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Onondaga County, New York

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186historic places
—earliest paper
1794formed
476,516pop. 2020
142cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 186 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971. Most listings are in or near Syracuse, Skaneateles, Camillus.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

123 of 186 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

186 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Alvord HouseSyracuseBuilding1976
Amos BlockSyracuseBuilding1978
Amphion Piano Player FactorySyracuseBuilding2023
Armory Square Historic DistrictSyracuseDistrict1984
Ashton HouseSyracuseBuilding1997
Ayling, John G., HouseSyracuseBuilding2011
Babcock-Shattuck HouseSyracuseBuilding2004
Baldwinsville Village HallBaldwinsvilleBuilding1997
Barnes-Hiscock House, TheSyracuseBuilding2010
Bellevue Country ClubSyracuseSite2014
Berkeley Park Subdivision Historic DistrictSyracuseDistrict2002
Blanchard HouseSyracuseBuilding1997
Borodino District School #8BorodinoBuilding2007
Borodino HallBorodinoBuilding2006
Bradley, Dan, HouseMarcellusBuilding1978
Brook FarmSkaneatelesBuilding2003
Brown, Alexander, HouseSyracuseBuilding1988
Buildings at 500 and 506 Erie Boulevard EastSyracuseBuilding2023
Burhans, Harry N., HouseSyracuseBuilding2007
Camillus Cutlery Company HeadquartersCamillusBuilding2018
Camillus Union Free SchoolCamillusBuilding1991
Carley Onondaga SitePompeySite2011
Central New York Telephone and Telegraph BuildingSyracuseBuilding1973
Central Technical High SchoolSyracuseBuilding1981
Chapman HouseSyracuseBuilding1997
Christ Church and Manlius Village CemeteriesManliusSite2007
Church of the Good ShepherdSyracuseBuilding1997
Clark HouseSyracuseBuilding1997
Collins HouseSyracuseBuilding1997
Community PlaceSkaneatelesBuilding1979
Courier Building, TheSyracuseBuilding2014
Crego, Mrs.. I.L., HouseBaldwinsvilleBuilding2007
Crouse College, Syracuse UniversitySyracuseBuilding1974
Delphi Baptist ChurchDelphi FallsBuilding1979
Delphi Village SchoolDelphi FallsBuilding1986
Dietz, R.E., Company FactorySyracuseBuilding2018
Drover's TavernOranBuilding2003
Dunfee HouseSyracuseBuilding1997
Dunne, Morgan, HouseSyracuseBuilding2017
Edwards, O.M., BuildingSyracuseBuilding2001
Elbridge Hydraulic Industry Archeological DistrictElbridgeDistrict1982
Elbridge Village Historic DistrictElbridgeDistrict2002
Elmwood ParkSyracuseSite2005
Estabrook HouseSyracuseBuilding1997
Estabrook, Charles, MansionFayettevilleBuilding1996
Fabius Village Historic DistrictFabiusDistrict2000
Fairchild HouseSyracuseBuilding1997
First Baptist Church of CamillusCamillusBuilding2001
First English Lutheran ChurchSyracuseBuilding1998
Foster-Hubbard HouseSyracuseBuilding2020
Fuller HouseSyracuseBuilding1997
Fuller, James and Lydia Canning, HouseSkaneatelesBuilding2003
Gang HouseSyracuseBuilding1997
Garrett HouseSyracuseBuilding1997
General Ice Cream Corporation FactorySyracuseBuilding2020
Genesee Street Hill-Limestone Plaza Historic DistrictFayettevilleDistrict1982
Gere Bank BuildingSyracuseBuilding1972
Gillett, William J., HouseSyracuseBuilding1982
Gleason, Lucius, HouseLiverpoolBuilding1990
Grace Episcopal ChurchSyracuseBuilding1973
Gridley, John, HouseSyracuseBuilding1977
H.A. Moyer Factory Complex (Additional Documentation)SyracuseBuilding2022
H.A. Moyer Factory Complex (Boundary Increase)SyracuseDistrict2024
Hall of Languages, Syracuse UniversitySyracuseBuilding1973
Hanford, George C., HouseSyracuseBuilding2023
Hanover Square Historic DistrictSyracuseDistrict1976
Hanover Square Historic District (Boundary Increase)SyracuseDistrict2015
Hawley-Green Street Historic DistrictSyracuseDistrict1979
Hawley-Green Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)SyracuseDistrict2018
HazelhurstSkaneatelesBuilding2010
Hoeffer HouseSyracuseBuilding1997
Hotel SyracuseSyracuseBuilding2008
Huntley ApartmentsSyracuseBuilding2011
Hunziker HouseSyracuseBuilding1997
Hutchinson, Gen. Orrin, HouseOnondagaBuilding1973
Ignatius Fiesinger HouseSyracuseBuilding2026
Indian Castle Village SiteManliusSite2011
Ives, Dr. John, HouseJamesvilleBuilding1985
J. F. O'Connor Sales Company GarageSyracuseBuilding2024
Jordan Village Historic DistrictJordanDistrict1983
Kelly HouseSyracuseBuilding1997
Kelsey-Davey FarmSkaneatelesBuilding1980
Kemp & Burpee-Brown-Lipe Company BuildingsSyracuseBuilding2024
King, Polaski, HouseSyracuseBuilding1979
Lakeview CemeterySkaneatelesSite2017
Leavenworth ApartmentsSyracuseBuilding2011
Lipe-Rollway Corporation BuildingSyracuseBuilding2018
Liverpool CemeteryLiverpoolSite2015
Loew's State TheaterSyracuseBuilding1977
Lustron House Westchester Deluxe Model 02SyracuseBuilding2026
Manlius Village Historic DistrictManliusDistrict1973
Marshall & Son WarehouseSyracuseBuilding2024
Martisco StationMartiscoBuilding2007
Meaker, C.G., Food Company WarehouseSyracuseBuilding2010
Merrell-Soule None Such Mince Meat FactorySyracuseBuilding2020
Mills, Harriet May, HouseSyracuseBuilding2002
Montgomery Street-Columbus Circle Historic DistrictSyracuseDistrict1980
Montgomery Street-Columbus Circle Historic District (Boundary Increase and Decrease)SyracuseDistrict2024
Mottville CemeterySkaneatelesSite2021
Mycenae SchoolhouseManliusBuilding1983
National Casket Company BuildingSyracuseBuilding2024
New Kasson ApartmentsSyracuseBuilding2011
New York Central Railroad Passenger and Freight StationSyracuseBuilding2009
Niagara Hudson Building, TheSyracuseBuilding2010
Nine Mile Creek AqueductCamillusStructure1976
North Salina Street Historic DistrictSyracuseDistrict1985
North Salina Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)SyracuseDistrict2019
Oak Knitting CompanySyracuseBuilding2016
Oakwood CemeterySyracuseDistrict1991
Odd Fellows Lodge and TempleSyracuseBuilding2014
Onondaga County Savings Bank BuildingSyracuseBuilding1971
Onondaga County War MemorialSyracuseBuilding1988
Onondaga Highlands-Swaneola Heights Historic DistrictSyracuseDistrict2010
Onondaga ParkSyracuseDistrict2002
Oran Community ChurchPompeyBuilding2002
Oran District No. 22 SchoolhouseOranBuilding1998
Oswego-Oneida Streets Historic DistrictBaldwinsvilleDistrict1982
People's African Methodist Episcopal Zion ChurchSyracuseBuilding2012
Pi Chapter House of Psi Upsilon FraternitySyracuseBuilding1985
Plymouth Congregational ChurchSyracuseBuilding1997
Poehlman HouseSyracuseBuilding1997
Pompey Centre District No. 10 SchoolhousePompey CenterBuilding1998
Porter HouseSyracuseBuilding1997
Pozzi BuildingSolvayBuilding2025
Robinson Site (AO67-02-0001)Cicero, BrewertonSite1985
Sabine, William H., HouseSyracuseBuilding2010
Sagamore Apartment HouseSyracuseBuilding2017
Saint Mark's ChurchJamesvilleBuilding1997
Sanderson House-112 Scottholm Ter.SyracuseBuilding1997
Sanderson House-301 Scottholm Blvd.SyracuseBuilding1997
Sanford HouseSyracuseBuilding1997
Scottholm Tract Historic DistrictSyracuseDistrict2012
Shepard Family HousesSkaneatelesBuilding2015
Shepard Settlement CemeteryShepard SettlementSite2010
Sherbrook ApartmentsSyracuseBuilding1997
Simmons, Alton, HouseSyracuseBuilding2002
Skaneateles Historic DistrictSkaneatelesDistrict1984
Skoler, Louis and Celia, Residence, TheSyracuseBuilding2010
Smith, Reuel E., HouseSkaneatelesBuilding1979
Snell, Levi, HouseFayettevilleBuilding1987
Snow, C.W., & Company WarehouseSyracuseBuilding2007
Solvay Public LibrarySolvayBuilding2007
South Presbyterian ChurchSyracuseBuilding2017
South Salina Street Downtown Historic DistrictSyracuseDistrict2009
South Salina Street Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase)SyracuseDistrict2014
South Salina Street Historic DistrictSyracuseDistrict1986
Southwood Two-Teacher SchoolJamesvilleBuilding2000
Spencer HouseSyracuseBuilding1997
St Paul's Armenian Apostolic ChurchSyracuseBuilding2010
St. Anthony Convent and Convent SchoolSyracuseDistrict2019
St. Anthony of Padua Church ComplexSyracuseDistrict2019
St. Patrick's Church ComplexSyracuseDistrict2012
St. Paul's Cathedral and Parish HouseSyracuseBuilding1978
St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church and ParsonageSyracuseBuilding2023
Stickley, Gustav, HouseSyracuseBuilding1984
Stone Arabia SchoolCiceroBuilding2007
Stowell HouseSyracuseBuilding1997
Strathmore "By the Park" SubdivisionSyracuseDistrict2006
Sylvester Apartment BuildingSyracuseBuilding2020
Syracuse Boys ClubSyracuseBuilding2025
Syracuse Bread Company FactorySyracuseBuilding2023
Syracuse City HallSyracuseBuilding1976
Syracuse Lighting CompanySyracuseBuilding2017
Syracuse Savings BankSyracuseBuilding1971
Syracuse University-Comstock Tract BuildingsSyracuseBuilding1980
Tefft-Steadman HouseMarcellusBuilding2007
Temple Society of ConcordSyracuseBuilding2009
Third National BankSyracuseBuilding1972
Thornden ParkSyracuseSite1994
Trinity Episcopal ChurchSyracuseBuilding2013
Upsilon Alpha Chapter HouseSyracuseBuilding2021
Utica Mutual Insurance BuildingSyracuseBuilding2025
Walnut Park Historic DistrictSyracuseDistrict1983
Ward HouseSyracuseBuilding1997
Weighlock BuildingSyracuseBuilding1971
Welsh HouseSyracuseBuilding1997
West Brothers Knitting CompanySyracuseBuilding2014
Westcott-University Neighborhood Historic DistrictSyracuseDistrict2025
Whedon-Schumacher HouseSyracuseBuilding2019
Whig Hill and DependenciesPlainvilleBuilding1975
White HouseSyracuseBuilding1997
White Memorial BuildingSyracuseBuilding1973
White, Hamilton, HouseSyracuseBuilding1973
Wilcox Octagon HouseCamillusBuilding1983
Will, Louis, HouseSyracuseBuilding2009
Ziegler HouseSyracuseBuilding1997

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Onondaga was formed in 1794 (1794-03-05) from Herkimer, Tioga.

ONONDAGA created from HERKIMER and TIOGA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Onondaga County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

477k242k7,69818001840188019101920196020002020
1800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
7,69841,46767,91190,686117,893168,735241,465295,108341,719423,028463,920458,336476,516

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

142 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 142 listed
NameLatLon
Adams Cemetery43.12892-76.44113
Amber Cemetery42.8959-76.30326
Apulia Cemetery42.82862-76.03802
Assumption Cemetery and Mausoleum43.08463-76.1395
Baker Cemetery42.94796-75.95605
Beach Cemetery42.85808-75.92009
Belgium Cemetery43.17361-76.2775
Belle Isle Cemetery43.0825-76.26083
Benson Road Cemetery42.8884-76.44882
Blocktown Cemetery42.87556-75.95472
Borodino Cemetery42.85632-76.32985
Bridgeport Cemetery43.14778-75.97389
Bromley Cemetery42.77939-76.18115
Budlong Cemetery42.93056-76.18806
Burns Cemetery42.91507-76.34382
Burtis Cemetery42.90506-76.31882
Bush Cemetery42.91672-76.03992
Cardiff Cemetery42.88564-76.14085
Cedarvale Cemetery42.95701-76.24798
Chase Cemetery43.22839-76.35243
Christian Hollow Cemetery42.85807-76.13725
Cicero Cemetery43.18194-76.12
Cicero Center Cemetery43.17729-76.0652
Clark Cemetery42.88639-75.98343
Cold Brook Valley Cemetery42.78028-76.21888
Cold Spring Cemetery43.13194-76.25194
Collamer Cemetery43.10416-76.06528
DeWitt Cemetery42.97979-76.07437
DeWitt Cemetery-New Section43.03873-76.06744
DeWitt Cemetery-Old Section43.03425-76.06649
Delphi Cemetery42.86892-75.91215
Delphi Falls Baptist Church Cemetery42.87743-75.91264
Dodge Cemetery42.91271-75.98022
Dry Hill Burial Ground43.02444-75.97639
Elbridge Rural Cemetery43.03784-76.41938
Elbridge Rural Cemetery43.0625-76.47444
Fabius Evergreen Cemetery42.83138-75.98388
Fairmont Rural Cemetery43.04139-76.25611
Fayetteville Cemetery43.02644-76.00077
Fayetteville Pioneer Burial Ground43.02997-76.00317
Fellows Cemetery42.95618-76.28604
First Ward Cemetery43.07527-76.15805
Gardner Cemetery42.98061-76.45716
Gilbert Cemetery42.97396-76.26798
Greenlawn Memorial Park43.08106-76.3067
Highland Cemetery42.97729-76.35077
Hillsdale Cemetery42.8673-76.20157
Holy Cross Polish National Catholic Cemetery43.08095-76.25613
Hortontown Cemetery43.18835-76.38685
Houghtaling Hallow Cemetery42.90772-76.07606
Immaculate Conception Cemetery43.02999-75.99833
Immaculate Conception Cemetery42.89749-76.00972
Ionia Cemetery43.09694-76.38944
Jackson Cemetery42.93507-76.28771
Jacksonville Cemetery43.21793-76.42055
Jamesville Walnut Grove Cemetery42.99061-76.05575
Keeney Settlement Cemetery42.78699-75.96544
Kingdom Road Cemetery43.12722-76.41312
Kirkville Cemetery43.07417-75.94778
LaFayette Rural Cemetery42.8836-76.10861
Lakeview Cemetery42.94325-76.43985
Lewis Family Cemetery42.80812-76.26486
Liverpool Village Cemetery43.10917-76.2075
Loomis Hill Cemetery43.01332-76.22833
Lysander Cemetery43.20543-76.4695
Manlius Village Cemetery43.0025-75.96972
Maple Grove Cemetery43.05479-76.45883
Maple Grove Cemetery42.88436-76.19236
Maplewood Cemetery43.03784-76.31604
Maplewood Rural Cemetery42.86536-76.0532
Marcellus Village Cemetery42.98389-76.33944
Meeker Cemetery42.842-76.09631
Messina Springs Cemetery43.06971-76.09278
Miles Cemetery42.81255-76.08241
Morgan's Cemetery43.15083-76.20611
Morningside Cemetery (historical)43.02868-76.1302
Mottville Cemetery42.97795-76.44471
Mount Pleasant Cemetery43.03423-76.45827
Mount Sinai Cemetery43.02507-76.13465
Mycenae Burial Ground43.04944-75.92944
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Log City42.91222-76.02111
The Kingdom43.11611-76.40472

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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