found in 2001
Bay Road at Webster Town Line

Fort Site Here Denonville's French army landed to invade the Seneca country; July 12, 1687, 400 men were left to build fort; battle at Victor July 13, 1687.	Not found in 2001
266 Lake Road

Rawson Harmon II founded Agricultural School here in 1846. Won first prize at first World's Fair in London 1851, for wheat grown here.	Not found in 2001
2100 North Road

Northampton First town west of Genesee River organized here 1797 Ebenezer Allan home 1786 Peter Schaeffer farm 1789 Terminus pioneer R.R. 1838
41 Main Street Scottsville

Erected 1834 Quaker meeting house built and used by Orthodox Quakers 1834 - 1854 by Hickites 1854 - 1873 Grange Hall 1937.
Quaker Road

Burial site Quaker Cemetery bought 1833 from Darius Shadbolt
Quaker Road, near Bowerman Road

Erected 1854 by Orthodox Quakers used thirty years.
South Road, between River and Bowerman Roads

Site of first Quaker Meeting House, Town of Wheatland. Frame building 1827 used until 1854 by Hicksites.
34 Quaker Road

Site of early school. Quakers met here 1824 - 1827
34 Quaker Road

First house west of Genesee River built 1700 feet due south. Home of "Indian" Allen, builder, 1786 and Peter Sheffer, settler, 1789.
on Scottsville-West Henrietta Road at Scottsville

Early House built 1838 by Isaac Cox. Cobblestones selected for size by passing them through iron rings.
5015 River Road

Canal Street Road to Genesee Valley Canal Landing and to warehouses of I. Carpenter and Philip Garbutt. Canal used 1840 to 1878.
6 Rochester Street Scottsville

Feeder Gates lock, dam and toll house of Genesee Valley Canal located approximately one hundred feet east operated 1840 to 1878.
River Road, at Route 383

Isaac Scott First Scottsville settler, from whom Scottsville derives its name buried here. Built log house on present Main Street 1791.
Scottsville-Mumford, at Oatka Cem.