William H. Seward House, Auburn

Name: William H. Seward House
Address: Auburn, United States

#7 among attractions in Auburn

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The William H. Seward House Museum is a historic house museum at 33 South Street in Auburn, New York. Built about 1816, the home of William H. Seward, who served as a New York state senator, the governor of New York, a U.S. senator, a presidential candidate, and then Secretary of State under presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964, and added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. It is now maintained by nonprofit organization as a museum dedicated to Seward's legacy. ()

Built: 1816 (208 years ago)Coordinates: 42°55'33"N, 76°33'59"W

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William H. Seward House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Falcon Park, Willard Memorial Chapel, Fort Hill Cemetery, Harriet Tubman National Historical Park.

1.4 miNW
Sport complex, Baseball, Sport
Falcon Park, Auburn
37 min walk • Falcon Park is a stadium in Auburn, New York. The stadium is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Auburn Doubledays collegiate summer baseball team. The Auburn Maroons high school baseball team also plays its home games at the stadium. The current, rebuilt facility opened in 1995 and holds 2,800 people.
0.8 miN
Architecture, Church, History museum
Willard Memorial Chapel, Auburn
21 min walk • The Willard Memorial Chapel and the adjoining Welch Memorial Hall are historic conjoined buildings located at 17-19 Nelson Street in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York.
~1540 ftW
Cemetery
Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn
8 min walk • Fort Hill Cemetery is a historically significant cemetery located in Auburn, New York. It was incorporated on May 15, 1851 under its official name: "Trustees of the Fort Hill Cemetery Association of Auburn".
1 miS
Museum, Historical place
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park, Auburn
26 min walk • Harriet Tubman National Historical Park is a US historical park in Auburn and Fleming, New York, associated with the life of Harriet Tubman. It comprises three properties: the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged, in Auburn; the nearby Harriet Tubman Residence; and the Thompson A.M.E. Zion Church in Auburn.
0.5 miW
Museum, History museum, Art museum
Dr. Sylvester Willard Mansion, Auburn
13 min walk • Dr. Sylvester Willard Mansion, also known as the Cayuga Museum of History and Art, is a historic mansion and related outbuildings located in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York state.
0.4 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Peter's Episcopal Church Complex, Auburn
10 min walk • The St. Peter's Episcopal Church Complex is a historic Episcopal church complex located at 169 Genesee Street in Auburn. The complex consists of the church, the Parish House, a cemetery, and a small burial plot.
~1940 ftN
Concerts and shows, Theater
Schines Auburn Theatre, Auburn
10 min walk • Schines Auburn Theatre is a historic theatre building located at 12-14 South Street between Genesee and Lincoln Streets in Auburn, New York. It is owned by the Cayuga County Arts Council.
~1620 ftNW
Library
Seymour Library, Auburn
8 min walk • The Case Memorial-Seymour Library is a historic library building located at 176 Genesee Street in Auburn. It was built in 1898 and as designed by architects Carrère and Hastings, in the Beaux-Arts style. It is a square, two story, three bay building constructed of Flemish bond brick and limestone topped by a hipped roof.
0.9 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Wall Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Auburn
23 min walk • Wall Street Methodist Episcopal Church, formerly the home of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, was a historic Methodist Episcopal church located at 69 Wall Street in Auburn, New York, United States.
0.4 miW
Memorial
Harriet Tubman Grave, Auburn
11 min walk • Harriet Tubman Grave is an historic gravesite located in Fort Hill Cemetery at Auburn, in Cayuga County, New York. The granite gravestone marks the resting place of famed African-American abolitionist and Christian Harriet Tubman, who was born into slavery in Maryland in the United States in 1822.
0.5 miW
42°55'39"N • 76°34'33"W
Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn
13 min walk • Museum, Art museum, Art gallery

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Nearby attractions include Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn (8 min walk), Cayuga County Courthouse and Clerk's Office, Auburn (8 min walk), Seymour Library, Auburn (8 min walk), Veterans Memorial Park, Auburn (8 min walk).