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Seneca Falls in Seneca County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Potter Inn Farm

 
 
Potter Inn Farm Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 19, 2017
1. Potter Inn Farm Marker
Inscription. Nathaniel J. Potter, innkeeper blacksmith on Genesee Road, 1801-1808. His son, Henry S. Potter, lived here. 1st Pres. Western Union Telegraph, 1851
 
Erected 1932 by State Education Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: CommunicationsIndustry & CommerceSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1851.
 
Location. 42° 54.822′ N, 76° 46.415′ W. Marker is in Seneca Falls, New York, in Seneca County. It is on Bayard Street 0.2 miles east of Courtney Drive, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Seneca Falls NY 13148, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Finger Lakes. 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: Old Genesee Stage Route (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Captain Charles B. Randolph (approx. 0.3 miles away); Welcome to Seneca Falls (approx. 0.7 miles away); Stanton's Busy World (approx. Ύ mile away); The Chamberlain House (approx. Ύ mile away); Stanton's Grassmere (approx. Ύ mile away); Elizabeth Cady Stanton (approx. Ύ mile away); We Will Accomplish Wonders (approx. Ύ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Seneca Falls.
 
Also see . . .  Henry S. Potter at Find A Grave. (Submitted on June 27, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
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Potter Inn Farm Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 19, 2017
2. Potter Inn Farm Marker
Looking east
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 28, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 27, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 487 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 27, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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