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Auburn is a city in Cayuga County, New York, United States. Located at the north end of Owasco Lake, one of the
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in
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, the city had a population of 26,866 at the 2020 census. It is the largest city of Cayuga County, the
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, and the site of the
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Auburn Correctional Facility, as well as the William H. Seward House Museum and the house of
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Harriet Tubman.


History

The region around Auburn had been
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territory for centuries before European contact and historical records. Auburn was founded in 1793, during the post-Revolutionary period of settlement of western New York. The founder, John L. Hardenbergh, was a veteran of the Sullivan-Clinton campaign against the Iroquois during the
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. Hardenbergh settled in the vicinity of the
Owasco River Owasco River (also known as Owasco Creek, Owasco Lake Outlet, and Owasco Outlet) is a river in Cayuga County, New York, Cayuga County in the state of New York (state), New York. The river drains Owasco Lake at Auburn, New York, Auburn and flows in ...
with his infant daughter and two African-American indentured servants, Harry and Kate Freeman. After his death in 1806, Hardenbergh was buried in Auburn's North Street Cemetery, and was re-interred in 1852 in Fort Hill Cemetery – the first burial in the city's newly opened burial ground. The community grew up around Hardenbergh's
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and sawmill. Originally known as Hardenbergh's Corners in the town of Aurelius, the settlement was renamed Auburn in 1805 when it became the county seat. It became an incorporated village in 1815, and was chartered as a city in 1848. It was only a few miles from the Erie Canal, which opened in 1825 and allowed local factories to inexpensively ship goods north or south. In 1871, the Southern Central Railroad, financed by the
Lehigh Valley Railroad The Lehigh Valley Railroad was a railroad built in the Northeastern United States to haul anthracite coal from the Coal Region in Pennsylvania. The railroad was authorized on April 21, 1846 for freight and transportation of passengers, goods, ...
, completed a line primarily to carry anthracite coal from Athens, Pennsylvania through Auburn to
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on
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at Fair Haven. From 1818 to 1939, Auburn was home to Auburn Theological Seminary, one of the preeminent theological seminaries in the United States. In 1939, facing financial difficulties as a result of the Great Depression, the seminary moved to the campus of Union Theological Seminary in
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. The only building from the Auburn Theological Seminary that stands today is Willard Memorial Chapel and the adjacent Welch Memorial Hall on Nelson Street, designed by
Andrew Jackson Warner Andrew Jackson Warner (March 17, 1833 – September 4, 1910), also known as A. J. Warner, was a prominent architect in Rochester, New York. Early life Warner was born in New Haven, Connecticut on March 17, 1833, a son of Amos Warner Jr. and Ada ...
of
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, with stained-glass windows and interior decoration by
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. It is the only complete and unaltered Tiffany chapel interior known to exist. In 1816, Auburn Prison (now the Auburn Correctional Facility) was founded as a model for the contemporary ideas about treating prisoners, known now as the
Auburn system The Auburn system (also known as the New York system and Congregate system) is a penal method of the 19th century in which persons worked during the day in groups and were kept in solitary confinement at night, with enforced silence at all times. ...
. Visitors were charged a fee for viewing the facility and its inmates. On August 6, 1890, the first
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by the
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was carried out at Auburn Prison. In 1901
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, assassin of President William McKinley, was executed there. Although the ideas of the Auburn System have been abandoned, the prison continues to serve as a maximum security facility, and is one of the most secure prisons in the continental United States.


Geography

Auburn is located at 42.9317° N, 76.5661° W at the north end of Owasco Lake, one of the
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, which is drained by the
Owasco Outlet Owasco River (also known as Owasco Creek, Owasco Lake Outlet, and Owasco Outlet) is a river in Cayuga County in the state of New York. The river drains Owasco Lake at Auburn and flows in a north-northwest direction before converging with the S ...
 – also known as the
Owasco River Owasco River (also known as Owasco Creek, Owasco Lake Outlet, and Owasco Outlet) is a river in Cayuga County, New York, Cayuga County in the state of New York (state), New York. The river drains Owasco Lake at Auburn, New York, Auburn and flows in ...
 – which runs north through the city on its way to the Seneca River. A dam, owned and operated by the city, controls the outflow of the lake, which is used for drinking water and recreation. The city is required to keep a sufficient amount of water in the river to deal with the effluent from its waste disposal treatment facility. According to the
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, the city has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.89%, is water. US 20 is an important east-west highway passing through the city, and New York State Route 34 and
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are north-south highways that intersect US-20 in Auburn. Seneca Falls is west on US 20, and Syracuse is to the northeast via New York State Route 5.


Climate

This
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region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the
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system, Auburn has a
humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...
, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.


Demographics

As of the
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of 2000, there were 28,574 people, 11,411 households, and 6,538 families residing in the city. The
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was 3,405.3 people per square mile (1,315.0/km). There were 12,637 housing units at an average density of 1,506.0 per square mile (581.5/km). The racial makeup of the city was 88.57%
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, 7.59%
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, 0.29% Native American, 0.57% Asian, 0.02%
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, 1.41% from
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, and 1.55% from two or more races.
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or Latino people of any race were 2.82% of the population. There were 11,411 households, out of which 28.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.3% were married couples living together, 14.7% had a female householder with no partner present, and 42.7% were non-families. 36.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.98. In the city, the population was spread out, with 22.8% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males. The median income for a household in the city was $30,281, and the median income for a family was $41,169. Males had a median income of $32,349 versus $23,330 for females. The
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for the city was $17,083. About 12.5% of families and 16.5% of the population were below the
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, including 23.9% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.


Education

The Auburn Enlarged City School District is the public school system serving Auburn. It currently operates seven schools covering grades K–12. West Middle School was closed over the summer of 2011 to save funds, with the student population merged into East Middle School. The only
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in Auburn is
Cayuga Community College Cayuga Community College, formerly Cayuga County Community College, is a public community college in Cayuga County, New York, United States. It is part of the SUNY system and began in 1953 as Auburn Community College. Its main campus is in Aubu ...
, a two-year school. C.C.C., as it is known locally, is located on Franklin Street. The city had been the home of Auburn Theological Seminary, a Presbyterian institution established in 1818, which relocated to New York City in 1939.


Sports


Professional baseball

Auburn has had a long association with
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. The
Auburn Cayugas The Auburn Cayugas was a primary moniker of the minor league baseball teams based in Auburn, New York and their namesake Cayuga County, New York between 1877 and 1951. Auburn teams played as members of the 1877 League Alliance, 1888 Central New Y ...
and other early Auburn teams played as members of the League Alliance (1877), Central New York League (1888),
New York State League The New York State League was an independent baseball league that played six seasons between 2007 and 2012 in New York State and the New York City metro area. Over 500 NYSL players have been signed by professional teams. Players from forty-eight ...
(1889, 1897–1899), Empire State League (1906–1907), Canadian–American League (1938, 1940) and Border League (1946–1951). Auburn was an affiliate of the
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(1948). Today, Auburn is home to the
Auburn Doubledays The Auburn Doubledays are a collegiate summer baseball team of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL) that is located in Auburn, New York. From 1958 to 2020, they were members of Minor League Baseball's New York–Penn League (NYPL ...
, members on the collegiate wooden bat
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.


National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues

In late 1901, Auburn became the headquarters of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (NAPBL), which is now known simply as Minor League Baseball and based in St. Petersburg, Florida. John H. Farrell, who served as secretary-treasurer of the league for many years, was a local resident, and the league's offices remained in the city while he remained in that role.


Auburn Community Baseball

Auburn Community Baseball, which is owned by the City of Auburn, is the parent organization of the
Auburn Doubledays The Auburn Doubledays are a collegiate summer baseball team of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL) that is located in Auburn, New York. From 1958 to 2020, they were members of Minor League Baseball's New York–Penn League (NYPL ...
and its predecessor Auburn entries in the Class A short-season
New York–Penn League The New York–Penn League (NYPL) was a Minor League Baseball league that operated in the northeastern United States from 1939 to 2020. Classified as a Class A Short Season league, its season started in June, after major-league teams signed th ...
dating back to 1958. The team plays its home games at
Leo Pinckney Field at Falcon Park 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 ...
. Until 2020 they were members of the New York-Penn League.


The Great Race

Since 1978, on the second Sunday of every August, Auburn hosts "The Great Race", a three- or four-person relay race involving running, cycling, and canoeing (or kayaking). The race begins and ends in the area of Owasco Lake on the southern outskirts of Auburn. With between 2,000 and 2,500 people participating in an average year, it is one of the largest relay races in the United States.


Media

The daily newspaper published in Auburn is '' The Citizen'', which dates back to 1816, and had previously been published as ''The Daily Advertiser'' and ''The Citizen-Advertiser''. It serves Auburn and Cayuga County, as well as other parts of
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. A morning paper, published seven days a week, it has a circulation of 10,000 for the daily and Saturday editions, and 12,000 on Sunday. It is owned by Lee Enterprises.


Notable people

Possibly the two best-known historical figures associated with Auburn are Harriet Tubman and
William H. Seward William Henry Seward (May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States Senator. A determined oppon ...
. 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
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and Andrew Johnson, in which role he negotiated the 1867 purchase from
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of
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, which became known as "Seward's Folly" – lived in Auburn from 1823 until his death in 1872, and was opposed to
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. Seward's wife,
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, was deeply committed to the
abolitionist Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery. In Western Europe and the Americas, abolitionism was a historic movement that sought to end the Atlantic slave trade and liberate the enslaved people. The British ...
movement, which was strongly supported in Auburn. In the 1850s, the Seward family opened their Auburn home as a safehouse to fugitive slaves on the
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. In 1859 Seward sold a plot of land to abolitionist Tubman, who used it to create a safe haven for her family and friends and other black Americans seeking a better life in the north. Seward's house is now a historical museum, and both it and Tubman's house are on the
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.


Business and inventors

* Willard Bundy, invented first
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*
Theodore Case Theodore Willard Case (December 12, 1888 – May 13, 1944) was an American chemist and inventor known for the invention of the Movietone sound-on-film system. Early life and education Theodore Willard Case was born in 1888 in Auburn, New Yo ...
, developed the first commercially successful system of recording sound on film *
Jerome H. Holland Jerome Heartwell "Brud" Holland (January 9, 1916 – January 13, 1985) was an American university president and diplomat. He was the first African American to play football at Cornell University, and was chosen as an All American in 1937 and 1938 ...
, first African-American board member of the American Stock Exchange *
Birdsill Holly Birdsill Holly Jr. (November 8, 1820 – April 27, 1894) was an American mechanical engineer and inventor of water hydraulics devices. He is known for inventing mechanical devices that improved city water systems and patented an improved fire hy ...
, supposed inventor of the
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* Phil Romano, restaurateur, founder of
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and Romano's Macaroni Grill


Government, politics, and law

*
Harry Elmer Barnes Harry Elmer Barnes (June 15, 1889 – August 25, 1968) was an American historian who, in his later years, was known for his historical revisionism and Holocaust denial. After receiving a PhD at Columbia University in 1918 Barnes became a prof ...
, historian, scholar and social scientist * John Beardsley (1783–1857), judge, assemblyman, state senator and warden of Auburn state prison * Samuel Blatchford, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court * William H. Carpenter, U.S. Consul to
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, China, 1861–1865 * Lisa Colella, Founder, Healing Household 6, the first family violence organization for military families, 2019 Medal of Honor Community Service Hero Honoree, Family Advisor for Department of Veterans Affairs Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program * William Miller Collier, diplomat, attorney, president of
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, author of ''Collier on Bankruptcy'' * Alfred Conkling Coxe Sr., federal judge * Amy Dacey, Democratic National Committee, CEO * Ulysses F. Doubleday, congressman, father of Abner Doubleday * Eleanor Lansing Dulles, diplomat * Nathaniel B. Eldredge, congressman * William Fulton, author, urban planner, 52nd mayor of
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* Milo Goodrich, congressman * Jerome Holland, first African American ambassador to a European nation ( Sweden, 1972); president of Hampton University * Thomas Y. Howe, Jr., mayor and congressman * James Lockhart, congressman from
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* Virginia V. Lyons, politician *
Clinton D. MacDougall Clinton Dugald MacDougall (June 14, 1839 – May 24, 1914) was a United States representative from New York. Life and career Born near Glasgow, Scotland, he immigrated to Canada in 1842 with his parents, who later settled in Auburn, New Yo ...
, congressman * Truman A. Merriman, congressman *
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, diplomat, first American ambassador to
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after World War II *
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, prison reformer * Sereno E. Payne, first House Majority Leader *
Theodore Pomeroy Theodore Medad Pomeroy (December 31, 1824 – March 23, 1905) was an American businessman and politician from New York who served as the 26th speaker of the United States House of Representatives for one day, from March 3, 1869, to March 4, 1869 ...
, speaker of the house and mayor * Frederick W. Seward, assistant secretary of state * William G. Stahlnecker, congressman * John Taber, congressman * Enos T. Throop, 10th Governor of New York * Floyd K. Whittlemore, Illinois state treasurer * Martha Coffin Wright, feminist and participant in the
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Military

*
Abner Doubleday Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893) was a career United States Army officer and Union major general in the American Civil War. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a p ...
, general; for many years credited as the creator of baseball * Leonard E. Rea, major general in the Marine Corps during World War II * William H. Seward Jr., brevet brigadier general * William J. Sharkey, naval officer * Robert F. Stryker, Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient


Sports, arts, and entertainment

*
Eric Adams Eric Leroy Adams (born September 1, 1960) is an American politician and retired police captain serving as the 110th mayor of New York City since January 1, 2022. Adams was an officer in the New York City Transit Police and then the New York ...
(real name Louis Marullo), Manowar singer * Samuel Hopkins Adams, author * Kelly Brannigan, model ('' Deal or No Deal'') * John Chester Buttre, artist and publisher of ''The American Portrait Gallery'' *
Scott Columbus Scott Columbus (November 10, 1956 – April 5, 2011) was an American drummer, best known for his long period of collaboration with Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Manowar (band), Manowar. Biography Born Walter Scott Columbus, youngest of fou ...
, Manowar drummer * Earl Conrad (birth name Eli Cohen), journalist, author *
Richard and John Contiguglia Richard and John Contiguglia (born April 13, 1937 in Auburn, New York) are American identical twin duo-pianists. Born to Italian immigrant parents, they were the second set of twins and the youngest of seven children. Biography At the age of fiv ...
, twin pianists *
Joey DeMaio Joey DeMaio (born March 6, 1954) is an American musician who is the bass player and main songwriter for the heavy metal band Manowar which he founded in 1980. He is also the founder and CEO of Magic Circle Music. Biography He is a childhoo ...
, Manowar bassist * Greg Downing, lacrosse player *
Charles Loring Elliott Charles Loring Elliott (1812–1868) was an American painter known for his portraits. He was active in central New York for 10 years as a young man, then in 1845 moved to New York City to pursue his career. He was elected to the National Academy ...
, portrait painter * Joey Foster Ellis, artist *
Buddy Hardeman Willie Riley Hardeman, Jr. (born October 21, 1954) is a former undrafted American football running back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. Hardeman also played for the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL, and the Washington Fe ...
, football running back * Raymond Hitchcock, actor *
Mark Jindrak Mark Robert Jindrak (born June 26, 1977) is an American businessman, former professional wrestler, and actor. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as Mark Jindrak and ...
, ex-
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wrestler *
Joe Kehoskie Joe Kehoskie (born January 18, 1973) is an American baseball consultant, executive, and entrepreneur. He has worked in professional baseball in a variety of capacities since 1984, formerly working in minor league baseball (1984–1994) and as a ...
, baseball agent * Bucky Lawless, boxer (real name Thomas Lawless) *
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, Major League Baseball player *
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, Mike, and
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, major league baseball players * Marijane Meaker, award-winning author of young adult fiction (as "M.E. Kerr") *
Pete Mendillo Pete or Petes or ''variation'', may refer to: People * Pete (given name) * Pete (nickname) * Pete (surname) Fictional characters * Pete (Disney), a cartoon character in the ''Mickey Mouse'' universe * Pete the Pup (a.k.a. 'Petey'), a character ...
, Musician, Drummer : Toured and recorded with Survivor, Jimi Jamison, Dick Wagner, Savoy Brown, Brian Howe,
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, Mickey Thomas and Starship. Bobby Kimball (Toto) * T. J. Middleton, tennis player * Jeremy Morin, NHL player *
Bob Mosher Robert L. Mosher (January 18, 1915 – December 15, 1972) was a television and radio scriptwriter. Biography Mosher was born in Auburn, New York, to Robert L. Mosher Sr. and Marian K. Mosher (née McCamey). He was best known for his work on ''A ...
, TV and film writer *
Jerry O'Neil Jerry O'Neil (born March 28, 1956) is an American retired NASCAR driver from Auburn, New York. He competed in 16 NASCAR Winston Cup Series races in his career between 1990 and 1993. His last start in Winston Cup was in 1993, at the second Charlo ...
,
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driver * Jane Peyton, actress wife of Samuel Hopkins Adams * Kevin Polcovich, Major League Baseball player * Julius Schweinfurth, architect * Stanley Shakespeare, NFL player * Sir James Jebusa Shannon, artist * Alexander Theobald Van Laer, painter * John Walsh, host of '' America's Most Wanted'' and ''
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'' * Thommie Walsh, dancer, choreographer and director


Other

* Avery Robert Dulles, cardinal and theologian * William Kemmler, Auburn Prison inmate, first person executed by electric chair * Michael Lynch, geneticist * A. T. Mann, astrologer, architect and graphic artist *
Harriet Mann Miller Harriet Mann Miller (pen names Olive Thorne and Olive Thorne Miller; 25 June 1831 – 25 December 1918) was an American author, naturalist, and ornithologist. She was one of the first three women raised to elective membership in the American Orni ...
(1831–1918), writer, ornithologist * Irene Sargent (1852–1932), American art historian * Frederick Starr, professor and anthropologist * Annie Edson Taylor, the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel


Business and economy

* D&W Performance (1976), performance engine and drivetrain component distributor.


Places of historic interest

A number of properties in Auburn are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
, including the Auburn Button Works and Logan Silk Mills, the Belt-Gaskin House,
Case Memorial-Seymour Library 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 b ...
, the Cayuga County Courthouse and Clerk's Office, the
Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged Harriet Tubman National Historical Park is a US National Historic Site (United States)#National Historical Parks, historical park in Auburn, New York, Auburn and Fleming, New York, associated with the life of Harriet Tubman. It comprises three p ...
, William and Mary Hosmer House, St. Peter's Episcopal Church Complex, Sand Beach Church, Schines Auburn Theatre,
Thompson AME Zion Church 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 Tu ...
, Harriet Tubman Grave, Harriet Tubman House, the Old Post Office and Courthouse, Fort Hill Cemetery, Wall Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and
Dr. Sylvester Willard Mansion Dr. Sylvester Willard Mansion, also known as the Willard-Case Mansion and the Cayuga Museum of History and Art, is a historic mansion and related outbuildings located in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York state. Architecture The Willard-Case Mansi ...
. The William H. Seward House and Willard Memorial Chapel-Welch Memorial Hall are
National Historic Landmark A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance. Only some 2,500 (~3%) of over 90,000 places listed ...
s, and the South Street Area Historic District is a national historic district. In 2018, the NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center opened to the public, serving as a visitors' center and permanent exhibition promoting the region's history and culture. The center guides visitors to the variety of historical sites in the region connected to the struggle for equal rights.


See also

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References

Notes


External links


City of Auburn official website

Seymour Library
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