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Moravia in Cayuga County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Cady Tavern

 
 
Cady Tavern Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Pat Filippone, August 27, 2016
1. Cady Tavern Marker
Inscription. In 1801 Zadoc Cady built a log tavern here. A few years later he built the present building.
 
Erected 1935 by New York State Education Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1801.
 
Location. 42° 42.521′ N, 76° 25.265′ W. Marker is in Moravia, New York, in Cayuga County. It is on South Main Street. Between School and Walnut Streets. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 33 South Main Street, Moravia NY 13118, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Central New York, and in the Syracuse Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Oldest House in Moravia (approx. 0.2 miles away); Civil War Soldier Monument (approx. Ό mile away); Town of Moravia (approx. 0.3 miles away); John Stoyell (approx. 0.3 miles away); World War Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away);
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Owasco Flats (approx. 0.7 miles away); Millard Fillmore (approx. Ύ mile away); Boyhood Site (approx. Ύ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Moravia.
 
Also see . . .  History of the Cady Tavern from the Auburn Semi-Weekly Journal of March 10, 1908. (Submitted on December 21, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
 
Cady Tavern Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Pat Filippone, August 27, 2016
2. Cady Tavern Marker
Building on site by marker. Obviously not what is referenced on the marker.
Cady Tavern Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Pat Filippone, August 27, 2016
3. Cady Tavern Marker
Marker from a distance.
In 1801 Zadoc Cady built a log tavern here. image. Click for full size.
Courtesy NYHistoric.com
4. In 1801 Zadoc Cady built a log tavern here.
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The current home appears the be remolded from the former tavern, although the National Register of Historic Places mentions the tavern no longer exists. It may refer to the original log cabin.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 21, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 21, 2016, by Pat Filippone of Stockton, California. This page has been viewed 1,221 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on December 21, 2016, by Pat Filippone of Stockton, California.   4. submitted on December 21, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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