Historic Markers
Founded in 1791 by Joseph and Rhoda Beebe and Mrs. Beebe's brother, Amos Todd, Homer was incorporated as a village in 1835.
The Village was entered in the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
North and South Main, Central Park, Clinton, James, Cayuga, and Albany Streets, Homer, NY
Old Homer Village Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on October 02, 1973.
1855 Map of Homer NY
Homer Village Green
Homer was Indian territory until the Revolutionary War. In 1781, New York divided the central part of the state into military tracts and gave the land as incentives to those men who enlisted to fight against the British and their allies. In 1805, the soldiers deeded a block of land to the First Religious Society of Homer for a meeting house and burial ground.
William Osborn Stoddard
At 5 Albany Street
Author and Assistant Personal Secretary to President Lincoln, Stoddard was born in Homer on September 24, 1835. Died in NJ August 29, 1925.
Barber Block
Main Street, Homer, NY USA
- Site of Jedediah Barber’s The Great Western Store
- Built 1813
- Burned 1856
- Rebuilt c. 1863
- Became Keator Opera House in 1876
US Post Office
2 S. Main St., Homer, NY, USA
The US Post Office-Homer was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 1989.
Amelia Jenks Bloomer
43 N. Main Street, Homer, NY USA
Childhood home of Amelia Jenks Bloomer - Writer, Speaker & Activist: Temperance, Abolition, and Women’s Rights 1818-1894
Birthplace of Francis B. Carpenter 1830-1900
On US Rte. 11 3 miles North of Homer Village
Son of Asaph Carpenter, who settled in Homer in 1800. Frank Carpenter painted four Presidents including Abraham Lincoln Reading to his Cabinet The Emancipation Proclamation, which now hangs in the U.S. Capitol.
First Log Cabin Schoolhouse
On NYS 41, 2 Miles South Northwest Homer, Homer, NY, USA
Site of First Log Cabin Schoolhouse.
1828-1838
Salisbury-Pratt Homestead
At the intersection of Route 281 and Cold Brook Road,
1/2 mile south of the Village of Little York
Used Before the Civil War as a station on the Underground Railroad where Oren Cravath Sheltered & Aided Fugitive Slaves on their way to Canada
Thomas Alvord, Sr
At Intersecton of North NYS 41 & 41a
Early Settler Thomas Gould Alvord, Sr. built his Cabin here in 1794 on Land Granted for his Services in the Revolutionary War
John Albright
On NYS 13 at East Homer
John Albright, fought in the Revolutionary War and built this house in 1827 for his Daughter, Mrs. Nancy Griffith
Eli deVoe
At Intersecton of North NYS 41 & 41a
De Voe was born in a log cabin on this site. As a member of the U.S. Secret Service, he detected and frustrated a plot to kill President Lincoln.
Lenticular Truss Bridges
Wall, Water and Pine Streets,
Homer, NY
Wall, Water, and Pine Street Lenticular Truss Bridges were listed in the National Register of Historic Places on October 05, 1977. See pictures and learn more about lenticular truss bridges.
