Canandaigua is a city in the Finger Lakes Region of New York on Lake Canandaigua, and is the seat of Ontario County. The population is around 11,000.
An Iroquois settlement in the area until 1779, when Major General John Sullivan and his soldiers destroyed it due to the Four Nations' alliance with the British. Whites settled the area in 1789. Canandaigua became a village in 1815, and became a city in 1913.
Canandaigua's name come from one of many Iroquois words, some of which have similar meanings. The city's name comes from either "canandargua", meaning place of settlement or a chosen spot; "ganadarque", meaing a place selected for settlement; "genundewahguah", meaning great hill people; or "cahnandahgwah", meanign sleeping beauty.
Buildings on Main Street.
Businesses on Main Street.
Buildings on Main Street.
A bar and grill on Main Street at Bristol Street.
Buildings on Main Street.
Businesses on Main Street.
Businesses on Main Street.
The Ontario County Courthouse, on Main Street. The courthouse was built in 1858, and was the site of the 1873 trial of Susan B. Anthony for illegal voting.
Canandaigua City Hall, on Main Street. The city hall was built in 1824 as the Ontario County Courthouse, and house county and town government offices on top of city offices until 1988.
A house on Center Street.
Twin houses on Center Street.
A house on Gorham Street.
A house on Gorham Street.
An octogonal house on Gorham Street at Wood Street.
A house on Park Place.
A house on Gibson Street.
A house on Gibson Street.
Houses on Antis Street.
A house on Clark Street.
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