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Niagara County, New York

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99historic places
—earliest paper
1808formed
212,666pop. 2020
90cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 99 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 4 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Niagara Falls, Lockport, North Tonawanda.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for New York is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Niagara titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

51 of 99 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

99 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Adams Power Plant Transformer House NHLNiagara FallsBuilding1975
Ascension Roman Catholic Church ComplexNorth TonawandaDistrict2016
Bacon-Merchant-Moss HouseLockportBuilding2007
Bewley BuildingLockportBuilding2018
Bixby, Constant Riley W., HouseHartlandBuilding2002
Bond, Col. William M. and Nancy Ralston, HouseLockportBuilding1995
Bradley, Amzi, FarmsteadHartlandBuilding2002
Buildings at Niagara and Seventh StreetsNiagara FallsDistrict2019
Buildings on Niagara Street at Fourth StreetNiagara FallsDistrict2022
Carnegie LibraryNorth TonawandaBuilding1995
Carter, John, FarmsteadYoungstownBuilding2007
Chase-Crowley-Keep HouseLockportBuilding2008
Chase-Hubbard-Williams HouseLockportBuilding2008
Chilton Avenue-Orchard Parkway Historic DistrictNiagara FallsDistrict2010
Cold Springs CemeteryLockportSite2004
Comstock, Nathan, Jr., HouseLockportBuilding2011
Conkey HouseLockportBuilding2003
DAY PECKINPAUGH, (canal motorship)LockportStructure2005
Deveaux School Historic DistrictNiagara FallsDistrict1974
Dick Block, TheNorth TonawandaBuilding2012
District #10 SchoolhouseHartlandBuilding2000
Dole HouseLockportBuilding2003
First Baptist ChurchNewfaneBuilding2004
First Presbyterian ChurchNiagara FallsBuilding2014
First Presbyterian Church of Lewiston and Lewiston Village CemeteryLewistonBuilding2019
First Presbyterian ManseNiagara FallsBuilding2012
First Unitarian Universalist Church of NiagaraNiagara FallsBuilding2007
Former Niagara Falls High SchoolNiagara FallsBuilding2002
Forsyth-Warren FarmLockportDistrict2020
Fort Niagara LightYoungstownBuilding1984
Frontier HouseLewistonBuilding1974
Gibbs HouseLockportBuilding2003
Hall ApartmentsNiagara FallsBuilding2022
Harrington Colbblestone Farmhouse and Barn ComplexHartlandBuilding2005
Harrison Radiator Corporation FactoryLockportBuilding2021
Herschell, Allan, Carousel FactoryNorth TonawandaBuilding1985
Herschell-Spillman Motor Company Complex, TheNorth TonawandaBuilding2013
High and Locust Streets Historic DistrictLockportDistrict2014
Holley-Rankine HouseNiagara FallsBuilding1979
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church ComplexNiagara FallsBuilding2010
Hopkins HouseLockportBuilding2003
House at 8 Berkley DriveLockportBuilding2009
Jefferson Apartment BuildingNiagara FallsBuilding2005
Lewiston MoundLewistonSite1974
Lockport Industrial DistrictLockportDistrict1975
Lower Landing Archeological District NHLLewistonSite1974
Lower Niagara River Spear Fishing Docks Historic DistrictLewistonDistrict2012
Lowertown Historic DistrictLockportDistrict1973
Main Street Historic DistrictNiagara FallsDistrict2021
Maloney HouseLockportBuilding2003
Marshall, James G., HouseNiagara FallsBuilding2004
Moore, Benjamin C., MillLockportBuilding1973
Morse Cobblestone FarmhouseWilsonBuilding2010
Mount St. Mary's HospitalNiagara FallsBuilding2015
Newton, Philo Cobblestone HouseHartlandBuilding2002
Niagara County Courthouse and County Clerk's OfficeLockportBuilding1997
Niagara Falls ArmoryNiagara FallsBuilding1995
Niagara Falls City HallNiagara FallsBuilding2001
Niagara Falls Public LibraryNiagara FallsBuilding1974
Niagara Falls School District Administration BuildingNiagara FallsBuilding2014
Niagara Power Project Historic DistrictLewistonDistrict2017
Niagara Reservation NHLNiagara FallsSite1966
Niagara, TheNiagara FallsBuilding2008
North Ridge United Methodist ChurchNorh RidgeBuilding2002
Oakwood CemeteryNiagara FallsSite2014
Old Fort Niagara-Colonial Niagara Historic District NHLYoungstownDistrict1966
Oliver, Thomas, HouseLockportBuilding1998
Park Place Historic DistrictNiagara FallsDistrict2010
Payne Avenue High SchoolNorth TonawandaBuilding2019
Pound-Hitchens HouseLockportBuilding2015
Riviera TheatreNorth TonawandaBuilding1980
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church ComplexNiagara FallsDistrict2019
Sagamore Apartments and Shops, TheNiagara FallsBuilding2022
Schoellkopf HallNiagara FallsBuilding2023
Schoellkopf Power Station No. 3 SiteNiagara FallsSite2013
Seippel Bakery and Richard ApartmentsNiagara FallsBuilding2018
Sheldon, Hazard H., HouseNiagara FallsBuilding2011
South Junior High SchoolNiagara FallsBuilding2016
St. John's Episcopal ChurchYoungstownBuilding1990
St. Mary's Nurses' ResidenceNiagara FallsBuilding2004
Stickney HouseLockportBuilding2003
Sweeney Estate Historic DistrictNorth TonawandaDistrict2020
Tatler ClubNiagara FallsBuilding2024
Taylor, William, HouseMiddleportBuilding2012
Thirty Mile Point LightSomersetDistrict1984
Town of Niagara District School No. 2Niagara FallsBuilding2005
U.S. CustomhouseNiagara FallsBuilding1973
US Post Office-LockportLockportBuilding1989
US Post Office-MiddleportMiddleportBuilding1989
US Post Office-Niagara Falls MainNiagara FallsBuilding1989
US Post Office-North TonawandaNorth TonawandaBuilding1989
Union StationLockportBuilding1977
United Office BuildingNiagara FallsBuilding2006
Van Horn MansionNewfaneBuilding1991
Walter, Peter D., HouseLockportBuilding2007
Watson HouseLockportBuilding2003
White-Pound HouseLockportBuilding2003
Whitney MansionNiagara FallsBuilding1974
Williams, Johann, FarmNiagara FallsBuilding1980

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Niagara was formed in 1808 (1808-03-11) from Allegany, Genesee.

NIAGARA created from ALLEGANY and GENESEE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Niagara County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

242k126k8,9711810184018801920196020002020
1810182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
8,97122,99031,13250,39954,17374,961118,705160,110189,992242,269227,354219,846212,666

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic SiteNational Historic Site41.6 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

90 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 90 listed
NameLatLon
Acacia Park Cemetery43.05753-78.81142
Beach Ridge Cemetery43.09333-78.80777
Bear Ridge Cemetery43.08449-78.78753
Bear Ridge Cemetery43.09684-78.76001
Budd Cemetery43.21255-78.77865
Campbell Cemetery43.17943-78.7975
Chestnut Ridge Cemetery43.17664-78.61818
Cold Spring Cemetery43.18421-78.65697
Corwin Cemetery43.25838-78.69503
County Line Cemetery43.34123-78.46685
Fairmount Cemetery43.09521-78.8676
Fort Niagara Cemetery43.26165-79.05892
Fort Niagara Post Cemetery (historical)43.26117-79.04755
Friedens Cemetery43.06765-78.84514
Gate of Heaven Cemetery43.14801-79.03729
German Reformed Cemetery43.14332-78.63361
Gilbert Cemetery43.15527-78.51777
Glenwood Cemetery43.18277-78.70587
Good Shepherd Cemetery43.0786-78.74138
Greenwood Cemetery43.31108-78.83452
Halsted Cemetery43.27769-78.90937
Hartland Central Cemetery43.23894-78.55503
Hess Cemetery43.2777-78.64981
Hillside Cemetery of Cambria43.17555-78.81833
Holy Ghost Cemetery43.10284-78.90331
Holy Trinity Cemetery43.14861-79.03091
Huskey Cemetery43.17655-78.61715
Johnsons Creek Baptist Cemetery43.24499-78.52194
Ketchem Cemetery43.16807-78.49473
Lakeview Cemetery43.3334-78.71508
LeValley Cemetery43.22637-78.47297
Lewiston Village Cemetery43.17027-79.04083
Lockport Road Cemetery43.12171-78.8942
Mabee Cemetery43.20749-78.57222
Molyneaux Cemetery43.2086-78.8
Morehouse Cemetery43.24082-78.53944
Mount Calvary Cemetery43.15477-78.70253
Mount Hope Cemetery43.17144-78.97532
Mount View Cemetery43.17115-78.87744
North Ridge Cemetery43.21118-78.84902
Oakland Cemetery43.27032-78.99449
Oakwood Cemetery43.09728-79.04588
Orangeport Cemetery43.20444-78.59666
Pendleton Cemetery43.08971-78.73055
Pomeroy Cemetery43.18527-78.75416
Quaker Cemetery43.33701-78.56591
Queen of Heaven Cemetery43.08613-78.65017
Ransomville Curtiss Pioneer Cemetery43.23805-78.90722
Rest Haven Cemetery43.06199-78.80892
Riverdale Cemetery43.14643-79.03143
Royalton Mount Ridge Cemetery43.19172-78.53197
Royalton Union Cemetery43.13461-78.56846
Saint Andrew Lutheran Cemetery43.16651-78.86726
Saint Bernards Cemetery43.24866-79.03949
Saint Bridgets Cemetery43.24661-78.71051
Saint Charles Borromeo Cemetery43.25961-78.69613
Saint Jacobs Lutheran Cemetery43.1009-78.92359
Saint James Lutheran Church Cemetery43.1001-78.91407
Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery43.08667-78.88776
Saint John Lutheran Church Cemetery43.2306-79.01726
Saint Joseph's Cemetery43.09647-79.01777
Saint Mark Lutheran Cemetery43.06893-78.85038
Saint Martins Lutheran Church Cemetery43.04874-78.83385
Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery43.17447-78.71906
Saint Matthew Lutheran Cemetery43.06704-78.84476
Saint Michael's Cemetery43.13494-78.99751
Saint Michaels Lutheran Cemetery43.11277-78.51583
Saint Patricks Cemetery43.18144-78.69447
Saint Patricks Cemetery43.29024-78.48948
Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery43.05019-78.83504
Saint Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery43.09968-78.91414
Saint Peter Lutheran Cemetery43.21289-78.84889
Saint Peters Cemetery43.12505-78.93004
Saint Peters Cemetery43.17422-78.71864
Saint Stephens Cemetery43.21027-78.48472
Sawyer Cemetery43.34788-78.62952
Shaeffer Cemetery43.1314-78.65823
Smiths Cemetery43.24669-78.63117
Somerset Cemetery43.34666-78.5475
Stahler Cemetery43.136-78.67979

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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