Goshen in Orange County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Noah Webster

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 29, 2019

1. Noah Webster Marker

Inscription. Dictionary compiler, taught school 1782-83 in the Farmers' Hall Academy, a two-room brick structure now contained within this Goshen Town Hall

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1782.

Location. 41° 24.16′ N, 74° 19.409′ W. Marker is in Goshen, New York, in Orange County. Marker is on Webster Avenue south of Court Lane, on the right when traveling south. Marker is located beside the sidewalk in front of the Goshen Town Hall building. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 41 Webster Avenue, Goshen NY 10924, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Church Park Historic District (within shouting distance of this marker); Charles J. Everett Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Claudius Smith (about 500 feet away); 1841 Courthouse (about 500 feet away); In Memory of the Patriots (about 500 feet away); Orange County Community College (about 600 feet away); 124th Regiment New York Infantry Volunteers (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Goshen.

Also see . . .
1. What the Webster Dictionary and Goshen Have in Common. Webster was working as an itinerant teacher when he came to Goshen. It was in Goshen that he started writing “A

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Grammatical Institute of the English Language,” colloquially known as the blue-backed Speller, selling by some estimates as many as 100 million copies by the 1900’s, making it one of the most popular textbooks in American history. (Submitted on July 2, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Noah Webster • American lexicographer. While teaching in Goshen, New York, in 1782, Webster became dissatisfied with texts for children that ignored the American culture, and he began his lifelong efforts to promote a distinctively American education. His first step in this direction was The American Spelling Book (1783), the famed “Blue-Backed Speller,” which has never been out of print. The spelling book provided much of Webster’s income for the rest of his life. (Submitted on July 2, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Noah Webster Marker (<i>wide view from sidewalk • Goshen Town Hall in background</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 29, 2019

2. Noah Webster Marker (wide view from sidewalk • Goshen Town Hall in background)

Goshen Town Hall (<i>view from near marker</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 29, 2019

3. Goshen Town Hall (view from near marker)

Credits. This page was last revised on April 15, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 633 times since then and 76 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 2, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.