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March 14, 1985. Penn Yan Historic District is a national historic district located at Penn Yan in Yates County, New York. The district consists of 65 acres (26 ha) and contains 281 structures, 210 of which are contributing. It includes a broad range of architecturally significant resources that document the village's development from the 1820s ...
Penn Yan is an incorporated village and the county seat of Yates County, New York, United States. The population was 5,159 at the 2010 census. [2] It lies at the north end of the east branch of Keuka Lake, one of the Finger Lakes. Penn Yan, New York is home to one of the oldest mills in the United States, The Birkett Mills, founded in 1797.
The Yates County Genealogical and Historical Society focuses on the history of Yates County, New York.It operates the Yates History Center, which consists of three museums in the village of Penn Yan, New York: the 19th century period Oliver House Museum, the L. Caroline Underwood Museum with historic decorative arts items and displays of local history, and the adjacent Scherer Carriage House ...
June 19, 1979. Yates County Courthouse Park District is a national historic district located at Penn Yan in Yates County, New York. The district consists of two acres and contains the Yates County Courthouse, First Baptist Church, the County Office Building, the Old Jail, and the Courthouse Park. The park includes a Civil War monument to the ...
In 1864 it caught fire while docked at Penn Yan. [16] In 1847, Lemuel Hastings was the first to ship a large quantity of grapes and jelly via the canal to New York City. [17] Following was the steamer the George R. Youngs, was launched in 1864. This vessel was 130 feet in length with an elaborate dining room.
Penn Yan Boat Company, which produced a wide range of wooden and fiberglass powerboats, sailboats, canoes and rowboats, [1] was founded in 1921 by German-native Charles A. Herrman. [2] It derived its name from the location of its headquarters, Penn Yan, New York . [ 2 ]
US Post Office-Penn Yan is a historic post office building located at Penn Yan in Yates County, New York. It was designed and built in 1912–1913 and is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, James Knox Taylor. It is a symmetrically massed, 11⁄2 -story ...
Yates County MPS. NRHP reference No. 94000960 [1] Added to NRHP. August 24, 1994. Charles Wagener House is a historic home located at Penn Yan in Yates County, New York. It is a Greek Revival style structure built about 1838. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.