Boyd-Yardley House

Newtown Heritage Walk No. 17

This building sits on land that was on the edge of the Newtown Common next to the original townstead land of Christopher Taylor. This property was originally purchased in 1796 by James Boyd “Minister of ...

Daniel Boyd House - c.1825

This house was built c.1825 by Daniel Boyd, a weaver. Some time in the 1830s, and in the face of financial difficulties, Daniel and Jane Boyd deeded the house to the Methodist Episcopal Church to be the church parsonage.

Originally located ...

Belle Boyd House

126 E. Race Street

Built in 1853 by Benjamin Reed Boyd, a merchant, Confederate soldier and the father of Belle Boyd. Belle Boyd was a famous Confederate spy author and actress.

Marker is at the intersection of E Race Street and Spring ...

Boyd House

The Boyd House, first frame house in Buffalo County, was built just west of present-day Gibbon in 1864 by brothers James E. and Joseph Boyd. It was the family home of James and Ann Boyd and their children. The two ...

Cole – Allaire – Boyd House

Oldest dwelling in

Leonia – Circa 1765

Home of noted loyalist,

Sam Cole

prior to and during part of

the Revolution.

Marker is at the intersection of Grand Avenue (County Route 93), on the left when traveling south on Grand Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Ackerman-Boyd House

Built about 1793 by James A. Ackerman on land owned by the family since 1727. The farm was then in the locality known as Ponds Neighborhood and within the old Township of Franklin. In 1841 the house was purchased by ...

Belle Boyd House

Home of a Spy

Isabelle “Belle” Boyd, the Confederate spy, lived here during part of her childhood. The ten-year-old and her family moved here in 1853 and left in 1858 for a dwelling (no longer standing) on South Queen Street. According ...