Old Main in Utica was New York’s first state asylum
The Greek Revival building opened in 1843. Its last patients left in 1977, and it is now a National Historic Landmark.
Oneida County
County government, Utica, Rome and the region beyond the village line.
The Utica Zoo keeps about 200 animals in Roscoe Conkling Park
The county-funded zoo has red pandas, lions and a Bactrian camel. The city owns the land but no longer pays to run it.
Oriskany, where Herkimer’s militia fought in pairs
The 1777 ambush northwest of Oriskany village is known as one of the bloodiest battles of the Revolution.
Fort Stanwix held the Oneida Carry and held off a British siege
The British built the fort in 1758 to guard the portage at Rome. In 1777, its American garrison withstood a siege.
