List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Herkimer County, New York
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in
Herkimer County, New York. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".[1] Two districts are further designated a
National Historic Landmark (NHL), and part of the county is included in the
Adirondack Forest Preserve, another NHL.
Home of George Ward, who prosecuted
Chester Gillette for the
murder of Grace Brown in 1906, the case which served as the model for
Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy. Now a bed and breakfast operated by Ward's great-grandson
The district, declared a
National Historic Landmark in 1993,[5] includes the Indian Castle Church as well as
archaeological sites. Upper Castle was a fortified village. The Indian Castle Church, built in 1769, is the only colonial Indian missionary church surviving in New York State, and is the only Iroquois building surviving from its time.[6]
Little Falls, Danube, Frankfort, German Flatts, Herkimer, Ilion, Mannheim, Mohawk, Ohio, Russia, Schuyler
Successor to
Erie Canal approved by state voters in early 20th century to compete with railroads; listing includes two of canal's reservoirs in Adirondacks.
An octagonal house and the adjoining site of the lock factory of
Linus Yale Sr. and his son
Linus Yale Jr., the inventor of the
cylinder lock. Linus Yale Sr. built the house in 1849 as a gift for his daughter.
^The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
^Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined
here, differentiate
National Historic Landmarks and
historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
^The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the
National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Herkimer County, New York
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in
Herkimer County, New York. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".[1] Two districts are further designated a
National Historic Landmark (NHL), and part of the county is included in the
Adirondack Forest Preserve, another NHL.
Home of George Ward, who prosecuted
Chester Gillette for the
murder of Grace Brown in 1906, the case which served as the model for
Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy. Now a bed and breakfast operated by Ward's great-grandson
The district, declared a
National Historic Landmark in 1993,[5] includes the Indian Castle Church as well as
archaeological sites. Upper Castle was a fortified village. The Indian Castle Church, built in 1769, is the only colonial Indian missionary church surviving in New York State, and is the only Iroquois building surviving from its time.[6]
Little Falls, Danube, Frankfort, German Flatts, Herkimer, Ilion, Mannheim, Mohawk, Ohio, Russia, Schuyler
Successor to
Erie Canal approved by state voters in early 20th century to compete with railroads; listing includes two of canal's reservoirs in Adirondacks.
An octagonal house and the adjoining site of the lock factory of
Linus Yale Sr. and his son
Linus Yale Jr., the inventor of the
cylinder lock. Linus Yale Sr. built the house in 1849 as a gift for his daughter.
^The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
^Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined
here, differentiate
National Historic Landmarks and
historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
^The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the
National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.