Northeast

Auburn

Cayuga County, NY

Population

26,674

Walk Score

86 · Very Walkable

Median rent

$844

Median home value

$138,000

Incorporated

1815

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

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On the National Register

Historic districts

  • South Street Area Historic District · listed 1991

Notable landmarks

  • Auburn Button Works and Logan Silk Mills · listed 2007
  • Belt-Gaskin House · listed 2005
  • Case Memorial-Seymour Library · listed 1980
  • Cayuga County Courthouse and Clerk's Office · listed 1991
  • Dwight, Charles Chauncy, House · listed 2015
  • Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged · listed 1974
  • Hosmer, William and Mary, House · listed 2006
  • Huntington, Ezra A., House · listed 2020
  • Sand Beach Church · listed 1975
  • Schine Auburn Theatre · listed 2000
  • Seward, William H., House · listed 1966
  • St. Peter's Episcopal Church Complex · listed 2002
  • Thompson AME Zion Church · listed 1999
  • Tubman Home for the Aged, Harriet Tubman Residence, Thompson A.M.E. Zion Church (Boundary Increase) · listed 2001
  • Tubman, Harriet, Grave · listed 1999
  • Tubman, Harriet, House · listed 1999
  • US Post Office - Auburn
  • US Post Office, Former, and Federal Courthouse · listed 1991
  • Wall Street Methodist Episcopal Church · listed 1999
  • West High School · listed 2017
  • Willard Memorial Chapel-Welch Memorial Hall · listed 1989
  • Willard, Dr. Sylvester, Mansion · listed 1989

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