Ganondagan State Historic Site
The only Seneca town developed and interpreted in the United States, on 569 acres in Victor with a full-scale bark longhouse and the Seneca Art and Culture Center
Ganondagan State Historic Site occupies 569 acres in the Town of Victor, fifteen miles northwest of Canandaigua Lake, on the ground of one of the most significant Seneca settlements in the Haudenosaunee world. At its peak in the mid-17th century the town held an estimated 4,500 people across 150 longhouses and stood at the center of Confederacy diplomacy, agriculture, and governance. Jikonsaseh, the Mother of Nations, who played a pivotal role in founding the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, is buried on this land. The French destroyed Ganondagan in 1687 during the fur trade conflicts. Today the site includes a full-scale Seneca Bark Longhouse built in 1998 from traditional materials, 7.6 miles of interpretive trail, and the 17,300-square-foot Seneca Art and Culture Center opened in 2015. Exhibits in the Center are narrated by Seneca people. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and a New York State Historic Site in 1987. Open Wednesday through Saturday; trails are free year-round.
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