Champlain in Clinton County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

First School

Photographed by Ellen Adams, April 2, 2016

1. First School Marker

Inscription. In the first school which stood near this site Dr. William Beaumont surgeon and physiologist was schoolmaster, 1807-10.

Erected by State Education Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Science & Medicine.

Location. 44° 59.322′ N, 73° 26.679′ W. Marker is in Champlain, New York, in Clinton County. It is on Oak Street north of Chestnut Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 21 Oak Street, Champlain NY 12919, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

in the Adirondacks & North Country,

and in the Champlain Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Great North Woods,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within

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4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site of Burying Yard (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Pliny Moore House (about 700 feet away); Judge Pliny Moore (approx. ¼ mile away); Bill Earl Park (approx. ¼ mile away); The Shipwrights of Champlain / La construction navale á Champlain (approx. 0.3 miles away); St. Mary's Academy (approx. 0.3 miles away); Jehudi Ashmun (approx. 0.4 miles away); Site of Delaware and Hudson Railroad Station (approx. 3.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Champlain.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 13, 2017. It was originally submitted on August 11, 2017, by Ellen Adams of Plattsburgh, New York. This page has been viewed 1,200 times since then and 25 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on August 11, 2017, by Ellen Adams of Plattsburgh, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.