History of Auburn, New York, USA

Journey back in time to Auburn, New York, USA

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  William H. Seward house - Auburn, New York
  
  The Seward House was built in 1816 on four acres on the outskirts of Auburn, NY as a ten-room townhouse for a wealthy Cayuga County Judge named Elijah Miller. Miller moved into the home in December 1817... Read MORE...
  
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  Auburn Prison
  
  Constructed in 1816 as Auburn Prison, it was the second state prison in New York (after New York City's Newgate, 1797–1828), the site of the first execution by electric chair in 1890, and the namesake of the "Auburn system," a... Read MORE...
  
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• 1836 - October 6 - A second early season snowstorm produced 26 inches at Auburn, NY
  
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  The Willard Home, Genesee Street
  
  Originally built in 1836 by John Seymour who lost his fortune in the financial panic of 1837, the home was purchased by Dr. Sylvester Willard and his father-in-law, Erastus Case, in 1843. Willard and Case were... Read MORE...
  
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•  1854 - Convicts and Religion
  Examinations made at Auburn, New York, showed that out of nine hundred convicts, only forty-seven had ever been in a Sabbath School, and that of these...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Auburn
  Auburn, a beautiful city, capital of Cayuga county. New York, on the line of railroad connecting Albany and Buffalo, 174 miles W. from the former, and...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1859
  AUBURN, the cap. of Cayuga co., in the state of New York, U. S., 173 m. W of Albany, on the outlet of Owasco lake, Pop. 5,626. There is a Presbyterian...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1860 - December 28 - Harriet Tubman arrives in Auburn NY, on her last mission to free slaves, evading capture for 8 years on the Underground Railroad
  
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  Harriet Tubman house - Auburn, New York
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  Harriet Tubman marker - Auburn, New York
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  The American Hotel
  
  The American Hotel was built in 1828-30, upon the site of the old Willard Tavern. The first proprietor whom I have been able to trace was Watrous Pomroy, who took charge about 1810, and continued proprietor during the war of... Read MORE...
  
  
•  1869 - Emma A. Ridley, of Auburn, N. Y., was struck by lightning and instantly killed,
  the other day, while standing at a table ironing. No injury was done to the house.
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  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  July 3, 1869
  
  
•  1869 - Seward Trip
  Hon. William H. Seward, accompanied by Hon. Frederick W. Seward and lady, and Abijah Fitch, Esq., of Auburn, N.Y., have started out on a tour of some ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1870 - Boiler Explosion at Auburn - A Building Demolished and One Man Killed
  AUBURN, N. Y., Sept. 20. - The steam boiler in T. R. STALKER's planing-mill exploded at 6 o'clock this morning completely demolishing the large brick ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1870 - Planing Mill Fire
  AUBURN, N. Y., Aug. 19. - At 12 o'clock last night a fire broke out in the sash and blind factory and planing-mill of EVARTS BROS. The building, which...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  First Presbyterian Church
  
  1811, First Presbyterian Church is founded. Its first pastor, the Rev. David Higgins, preached at the funeral of Colonel Hardenbergh, Auburn's founder in 1806.
  
  1817, First Presbyterian Church builds its first... Read MORE...
  
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  St. Mary's Church
  
  The parish of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church was founded in 1868 as St. Mary's of the Assumption. The church, located at 15 Clark Street in Auburn, New York, was built from 1870-77. wikipedia
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•  1877 - Printers are upstanding citizens?
  There are only three printers confined in Auburn, New York, prison. Among the convicts can be found twenty-seven clergymen, forty-two lawyers and thir...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1879 - Auburn
  IN 1815, Auburn was the largest village in Central or Western New York. Rochester and Syracuse had not then been incorporated as villages, Buffalo had...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Engine and Hose Co. No. 5, Truck A, Fire Department, Auburn, N.Y.
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•  1880 - Strange Series of Misfortunes
  Daniel Cornwall, of Auburn, New York, was the victim within the twenty-four hours ending at noon yesterday, of a singular series of misfortunes. On We...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Auburn, N.Y. - State Street from Genesee Street
  
•  1888 - The doors of the First National Bank of Auburn, N.Y., were closed on the 23d, the result of a defalcation of $200,000 on the part of its cashier, Charles O'Brien, who had fled.
  
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  January 28, 1888
  
  
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  A.W. Stevens & Son
  makers of the Stevens Spring Tooth Harrow, 1888
  
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• 1890 - Q. Where was the first person electrocuted for a crime in the United States?
  A. In the State Prison at Auburn, New York, August 6, 1890.
  
  
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  Massillon, Ohio
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  City Hall
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  Genesee and Market Streets
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• June, 1891 (exact date unknown) - The 111th Survivors
  A Large Delegation From this County Will Go to Gettysburg
  
  A large number of the survivors of the old 111 Regiment of this county are making active ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Auburn
  Auburn, a city and the capital of Cayuga co, N.Y., is on the Auburn Branch of the New York Central Railroad, where it crosses the Lehigh Valley Railro...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Franklin St. School, Auburn, NY 1895
  
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  Seymour St. School, Auburn, NY 1895
  
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  Lakeside Park
  
  "Lakeside Park is a historic "pleasure ground" park located at Owasco on Owasco Lake in Cayuga County, New York. It is a 40-acre (16 ha) park located within the boundaries of Emerson Park... The park was originally designed and laid ... Read MORE...
  
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  Auburn NY - late 1800s
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  Lehigh Valley Depot
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  Elks Building
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  South Street
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  First Baptist Church, Auburn, N. Y.
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  Post Office, Auburn, N. Y.
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  North Street, Auburn, N. Y.
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  Case Memorial Library
  
  The Seymour Public Library District traces its history back to 1876, when the Seymour Library Association was established in May. The previous year, James Skinner Seymour, president of the National Bank of Auburn, bequeathed ... Read MORE...
  
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•  1902 - All Show Improvement - Tult, Salisbury and Farrell Will Probably Recover - The Funeral of Harvey
  George Tult, George Salisbury and James Farrell, the three men who were seriously injured in the elevator accident at D. M. Osborne & Co's are all...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1902 - Big Freight Elevator Falls at Osborne's
  One Man Killed and Three Others Injured Yesterday Afternoon
  
  Lift Dropped From Within Three Feet of the Top and Men Were Thrown Beneath Mower Wheels...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Fulton Street School
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  High School, 1907
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  Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
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  Y.M.C.A. Building, 1907
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•  1910 - BEST REUNION YET - Ranks of 111th Are Thinning but Old Spirit Is There
  WITH OLD COMMANDER AGAIN
  Hospitality of MacDougall Home to Be Extended to Survivors Next Year
  
  The survivors of the One Hundred and Eleventh N.Y.V....Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Old Ladies' Home
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  South Street
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•  1911 - Joseph Nash was put to death in the electric chair at Auburn, New York, yesterday for murdering his son-in-law. Nash was a prominent citizen of Waterloo, N. Y.
  
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  Clinton, North Carolina
  May 4, 1911
  
  
•  1912 - MOTHER AND THREE CHILDREN DIE WHEN FIREWORKS EXPLODE.
  ONE OTHER IS KILLED OUTRIGHT - SMALL GIRL VICTIM DIES AT THE HOSPITAL.
  
  SEVERAL HOUSES WRECKED.
  
  FIREWORKS STORED IN AUBURN RESIDENCE EXPLODE EARL...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Harriet Tubman's grave - Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York
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• 1914 - Missing Auburn Man Believed in the Woods - Sherman S. Salisbury Who Disappeared at Malone. May Be Mentally Unbalanced.
  Watertown - Feb. 5 - John M. Hyde, head of the Black River Paper & Manufacturing Company, by which Sherman S. Salisbury of Auburn was employed as ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1914 - Missing Auburn Man is Located in Adirondacks - Sherman S. Salisbury Employed at Lumber Camp, Mr. Wallace Informs Friends
  AUBURN - Feb. 8 - Sherman S. Salisbury of No. 17 Mary street in this city, reported to have been missing from Watertown for nearly four months, is in ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Fire Department, 1914
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  Osborne House
  
  Named after once owner Thomas Mott Osborne, warden of the State prison at Sing Sing.
  
  The Osborne House, Auburn, N.Y., is so well and favorably known to the traveling public that little can be said about this famous hostelry that... Read MORE...
  
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  Owasco Road
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  New Seward School
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  Auburn, a city and the capital of Cayuga co., N.Y., is on the New York Central and Hudson River R., where it crosses the Lehigh Valley R., 173 miles W...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Country Club on Owasco Lake
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  Corner, South and Exchange Streets
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•  1922 - AUBURN LANDMARK BURNED. Cayuga County Courthouse Destroyed With a Loss of $200,000.
  AUBURN, N. Y., April 30 - The Cayuga County Courthouse was destroyed by fire of unknown origin this afternoon. The building was a handsme [sic] landma...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Hoopes Park
  
  Created in 1922 on land donated by the family of Edward Hoopes to the City of Auburn. The Club House was built by the city in 1929.
  
  This land was was originally held by the Owasco and Auburn Canal Company since 1844 and was deeded... Read MORE...
  
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  Cayuga County Court House
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• 1989 - This week in history… 75 Years Ago…
  Jan 28, 1914: George W. Salisbury, 1 1/ 2 Lewis St., is the proud owner of a file of the "Free Press", a paper which was printed in Auburn's early days...Read MORE...