Located on the Public Square, the Court House, was constructed in 1857. The end bays extending to the north and south were added in 1908. A gilded Statue of Justice stands atop the dome. The second floor court rooms house the Portrait Gallery of notable county citizens. In 1873, Susan B. Anthony was tried here and found guilty for voting in the previous year’s presidential election. The large boulder at the south-west corner of the courthouse property commemorates the 1798 signing of the Canandaigua Treaty between the United States government and the Haudenosaunee - Six Nations Iroquois (Native Americans).
A. Ontario County Courthouse, 27 North Main Street
Located on the Public Square, the Court House, was constructed in 1857. The end bays extending to the north and south were added in 1908. A gilded Statue of Justice stands atop the dome. The second floor court rooms house the Portrait Gallery of notable county citizens. In 1873, Susan B. Anthony was tried here and found guilty for voting in the previous year’s presidential election. The large boulder at the south-west corner of the courthouse property commemorates the 1798 signing of the Canandaigua Treaty between the United States government and the Haudenosaunee - Six Nations Iroquois (Native Americans).
