National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New York

Location of Essex County in New York

List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New York.

This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, New York, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) can be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates". Seven of the properties and districts are further designated National Historic Landmarks and are indicated by light blue color in the table below.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted May 20, 2016.

Contents: Counties in New York

Albany (Albany) – Allegany – Bronx – Broome – Cattaraugus – Cayuga – Chautauqua – Chemung – Chenango – Clinton – Columbia – Cortland – Delaware – Dutchess (Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck) – Erie (Buffalo) – Essex – Franklin – Fulton – Genesee – Greene – Hamilton – Herkimer – Jefferson – Kings – Lewis – Livingston – Madison – Monroe (Rochester) – Montgomery – Nassau – New York (Below 14th Street, 14th to 59th Streets, 59th to 110th Streets, Above 110th Street, Islands) – Niagara – Oneida – Onondaga (Syracuse) – Ontario – Orange – Orleans – Oswego – Otsego – Putnam – Queens – Rensselaer – Richmond – Rockland – Saratoga – Schenectady – Schoharie – Schuyler – Seneca – St. Lawrence – Steuben – Suffolk – Sullivan – Tioga – Tompkins – Ulster – Warren – Washington – Wayne – Westchester (Northern, Southern, New Rochelle, Peekskill, Yonkers) – Wyoming – Yates

Current listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Adirondack Forest Preserve		October 15, 1966 (#66000891)	Northeast New York State	Not applicable	All of Essex County is in the six million acre (24,000 square miles (62,000 km2)) Adirondack Park.
2	Adirondack Iron and Steel Company	Adirondack Iron and Steel Company	October 5, 1977 (#77000940)	Upper Works Rd.	Tahawus	The remains of the "Upper Works" iron foundry that date back to 1826. Iron from the site was contaminated with titanium, which, together with its isolation, made for an unprofitable venture.
3	Adsit Log House	Adsit Log House	August 18, 1992 (#92001053)	Point Rd. north of Ligonier Pt.	Willsboro	Built by an American Revolutionary War veteran, one of oldest log cabins in the United States that still exists in its original location
4	Abraham Aiken House	Upload image	June 8, 1989 (#89000465)	NY 22/Lakeshore Rd.	Willsboro
5	Amherst Avenue Historic District	Upload image	June 16, 1989 (#89000473)	322-340 Amherst Ave.	Ticonderoga	part of the Ticonderoga Multiple Resource Area (MRA)
6	Ausable Club		July 6, 2005 (#05000683)	137 Ausable Rd.	St. Huberts	The 1890 clubhouse of the Adirondack Mountain Reserve, which was formed in 1887 to save 25,000 acres (100 km2) of the Adirondack High Peaks from lumbering. The Reserve once owned most of the High Peaks; it still owns 7,000 acres (28 km2), and provides public access to many high peaks trails.
7	Beer's Bridge		November 12, 1999 (#99001327)	Private Rd. off NY 73 over Ausable River	Keene Valley	part of the AuSable River Valley Bridges Multiple Property Submission (MPS)
8	Black Watch Library		November 15, 1988 (#88002199)	161 Montcalm St.	Ticonderoga	part of the Ticonderoga MRA
9	Bogie Cottage	Bogie Cottage	November 6, 1992 (#92001464)	59 Franklin St.	Saranac Lake	A 1908, American Craftsman-inspired "cure cottage"; part of the Saranac Lake MPS
10	John Brown Farm and Gravesite	John Brown Farm and Gravesite	June 19, 1972 (#72000840)	John Brown Rd.	Lake Placid	The home from 1849, and final resting place, of abolitionist John Brown.
11	H. G. Burleigh House		November 15, 1988 (#88002192)	307 Champlain Ave.	Ticonderoga	part of the Ticonderoga MRA
12	Camp Dudley Road Historic District	Upload image	October 21, 1993 (#93001136)	Roughly bounded by NY 22, Stacy Br., Lake Champlain and the Westport village line	Westport
13	Camp Santanoni		April 3, 1987 (#86002955)	North of NY 28N	Newcomb	A 13,000-acre (53 km2) preserve and Adirondack Great Camp established between 1892 and 1905 by Albany banker and businessman Robert C. Pruyn. Part of the Great Camps of the Adirondacks Thematic Resource (TR)
14	Central Powerhouse	Upload image	June 1, 1995 (#95000591)	Jct. of Tracy Rd. and New Bed Rd., SE corner, Town of Moriah	Witherbee	part of the Moriah MPS. It has been demolished.
15	Central School	Upload image	November 15, 1988 (#88002202)	324 Champlain Ave.	Ticonderoga	part of the Ticonderoga MRA
16	CHAMPLAIN II Shipwreck	CHAMPLAIN II Shipwreck	September 15, 1997 (#97000980)	On the bottom of Lake Champlain	Westport
17	Church of the Nazarene	Church of the Nazarene	June 19, 1973 (#73001189)	West of Essex on NY 22	Essex	Built in 1855 as St. John's Episcopal Church, it became the Union Church at Boquet Chapel in 1880, the Church of the Nazarene in 1949 and Foothills Baptist Church in 2005.
18	Clark House	Clark House	November 15, 1988 (#88002204)	331 Montcalm St.	Ticonderoga	part of the Ticonderoga MRA
19	Peyton Clark Cottage	Peyton Clark Cottage	November 6, 1992 (#92001435)	9 Rockledge Rd.	Saranac Lake	A 1915 large, Tudor-style, 2 and 1/2 story "cure cottage" designed by William H. Scopes. The owner was a civil engineer whose wife had tuberculosis. Part of the Saranac Lake MPS
20	Community Building		November 15, 1988 (#88002198)	Montcalm and Champlain Sts.	Ticonderoga	part of the Ticonderoga MRA
21	Coulter Cottage	Coulter Cottage	November 6, 1992 (#92001438)	34 Shepard Ave.	Saranac Lake	A 2½-story "cure cottage" designed by William L. Coulter and built between 1897 and 1899 as his residence. Part of the Saranac Lake MPS
22	Clayton H. Delano House	Clayton H. Delano House	November 15, 1988 (#88002195)	25 Father Jogues Pl.	Ticonderoga	part of the Ticonderoga MRA
23	Crandall Marine Railway	Upload image	May 4, 2011 (#11000251)	11 Dry Dock Lane	Ticonderoga
24	Crown Point Green Historic District	Upload image	May 18, 2015 (#15000231)	Park Ave., Creek Rd., NY 9N/22	Crown Point	Village's central green is surrounded by many of its important early buildings
25	Cure Cottage at 43 Forest Hill Avenue	Upload image	November 21, 2012 (#12000954)	43 Forest Hill Ave.	Saranac Lake
26	Delaware & Hudson Railroad Depot		June 1, 1995 (#95000593)	Park Pl., Town of Moriah	Port Henry	Stone 1888 D&H station also used as community meeting place and senior center; part of the Moriah MPS
27	Denny Cottage	Denny Cottage	November 6, 1992 (#92001452)	76 Bloomingdale Ave.	Saranac Lake	A "cure cottage" built about 1910. Part of the Saranac Lake MPS
28	Double-Span Metal Pratt Truss Bridge		May 20, 1983 (#83001665)	AuSable St.	Keeseville	part of the Keeseville Village MRA
29	Edgewater Farm	Upload image	February 17, 1988 (#88000035)	470 Point Rd.	Willsboro Point
30	Essex County Fairgrounds	Essex County Fairgrounds	September 7, 2005 (#05000993)	3 Sisco St.	Westport
31	Essex County Home and Farm	Essex County Home and Farm	September 23, 1982 (#82003357)	Southwest of Whallonsburg on NY 22	Whallonsburg
32	Essex Village Historic District	Upload image	May 28, 1975 (#75001187)	Town of Essex and surroundings on W bank of Lake Champlain	Essex
33	Fallon Cottage Annex	Fallon Cottage Annex	November 6, 1992 (#92001463)	31 Franklin St.	Saranac Lake	A 1901 "cure cottage". Part of the Saranac Lake MPS
34	Ferris House	Upload image	November 15, 1988 (#88002203)	16 Carillon Rd.	Ticonderoga	part of the Ticonderoga MRA
35	First Congregational and Presbyterian Society Church of Westport	Upload image	December 19, 1988 (#88002750)	Main St./CR 10	Westport
36	First Congregational Church and Cemetery	Upload image	January 5, 2005 (#04001457)	NY 9 at Elizabeth-Lewis Rd.	Lewis
37	Flat Rock Camp	Upload image	July 26, 2006 (#06000642)	7 Willsboro Point Rd.	Willsboro	An Adirondack Great Camp; part of the Great Camps of the Adirondacks TR
38	Fort Crown Point		November 24, 1968 (#68000033)	Crown Point Reservation, Southwest of Lake Champlain Bridge and NY 8	Crown Point	A British fort built in 1759 to secure the region against the French.
39	Fort St. Frederic		October 15, 1966 (#66000517)	Jct. of NY 8 and 9N	Crown Point	A French fort started in 1734 to gain control of the New France/Vermont border region in the Lake Champlain Valley. The walls were twelve feet thick and four stories high, with cannons on each level, manned by over a thousand officers and men.
40	Fort Ticonderoga		October 15, 1966 (#66000519)	2.5 mi (4.0 km). south of Ticonderoga on NY 22	Ticonderoga	A large 18th-century fort built by the French starting in 1755 that controlled both commonly used trade routes between the English-controlled Hudson River Valley and the French-controlled Saint Lawrence River Valley. It played a part in the American Revolutionary War.
41	Frazier Bridge	Upload image	December 17, 1998 (#98001540)	Champlain Ave., at Lachute R.	Ticonderoga	part of the Ticonderoga MRA
42	Samson Fried Estate	Upload image	February 26, 1987 (#87000225)	NY 74	Severance
43	Gilligan and Stevens Block	Gilligan and Stevens Block	November 15, 1988 (#88002193)	115 Montclam St.	Ticonderoga	part of the Ticonderoga MRA
44	Hancock House	Hancock House	November 15, 1988 (#88002197)	Montcalm and Wicker Sts.	Ticonderoga	part of the Ticonderoga MRA
45	Hand-Hale Historic District	Hand-Hale Historic District	March 5, 1979 (#79001582)	River and Maple Sts.	Elizabethtown
46	Helen Hill Historic District	Upload image	October 23, 2015 (#15000754)	Prescott Place, Helen & Front Sts., Sheppard, Franklin & Clinton Aves. Coordinates missing	Saranac Lake	Residential neighborhood from early 20th century, with many cottages retaining the "cure porches" that distinguished the area's early days as a sanitarium.
47	Highland Park Historic District		November 6, 1992 (#92001474)	Roughly, Park Ave. from Military Rd. to 170 Park Ave.	Saranac Lake	Seventeen private, single-family homes built between 1896 and 1930; most include "cure cottage" features. Part of the Saranac Lake MPS
48	Hill Cottage	Hill Cottage	November 6, 1992 (#92001475)	36 Franklin Ave.	Saranac Lake	A 1913 Craftsman-style "cure cottage".
49	Hubbard Hall	Hubbard Hall	January 21, 1999 (#98001584)	Court St.	Elizabethtown	Burned to the ground, 1/2011
50	Hurricane Mountain Fire Observation Station	Hurricane Mountain Fire Observation Station	January 29, 2007 (#06001145)	Hurricane Mountain Summit	Keene	A 35-foot (11 m) fire tower built in 1919 on 3,964-foot (1,208 m) Hurricane Mountain. Part of the Fire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS
51	Ironville Historic District	Upload image	December 27, 1974 (#74001237)	Area surrounding Ironville including Furnace St. and Penfield Pond	Ironville
52	Keith and Branch Ford Motors Factory and Showroom	Upload image	May 28, 2013 (#13000329)	12198 NY 9N Coordinates missing	Upper Jay	Built in the 1920s to sell Ford Model A's, this is a rare early example of automobile-oriented architecture in the Adirondacks
53	Keene Valley Library	Keene Valley Library	December 13, 2000 (#00001528)	Main St.	Keene Valley
54	Keeseville Historic District		May 20, 1983 (#83001666)	Roughly bounded by Vine, Chesterfield, Clinton, Hill, Pleasant, Front, and Beech Sts.	Keeseville	part of the Keeseville Village MRA
55	Kennedy Cottage	Kennedy Cottage	November 6, 1992 (#92001437)	26 Shepard St.	Saranac Lake	A 1987 "cure cottage" that was used by the National Vaudeville Artists Philanthropic Association prior to the construction of the Will Rogers Hospital. Part of the Saranac Lake MPS
56	Lake George Avenue Historic District	Lake George Avenue Historic District	June 16, 1989 (#89000472)	301-331 Lake George Ave.	Ticonderoga	part of the Ticonderoga MRA
57	Lake View Grange No. 970	Upload image	August 27, 2013 (#13000626)	22 Champlain Ave. Coordinates missing	Westport	Classically-decorated building later used as roller rink; now town hall
58	Lane Cottage	Lane Cottage	November 6, 1992 (#92001434)	4 Rockledge Rd.	Saranac Lake	A 1923 "cure cottage" built by Edward Shaw for his wife, who had tuberculosis. The Shaws had two young children; fearing that they would contract TB from Mrs. Shaw, a separate house was built for them, nearby. Part of the Saranac Lake MPS
59	Dr. Henry Leetch House	Dr. Henry Leetch House	November 6, 1992 (#92001471)	3 Johnson Rd.	Saranac Lake	A 1932 "cure cottage" designed by William L. Distin for Dr. Henry Leetch, who specialized in treating tuberculosis, and who had the disease himself. Part of the Saranac Lake MPS
60	Lent Cottage	Lent Cottage	November 6, 1992 (#92001462)	18 Franklin Ave.	Saranac Lake	An apartment house, built about 1920 as a "cure cottage". Part of the Saranac Lake MPS
61	Liberty Monument	Liberty Monument	November 16, 1989 (#89002014)	NY 9N at Montcalm St.	Ticonderoga	part of the Ticonderoga MRA
62	Ligonier Point Historic District	Upload image	January 2, 2013 (#12001129)	Point Rd., Ligonier Way	Willsboro
63	Marquay Cottage	Marquay Cottage	November 6, 1992 (#92001439)	6 Slater St.	Saranac Lake	A 1914, Queen Anne-style "cure cottage" built of rusticated cast-concrete blocks, with an octagonal corner tower. Part of the Saranac Lake MPS
64	Marvin Cottage	Marvin Cottage	November 6, 1992 (#92001461)	15 Franklin St.	Saranac Lake	A "cure cottage" built about 1900. Part of the Saranac Lake MPS
65	Silas B. Moore Gristmill	Upload image	November 15, 1988 (#88002190)	218 Montcalm St.	Ticonderoga	part of the Ticonderoga MRA
66	Moriah Town Office Building		May 18, 1995 (#95000594)	Cedar St., Town of Moriah	Port Henry	part of the Moriah MPS
67	Mount Adams Fire Observation Station	Upload image	April 12, 2006 (#06000253)	Mount Adams	Newcomb	part of the Fire Observation Stations of New York State Forest Preserve MPS
68	Mount Moriah Presbyterian Church		June 1, 1995 (#95000592)	Jct. of Church and S. Main Sts., NW corner, Town of Moriah	Port Henry	part of the Moriah MPS
69	Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run		February 4, 2010 (#10000008)	200 Bob Run Lane	Lake Placid
70	New York Central Railroad Adirondack Division Historic District	New York Central Railroad Adirondack Division Historic District	December 23, 1993 (#93001451)	NYCRR Right-of-Way from Remsen to Lake Placid	Lake Placid	The New York Central Adirondack Line ended in Lake Placid. There are extant stations in Ray Brook and Lake Placid; the Adirondack Scenic Railroad runs a tourist train between Lake Placid and the station in Saranac Lake.
71	Notman Bridge		November 12, 1999 (#99001328)	Country Club Rd. over AuSable R.	Keene Valley	part of the AuSable River Valley Bridges MPS
72	NYS Armory	Upload image	November 15, 1988 (#88002200)	315 Champlain Ave.	Ticonderoga	part of the Ticonderoga MRA
73	Octagonal Schoolhouse	Octagonal Schoolhouse	January 17, 1973 (#73001190)	On Rte. 22 in Bouquet	Essex	An 1827 stone octagonal school building
74	Pad Factory	Upload image	November 15, 1988 (#88002205)	109 Lake George Ave.	Ticonderoga	part of the Ticonderoga MRA
75	Partridge Cottage	Partridge Cottage	March 31, 1992 (#92001440)	15 South St.	Saranac Lake	A 1925 Colonial Revival apartment house, with three apartments used as a cure cottages for three families. Part of the Saranac Lake MPS
76	Pittenger Cottage	Pittenger Cottage	November 6, 1992 (#92001460)	14 Forest Hill Ave.	Saranac Lake	A "cure cottage" with five cure porches, built about 1920. Part of the Saranac Lake MPS
77	Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station	Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain Fire Observation Station	September 23, 2001 (#01001034)	Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain	Chesterfield	1917 fire tower was first in state to employ alidade to help triangulate location of fires.
78	Port Henry Fire Department Building	Upload image	June 1, 1995 (#95000590)	33 Broad St., Town of Moriah	Port Henry	part of the Moriah MPS
79	Putnam Camp	Upload image	October 17, 2012 (#12000876)	1196 NY 73	St. Huberts
80	Ranney Bridge		November 12, 1999 (#99001329)	Private Rd. off NY 73 over East Branch of AuSable R.	Keene Valley	part of the AuSable River Valley Bridges MPS
81	Rembrandt Hall	Upload image	May 20, 1983 (#83001677)	Clinton St.	Keeseville	part of the Keeseville Village MRA
82	Sheldon-Owens Farm	Upload image	April 1, 1993 (#93000171)	Lake Shore Rd. southeast of the junction with Middle and West Rds.	Willsboro
83	Sherman Free Library	Sherman Free Library	June 1, 1995 (#95000595)	4 Church St., Town of Moriah	Port Henry	part of the Moriah MPS
84	Slater Bridge	Upload image	November 12, 1999 (#99001325)	East Branch of AuSable R. off St. Hubert's Rd.	Keene Valley	part of the AuSable River Valley Bridges MPS
85	SPITFIRE (gunboat)		July 24, 2008 (#08000694)	On the seafloor of Lake Champlain near Schuyler Island Coordinates missing	Lake Champlain	Extends into Clinton County
86	Stevenson Cottage	Stevenson Cottage	November 6, 1992 (#92001441)	Stevenson Ln.	Saranac Lake	A "cure cottage" used by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1887. Part of the Saranac Lake MPS
87	Stone Arch Bridge	Stone Arch Bridge	November 12, 1999 (#99001323)	Main St. over AuSable R.	Keeseville	part of the AuSable River Valley Bridges MPS
88	Stuckman Cottage	Stuckman Cottage	November 6, 1992 (#92001459)	6 Clinton Ave.	Saranac Lake	A "cure cottage" built between 1897 and 1900.
89	Swing Bridge		November 12, 1999 (#99001322)	Over the Ausable River between Clinton and S. AuSable Sts.	Keeseville	part of the AuSable River Valley Bridges MPS
90	Talichito	Upload image	August 22, 2012 (#12000533)	Nesa Rd.	Schroon Lake
91	Ticonderoga High School	Upload image	November 15, 1988 (#88002201)	Calkins Pl.	Ticonderoga	part of the Ticonderoga MRA
92	Ticonderoga National Bank	Ticonderoga National Bank	November 15, 1988 (#88002194)	101 Montcalm St.	Ticonderoga	part of the Ticonderoga MRA
93	Ticonderoga Pulp and Paper Company Office	Ticonderoga Pulp and Paper Company Office	November 15, 1988 (#88002191)	Montcalm St.	Ticonderoga	part of the Ticonderoga MRA
94	Tomlinson House	Upload image	May 20, 1983 (#83001678)	Kent St.	Keeseville	part of the Keeseville Village MRA
95	Trudeau Sanatorium	Trudeau Sanatorium	April 20, 1995 (#95000479)	Trudeau Rd.	Saranac Lake	A tuberculosis sanitorium established in 1882 by Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau, originally called the Adirondack Cottage Sanatorium. Part of the Saranac Lake MPS
96	US Post Office-Lake Placid	US Post Office-Lake Placid	November 17, 1988 (#88002339)	201 Main St.	Lake Placid	part of the US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
97	US Post Office-Ticonderoga	Upload image	May 11, 1989 (#88002436)	123 Champlain Ave.	Ticonderoga	part of the US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
98	Van Ornam & Murdock Block	Upload image	November 14, 1982 (#82001172)	Main St.	Port Henry
99	VERGENNES (canal boat)		August 7, 2012 (#12000477)	Address Restricted	Westport
100	Walton Bridge		November 12, 1999 (#99001326)	Dr. Ray Rd. access over AuSable R.	Keene	part of the AuSable River Valley Bridges MPS
101	Elkanah Watson House	Elkanah Watson House	October 15, 1966 (#66000518)	3 mi (4.8 km). east of US 9	Port Kent	Home of Elkanah Watson, Revolutionary-era diplomat, founder of the county fair and early promoter of canals, who occupied it in May 1828. Designed by Sheldon & Merritt and constructed under the supervision of Watson's son Charles.
102	Wells Memorial Library	Upload image	May 18, 2011 (#11000289)	12230 NY 9N	Upper Jay
103	Wellscroft	Upload image	January 28, 2004 (#03001513)	158 NY 9N	Upper Jay
104	Whiteface Veterans Memorial Highway Complex	Whiteface Veterans Memorial Highway Complex	October 10, 2008 (#06001147)	New York State Route 431	Wilmington	Highest road in state built to honor WWI veterans in late 1920s.
105	Will Rogers Memorial Hospital	Will Rogers Memorial Hospital	September 8, 1983 (#83001679)	NY 86	Saranac Lake	A 100-bed tuberculosis sanitarium for vaudeville performers built by the National Vaudeville Artists in 1930.
106	Willsboro Congregational Church	Willsboro Congregational Church	May 31, 1984 (#84002391)	NY 22	Willsboro
107	The Willsboro School	The Willsboro School	March 31, 2010 (#10000135)	10 Gilliland Lane (formerly 29 School St.)	Willsboro
108	Wilmington Bridge	Upload image	November 12, 1999 (#99001324)	NY 86 over AuSable R.	Wilmington	part of the AuSable River Valley Bridges MPS
109	Witherbee Memorial Hall	Upload image	April 22, 1991 (#91000421)	Broad St. east of the junction with Office Rd.	Mineville

Former listing

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	City or town	Summary
1	St. Mary's Church and Rectory	Upload image	November 5, 1988 (#88002196)	May 25, 1989	10-12 Father Jogues Pl.	Ticonderoga
2	State Theater	Upload image	April 30, 1992 (#92000454)	September 17, 1999	18 Montcalm St.	Ticonderoga

See also

• Cure Cottages of Saranac Lake
• National Register of Historic Places listings in New York