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Pittsford in Monroe County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

First Library

 
 
First Library Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, January 30, 2017
1. First Library Marker
Inscription. First Library in the Genesee Country. Northfield Library Co., 1803-1808, kept its books at the farm of Ezra Patterson, first librarian.
 
Erected 1938 by New York State Education Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public WorkEducation.
 
Location. 43° 4.17′ N, 77° 31.614′ W. Marker is in Pittsford, New York, in Monroe County. It is on Mendon Center Road 0.2 miles north of Guilford Way, on the right when traveling north. Marker is at Mendon Center Elementary School. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 110 Mendon Center Road, Pittsford NY 14534, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, in the Finger Lakes, and in the Rochester Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, 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
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once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: District #1 (approx. half a mile away); Hopkins Homestead (approx. 1.2 miles away); Cartersville (approx. 1½ miles away); Cobblestone Academy (approx. 1½ miles away); Phoenix Hotel (approx. 1.6 miles away); The First House (approx. 1.6 miles away); Pittsford Village (approx. 1.7 miles away); Erie Canal (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pittsford.
 
First Library Marker - Northward image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, January 30, 2017
2. First Library Marker - Northward
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 13, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 30, 2017, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 829 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 30, 2017, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.
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