Ganondagan State Historic Site

Boughton Hill
Ganondagan Long House
Ganondagan State Historic Site is located in New York
Ganondagan State Historic Site
LocationVictor, NY
Coordinates42°57′40.16″N 77°24′45.85″W / 42.9611556°N 77.4127361°W / 42.9611556; -77.4127361
Built1670
NRHP reference No.66000559
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966[1]
Designated NHLJuly 19, 1964[2]

Ganondagan State Historic Site, (pronounced ga·NON·da·gan) also known as Boughton Hill, is a Native American historic site in Ontario County, New York in the United States. Location of the largest Seneca village of the 17th century, the site is in the present-day Town of Victor, southwest of the Village of Victor. The village was also referred to in various spellings as Gannagaro, Canagora, Gandagora, Gandagaro [3][4][5] and Gannontaa.[6]

It consists of two areas: the 245-acre (99 ha) Boughton Hill portion, the area of longhouses and burials, has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. It has been identified as the location of the Jesuit Mission of St. Jacques (or St. James), which was mentioned in the Jesuit Relations.[7][8] The Fort Hill portion was the location of a fortified granary and consists of 33 acres (13 ha); it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[9] The complex is operated by the state of New York.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Boughton Hill (Gannagaro)". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 11, 2007. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". www.nps.gov. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Parker, Arthur Caswell (1918). A Prehistoric Iroquoian Site on the Reed Farm, Richmond Mills, Ontario ... - Arthur Caswell Parker - Google Books. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  5. ^ Houghton, Frederick (1912). The Seneca Nation from 1655 to 1687 - Frederick Houghton - Google Books. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  6. ^ "Atlas of Canada, 4th ed" (PDF). Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  7. ^ Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences - Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences - Google Books. 1912. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  8. ^ History of the State of New York - John Romeyn Brodhead. Harper & Brothers. 1871. p. 179. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Internet Archive. Gandagarae.
  9. ^ "Save America's Treasures Tour". White House Millennium Tours.