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It includes 40 state-designated historic sites and parks managed by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. [1] [2] Twenty-two sites also are National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) of the United States and are described further in List of National Historic Landmarks in New York. [3]
Prospect Point at the Niagara Reservation, c. 1900.The reservation, known today as Niagara Falls State Park, was the first park opened by New York State.. State-level procurement and management of parks in New York began in 1883, when then-governor Grover Cleveland signed legislation authorizing the appropriation of lands near Niagara Falls for a "state reservation".
As of 2017, New York has 215 state parks and historic sites encompassing 350,000 acres. The agency's portfolio also includes 28 golf courses, 35 swimming pools, 67 beaches, and 18 museums and nature centers. [5] The following sortable tables list current and former New York state parks, respectively, all 'owned' or managed by the OPRHP, as of 2015.
The Sands–Willets Homestead in Flower Hill – a designated New York State Landmark. In order to be listed on the state register, a property is first nominated. The nomination is then reviewed by the Survey and National Register Unit of the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for compliance with the criteria set forth by the National Park Service for inclusion on the National Register ...
The Earl W. Brydges Artpark programs are managed by Artpark & Company, Inc for the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historical Preservation under a Cooperative Agreement. Artpark & Company is a not-for-profit 501c3 Arts and Education organization which serves the people of Western New York and Southern Ontario.
Map of the counties of New York State Map of the counties of New York State. Buildings, sites, districts, and objects in New York listed on the National Register of Historic Places: There are over 6,000 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in New York State.
Limestone Creek at the Old Erie Canal, Town of Manlius, NY. The 1,191-acre (4.82 km 2) park lies within Madison, Oneida, and Onondaga counties. [1] The park passes near or through several communities, including Fayetteville, Manlius Center, Kirkville, Chittenango, Canastota, Durhamville and New London.
Clark Reservation State Park is a state park in Onondaga County, New York.The park is in Jamesville, NY, in the Town of DeWitt, south of Syracuse.It was the site of a large waterfall formed by melting glacial ice at the end of the last Ice Age; the plunge basin at the base of the old falls is now a small lake.