Skaneateles in Onondaga County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Site of The Great Fire

Photographed by Pat Filippone, August 27, 2016

1. Site of The Great Fire Marker

Inscription. September 28, 1835 thirteen lakeside buildings were destroyed commencing in Parsons Cabinet Shop.

Erected 2001 by Skaneateles.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Disasters. A significant historical date for this entry is September 28, 1835.

Location. 42° 56.738′ N, 76° 25.672′ W. Marker is in Skaneateles, New York, in Onondaga County. It is at the intersection of E. Genesee Street and State Street Road, on the right when traveling west on E. Genesee Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Skaneateles NY 13152, 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 North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in 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

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distance of this marker: Lafayette’s Tour (within shouting distance of this marker); 9/11 Memorial (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); St. John's Beach (about 700 feet away); Moravian Missionaries / Gansevoort’s Hundred (about 700 feet away); Clift Park (approx. 0.2 miles away); John D. Barrow Centennial Address (approx. 0.2 miles away); Sherwood Inn (approx. 0.2 miles away); Skaneateles World War II Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Skaneateles.

Photographed by Howard C. Ohlhous, October 20, 2017

2. Site of The Great Fire Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 20, 2019. It was originally submitted on January 1, 2017, by Pat Filippone of Stockton, California. This page has been viewed 952 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on January 1, 2017, by Pat Filippone of Stockton, California. 2. submitted on November 16, 2019, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.