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Map to the Benjamin Long Homestead
An Original Historic Site - pictured above, center
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Benjamin Long Homestead
NOTE: At bottom of ramp off Delaware St. Bridge, turn LEFT onto E. Niagara and go to end.
East Niagara St. at Fillmore Ave.
Tonawanda, NY
United States
14150
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In the spring of 1829, Benjamin Long built a home in the Village of Tonawanda on a point of land between Ellicott Creek and the Erie Canal for his wife, Mary Hershey Long, and their five daughters, ranging in age from six months to sixteen years.
They had arrived here the previous December, from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. According to daughter Christiana's remarks in later life, the tiny settlement of Tonawanda, at that time, was comprised of only thirteen buildings, encompassing an area immediately north and south of the canal.
Constructed of white oak and black walnut timbers with a foundation of Medina red sandstone, the clapboarded homestead is today decorated with antique furnishings and cared for by the Historical Society of the Tonawandas. Please come visit us.
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The Historical Society of the Tonawandas, Inc.
Museum and General Office: 113 Main Street, Tonawanda, NY, 14150-2129
(716) 694-7406 Email tonahist@gmail.com Board of Trustees
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