Auburn, New York, USA
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 Railroad, 77 miles E.S.B. of Rochester, 173 miles W. by N. of Albany, and 31 miles S. of Oswego. It is built on both sides of the outlet of Owasco Lake, which lies 23 miles S.S.E. of the city. The site is undulating, or moderately uneven, and the streets present some deviations from a rectangular plan. Some of the streets are lined with elegant residences and beautiful gardens and shrubberies. The principal public buildings, hotels, and places of business are on Genesee street. They are mostly built of stone or brick. Auburn is the site of a state prison,—a large stone building enclosed by a high wall. The convicts (about 1200 in number) are employed in various mechanic arts and manufactures. Within the same enclosure is located one of the New York state insane hospitals. The Auburn Theological Seminary, which was founded in 1821, is richly endowed, and is under the direction of the Presbyterians. It has an annual attendance of about 50 students, and a library of 11,000 volumes. The Auburn Academic High School, founded in 1866 (new building, 1890, costing $90,000), has an annual attendance of about 250 pupils male and female. Auburn has 10 public schools, a court-house, 1 private and 2 national banks, 16 churches, a state armory, academy cf music, and printing-offices which issue 2 daily and 5 weekly newspapers. Among the churches of Auburn 3 are Baptist, 1 Disciple, 2 Episcopal, 3 Catholic, 3 Methodist, 4 Presbyterian, and 1 Universalist. The chief industries are manufactures of iron, carpets, woollen goods, flour, &c., for which the outlet affords motive-power. There is also a manufactory of reapers and mowing-machines, said to be the most extensive in the Union. The statesman Wm. H. Seward resided for many years in this city, and was buried here. Pop. in 1880, 21,924; in 1890, 25,858.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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