Aurora Village–Wells CollegeHistoric District

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The historic village of Aurora, Cayuga County, New York, rises on a hill above the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake. The village was named by Captain Benjamin Ledyard, who settled there in 1793, in the post-Revolutionary development of the Finger Lakes region. Up until the mid-nineteenth century, Aurora played an important part in the history of Central New York. Read more on Wikipedia

type: NRHP
date from: 1793

Source: en.wikipedia.org