Wayne County, New York


Founding: 1823
Parent counties: Ontario and Seneca
Namesake: Anthony Wayne, Continental Army general
Seat: Lyons (1823–)
Land area: 604 square miles
Population (2020): 91,283
Population (historic): 33,643 (1830); 47,762 (1860); 51,700 (1880); 48,660 (1900); 49,995 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1860; 1870s; 1900s; 1920–2010
Subdivisions: Seven villages; ten CDPs; 15 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 13,376 (32%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 86.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 32.8%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.5%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,199
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,098
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,980
Average farm size (1920): 57 acres
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Lyons
 
Namesake: Lyon, France
Founding: circa 1796 (founding); 1811 (post office); 1854 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 3,989
Population (historic): 3,350 (1870); 4,475 (1890); 4,460 (1910); 3,956 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1890; 1900s; 1940–1960; 1980s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,005 (55.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

  1. Artemus Hyde Farm (c. 1885). 1444 Hydesville Road. Arcadia. Eastlake.
  2. James Bridger House (c. 1875). 1810 Hydesville Road. Arcadia. Second Empire.
  3. Austin Lee Farm (1844). 2659 Minsteed Road. Arcadia. Greek Revival.
  4. Frank Welcher House (c. 1875). 1871 Parker Road. Arcadia. Italianate.
  5. Cornelius Wood House (c. 1850). 3609 Peters Road. Butler. Greek Revival. Razed.
  6. John Hough House (c. 1860/1879). 3498 State Route 89. Butler. Italianate.
  7. George Wood Farm (c. 1860). 4716 Westbury Road. Butler. Italianate.
  8. Gibson Center Farm (c. 1850). 4219 Wolcott–Spring Lake Road. Butler. Greek Revival.
  9. Frederick Kreiss Farm (c. 1890). 2473 Gannett Road. Galen. Queen Anne.
  10. Philip Gansz Farm (c. 1840/1875). 790 Gansz Road. Galen. Second Empire.
  11. George Gansz Farm (c. 1890). 1254 Gansz Road. Galen. Queen Anne. Razed.
  12. Solomon Upson House (1847–1848). 10785 Ridge Road. Huron. Greek Revival.
  13. George Russell House (c. 1875). 11698 Ridge Road. Huron. Italianate.
  14. John Van Wickle Farm (1880). 7481 Bauer–Van Wickle Road. Lyons. Italianate/Eastlake.
  15. Henry Teachout House (c. 1835). 8665 Old State Route 31. Lyons. Greek Revival.
  16. Baker Farm (c. 1850). 815 Canandaigua Road. Macedon. Gothic Revival.
  17. Charles Bullis House (c. 1839). 1727 Canandaigua Road. Macedon.
  18. Stephen Durfee House (c. 1865). 846 Macedon Center Road. Macedon. Italianate.
  19. William Chapman Farm (c. 1840). 2631 Quaker Road. Macedon.
  20. James Kent House (1866). 1570 Walworth Road. Macedon. Italianate.
  21. Isaac Durfee House (c. 1870). 1945 Walworth Road. Macedon. Italianate.
  22. Warren Hall House (c. 1830). 4682 Hall Center Road. Marion. Federal.
  23. Van Voorhies House (c. 1860). 3453 State Route 21. Marion. Gothic Revival.
  24. Wooster Farm (1876). 7147 Lakeside Road. Ontario. Italianate.
  25. Thomas House (c. 1835). 3313 Jeffery Road. Palmyra.
  26. William Chapman House (1849). 2095 Maple Avenue. Palmyra. Greek Revival.
  27. Palmer Farm (c. 1860). 990 Palmer Road. Palmyra. Italianate.
  28. Lapham–Walker Farm (c. 1845/1880). 2121 Walker Road. Palmyra. Italianate.
  29. Caleb Closs Farm (c. 1865). 4617 State Route 414. Rose. Italianate.
  30. Building (c. 1910). 12834 Messner Road. Savannah. Classical Revival.
  31. Rowland Soule House (c. 1870). 1912 State Route 89. Savannah. Italianate.
  32. Pulver House (c. 1860). 7094 Lake Road. Sodus. Italianate.
  33. Rowland Robinson House (c. 1855). 5590 Robinson Road. Sodus. Greek Revival.
  34. Sanford Gould Farm (c. 1830). 1019 Atlantic Avenue. Walworth. Federal.
  35. Moore Farm (c. 1845). 1300 Walworth–Penfield Road. Walworth. Greek Revival.
  36. Zimri Waters House (1850). 4025 Lake Road. Williamson. Greek Revival.
  37. Adams Farm (1850). 6405 Salmon Creek Road. Williamson. Greek Revival.
  38. Olmstead and Hendrick Houses (c. 1830). 11899 and 11905 Furnace Road. Wolcott. Federal.
  39. Herman Creque House (c. 1855). 6513 West Port Bay Road. Wolcott. Gothic Revival.
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