# List of New York State Historic Markers in Monroe County, New York

This is an incomplete list of New York State Historic Markers in Monroe County, New York.

## Listings county-wide

| | Marker name | Location | City or Town | Marker text |
| 1 | CITY OF TRYON | On East Side Of Landing Rd., Near Blossom Rd. | Brighton, Town Of, New York | First White Settlement West Of Canandaigua Founded 1797, Abandoned 1818. John Lusk Was The First Settler 1789. |
| 2 | IRONDEQUOIT | On Blossom Rd., East Of Landing Rd. North | Brighton, Town Of, New York | Site Of A Large Algonkin Town The Senecas Lingered Here Until 1845 |
| 3 | HENRY R. SELDEN | On Us 104 At Clarkson | Clarkson, Town Of, New York | 1805–1885 Lieut. Gov. And Judge Lived Here. George B. Selden Inventor Of "Selden Patent" For Automobiles Was Born Here. |
| 4 | HOME OF SINEON B. JEWETT | On Nys 19 At Clarkson | Clarkson, Town Of, New York | 1801–1869 Political Leader, Jurist, Partner Of Henry R. Selden, U.s. Marshall, Northern N.y. Under President Buchanan. |
| 5 | HOUSTON TAVERN | On Us 104 About 1 Mi. E. Of Garland | Clarkson, Town Of, New York | A Popular Stopping Place In Stage Coach Days. Built Soon After 1825 For Isaac Houston Who Was The Sole Proprietor For Many Years |
| 6 | PHILIP BOSS | On Us 104 At Clarkson | Clarkson, Town Of, New York | Artist And Cabinet Maker Lived Here From 1820 To 1830. Moving To Rochester, Then, He Achieved Great Popularity As A Painter Of Portraits |
| 7 | FORT SITE | On Bluff Overlooking Lake Ontario At Sea Breezr | Irondequoit, Town Of, New York | 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 |
| 8 | CAMP SITE | On Canfield Rd. At Mendons Ponds Park | Mendon, Town Of, New York | Of Primitive Algonkins Who Fished Here Ages Ago Driven Out By The Iroquois Who Occupied This Region |
| 9 | TOTIAKTON | On E. Side Plain Rd., S. Of Rochester Junction | Mendon, Town Of, New York | Seneca Town Of 120 Cabins Was Located Here Burned By Denonville, 1687 Jesuit Mission, 1668–1683 |
| 10 | WAR SITE | In Mendon Ponds Park | Mendon, Town Of, New York | Denonville's Army Of 3000 French And Indian Allies Camped Here 23 July 1687 Returning To Irondequoit After Razing Seneca Towns |
| 11 | BIRTHPLACE OF | On Nichols St. About 2 Mis. S.e. Of Spencerport | Ogden, Town Of, New York | John T. Trowbridge 1827–1916 Poet; Author Of "Darius Green And His Flying Machine" And Other Stories |
| 12 | INDIAN HILL | On Bangs Rd. About 2 Mis. N. Of Churchville | Ogden, Town Of, New York | Indian Encampment When Whites Entered Region. Grandparents Of Frances E. Willard Settled Here In 1816 As Pioneers On This Land |
| 13 | METHODIST CHURCH | On Nys 259 At Parma Center | Parma, Town Of, New York | Oldest West Of The Genesee First Sermon Preached 1804; Class Organized 1811 Church Built 1830. |
| 14 | LA SALLE ROAD | On Nys 96 About 1/4 Mi. E. Of Bushnell Basin | Perinton, Town Of, New York | Route Used By The French Army Of Denonville To Destroy Seneca Indians At Town South Of Victor, Ny July 13, 1687 |
| 15 | DENONVILLE | On Golf Course Of Oak Hill Country Club | Pittsford, Town Of, New York | With Army Of 3000 French And Indians Crossed These Ground Twice In July, 1687 |
| 16 | FIRST LIBRARY | On Mendon Ctr. Rd., About 1 Mi. S.e. Of Pittsford | Pittsford, Town Of, New York | In The Genesee Country Northfield Library Co., 1803–1808, Kept Its Books At The Farm Of Ezra Patterson, First Librarian |
| 17 | ON THIS SPOT | On Nys 64 About 1 Mi. S. Of Pittsford | Pittsford, Town Of, New York | Stood The First School House In Monroe County Erected 1794; First Teacher, John Barrows. |
| 18 | PITTSFORD VILLAGE | At Intersection Nys 96 & Nys 31 At Pittsford | Pittsford, Town Of, New York | Founded August 1789 By Captain Simon Stone And Lieutenant Israel Stone |
| 19 | SENECA TRAIL | On Nys 96 About 1½ Mi. E. Of Pittsford Village | Pittsford, Town Of, New York | Crossing The Irondequoit Thickly Wooded, Perilous Defile Where Denonville, Expected An Ambuscade On Journey To Gannogaro, 1689 |
| 20 | THE FIRST HOUSE | On Nys 31 At Pittsford | Pittsford, Town Of, New York | In Pittsford Village Was Erected On This Spot By Israel Stone |
| 21 | FRANCES E. WILLARD | On Main St., Churchville | Riga, Town Of, New York | Great Temperance Leader Was Born In House Standing On This Site Sept. 28, 1839. The Willards Left This Home For Ohio Two Years Later. |
| 22 | OLD TAVERN | On Riga Mumford Rd. At Riga Ctr. | Riga, Town Of, New York | Built By J. Thomson, 1808 First Frame House And First Post Office In Town Of Riga Thomas Adams Homestead. |
| 23 | RIGA ACADEMY | On Riga Mumford Rd., Riga Ctr. | Riga, Town Of, New York | A Flourishing School For Boarding And Day Pupils Was Organized Here In 1846. The Building Was Earlier Known As Thomson's Tavern. |
| 24 | CASCONCHIAGON | On Main St., Churchville | Rochester, City Of, New York | Indian Village At The Falls Nearby. Occupied By Senecas Until 1819 |
| 25 | HIGHLAND PARK | Near Pavilion At Highland Park | Rochester, City Of, New York | Rochester's First Park Was Offered In 1883 By Ellwanger And Barry And Accepted Jan. 13, 1888. Park Commission Was Formed May 1, 1888. |
| 26 | INDIAN SPRING | At Intersection Of Spring & Washington Sts. | Rochester, City Of, New York | Attracted Indians Here; Supplied Good Water To Rochester's First Settlers For A Decade After 1812; Gave Name To Spring Street. |
| 27 | INDIAN TOWN | On E. Side Of Joseph C. Wilson (formerly River) Blvd. Near Elmwood Ave. | Rochester, City Of, New York | In Primitive Wilderness Here Was A Large Algonkin Village Whose Bark Cabins And Tilled Fields Covered Nine Acres |
| 28 | JONATHAN CHILD | On Grounds Of Fourth Church Of Christ Scientist | Rochester, City Of, New York | First Mayor Of Rochester 1834–1835, Built The House In 1838 And Lived Here With His Wife, Sophia Eliza Rochester Child, Until 1850 |
| 29 | LEWIS HENRY | At Intersection Of Fitzhugh And Troup Sts. | Rochester, City Of, New York | Morgan's Home 1855–1881. Here He Wrote His Great Books: "The American Beaver", "The Human Family", "Ancient Society". |
| 30 | OLD HIGH SCHOOL | On Grounds Of First Unitarian Church On Cortland St. | Rochester, City Of, New York | Built On This Site, 1827 By Brighton Districts 4 And 14 Named Rochester Collegiate Institute, 1839. Dr. Chester Dewey Was Principal 1836-51. |
| 31 | PIONEER SCHOOL | On Fitzhugh St. | Rochester, City Of, New York | First Schoolhouse In Rochester Was Built Of Wood On This Site, 1813. It Was Replaced By A Two-story Stone Building, 1836, And By This Structure, 1873. |
| 32 | SITE OF | On W. Bank Of Genesee R.e. Of N. End Of Joseph C. Wilson Blvd. (formerly River St.) | Rochester, City Of, New York | Indian Fort Built By Early Algonkins In Form Of A Semicircular Earthen Embankment With Three Entrances |
| 33 | SUSAN B. ANTHONY | On Madison St. Rochester | Rochester, City Of, New York | Outstanding Leader In Woman's Rights Movement Made Her Home Here With Her Sister, Mary 1866–1906 |
| 34 | HONEOYE | On East River Rd., W. Rush | Rush, Town Of, New York | Valley Three Indian Tribes Have Hunted, Fished And Tilled The Soil Here For Thousands Of Years |
| 35 | SITE OF A SETTLEMENT OF | On Avon Rd. At Monroe-livingston County Line | Rush, Town Of, New York | Tuscaroras 6Th Nation Of Iroquois League. Driven From Carolinas By British 1714–1722 |
| 36 | MCCORMICK REAPER | At Intersection Market & Park Sts. At Brockport | Sweden, Town Of, New York | Made Here In 1846. Seymour And Morgan By Building 100 Reapers For Cyrus Mccormick Began Quantity Production Of Reapers |
| 37 | BURIAL SITE | On Burrell Rd. S. Of Scottsville | Wheatland, Town Of, New York | Quaker Cemetery Bought 1833 From Darius Shadbolt |
| 38 | ERECTED 1854 | On South Rd. S. Of Scottsville | Wheatland, Town Of, New York | By Orthodox Quakers Used Thirty Years |
| 39 | FIRST HOUSE | On Scottsville-west Henrietta Rd. At Scottsville | Wheatland, Town Of, New York | West Of Genesee River Stood 1700 Feet Due South "Indian" Allen, Builder, 1786 Peter Shaeffer, Settler, 1789 First Town Meeting 1797 |
| 40 | NORTHAMPTON | Main St. At Scottsville | Wheatland, Town Of, New York | First Town West Of Genesee River Organized Here 1797 Ebenezer Allen Home 1786 Peter Shaeffer Farm 1789 Terminus Pioneer R.r. 1838 |
| 41 | SITE OF | On Burrell Rd., S. Of Scottsville | Wheatland, Town Of, New York | Early School Quarkers Met Here 1824–1827 |
| 42 | SITE OF FIRST | On Burrell Rd. S. Of Scottsville | Wheatland, Town Of, New York | Quaker Meeting House Town Of Wheatland Frame Building 1827 Used Until 1854 By Hicksites |