List of New York historic sites explained

This is a list of New York (state) historic sites. It includes 40 state-designated historic sites and parks managed by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.[1] [2] Twenty-two sites also are National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) of the United States and are described further in List of National Historic Landmarks in New York.[3] The 18 SHS that are not NHLs may be of national importance and be NHL-eligible but, as state-owned and -administered sites, may have less need for additional protection; or may be of state, but not national, importance.

[4] Site name
Imagedate width="8%" Date of SHS listingRegion Location County NHL?Description
Bennington Battlefield State Historic SiteSaratoga/Capital DistrictWalloomsacRensselaerYes
John Brown Farm State Historic SiteSaratoga/Capital DistrictNorth ElbaEssexYesPart of the John Brown Farm and Gravesite NHL
John Burroughs Memorial State Historic SiteCentralRoxburyDelawareYesPart of the Woodchuck Lodge NHL
Caumsett State Historic ParkLong IslandNoEstate home of Marshall Field III. Park includes a formally designated bird conservation area.[5]
Clermont State Historic SiteTaconicClermontColumbiaYesPart of the Clermont Manor NHL.
TaconicNo
Crailo State Historic SiteSaratoga/Capital DistrictRensselaerRensselaerYesPart of the Fort Crailo NHL.
Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic ParkTaconicWestchesterYes
Crown Point State Historic SiteSatatoga/Capital DistrictCrown PointEssexYesPart of Fort Crown Point NHL and Fort Frederic NHL
Old Erie Canal State Historic ParkCentralNoA 36miles linear park on the Long Level section of the original Erie Canal, between DeWitt and Rome
Ganondagan State Historic SiteFinger LakesVictorOntarioYesPart of the Boughton Hill NHL
Grant Cottage State Historic SiteSaratoga/Capital DistrictNo
Guy Park State Historic SiteSaratoga/Capital DistrictNoClosed to the public in 2011 due to flood damage from Hurricane Irene.[6]
Herkimer Home State Historic SiteCentralNo
Hyde Hall State Historic SiteCentralSpringfieldOtsegoYes
TaconicRyeWestchesterYesPart of the Boston Post Road Historic District
John Jay Homestead State Historic SiteTaconicKatonahWestchesterYesPart of the John Jay House NHL
Johnson Hall State Historic SiteSaratoga/Capital DistrictJohnstownFultonYes
Knox's Headquarters State Historic SitePalisadesNew WindsorOrangeYes
Lorenzo State Historic SiteCentralNo
Darwin Martin House State Historic SiteNiagaraBuffaloErieYes
Fort Montgomery State Historic SitePalisadesFort MontgomeryOrangeYes
Old Fort Niagara State Historic SiteNiagaraYoungstownNiagaraYesPart of the Colonial Niagara NHL
New Windsor Cantonment State Historic SitePalisadesNo
Olana State Historic SiteTaconicGreenportColumbiaYesPart of the Frederic Church House NHL
Fort Ontario State Historic SiteCentralNoFort held by the British until 1796; previous forts on site burned by Indians or Americans; only U.S. refuge of Jewish refugees during World War II
Oriskany Battlefield State Historic SiteCentralOriskanyOneidaYes
Philipse Manor State Historic SiteTaconicYonkersWestchesterYes
Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic ParkLong IslandNo
National Purple Heart Hall of HonorPalisadesNo
Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic SiteThousand IslandsNo
Schoharie Crossing State Historic SiteSaratoga/Capital DistrictGlenMontgomeryYesPart of the Erie Canal NHL
Schuyler Mansion State Historic SiteSaratoga/Capital DistrictAlbanyAlbanyYes
Senate House State Historic SitePalisadesNo
Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic ParkFinger LakesNo
Staatsburgh State Historic SiteTaconicNoSite includes a bird conservation area.
Steuben Memorial State Historic SiteCentralNo
Stony Point Battlefield State Historic SitePalisadesStony PointRocklandYes
Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic SiteLong IslandNo
Washington's Headquarters State Historic SitePalisadesNewburghOrangeYes

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: New York State Assembly Bill A03290 - New York State Park System Act . January 22, 2015 . New York State Assembly . April 20, 2016.
  2. Web site: Historic Site Search Results . NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation . May 17, 2016.
  3. Twenty-three National Historic Landmarks in New York listed show State Historic Sites designation. The Crown Point State Historic Site includes two separately listed National Historic Landmarks: Fort Crown Point NHL and Fort Frederic NHL.
  4. Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other National Register of Historic Places buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  5. Web site: Bird Conservation Areas. NYS OPRHP. 18 September 2016.
  6. Web site: Manor That Has Stood for Centuries Teeters in Storm's Wake . Leyden, Liz . The New York Times . September 1, 2011 . April 20, 2016.

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