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

St. John's Beach

By Yugoboy, April 9, 2014

1. St. John's Beach Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Bishop Frederic Cammerhoff and David Zeisberger, Moravian missionaries, built the first Skaneateles shelter on this site June 1750

Historic Marker Skaneateles 1999

Erected 1999 by Skaneateles.

Location. 42° 56.718′ N, 76° 25.523′ W. Marker is in Skaneateles, New York, in Onondaga County. Marker is on East Genesee Street (U.S. 20) 0.2 miles east of State Street Road (New York State Route 321), on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Skaneateles NY 13152, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Moravian Missionaries / Gansevoort’s Hundred (a few steps from this marker); Site of The Great Fire (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Sherwood Inn (approx. 0.3 miles away); Wm. H.H. Crosier (approx. 0.3 miles away); Soldiers and Sailors Monument (approx. 0.7 miles away); Site of an Underground Railroad Station (approx. 0.7 miles away); Lake View Cemetery (approx. ¾ mile away); N. Leonard's Inn 1798 (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Skaneateles.

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By Howard C. Ohlhous, October 20, 2017

2. St. John's Beach Marker

• Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers •

View west from St. John's Beach Marker including much of the"beach" front image. Click for full size.

By Yugoboy, April 9, 2014

3. View west from St. John's Beach Marker including much of the"beach" front

St. John's Beach on the Lake image. Click for full size.

By Howard C. Ohlhous, October 20, 2017

4. St. John's Beach on the Lake

Thayer Park, also sometimes referred to as Austin Park, in Skaneateles, between US Rte 20 and the north end of Skaneateles Lake.

St. John's Beach in winter image. Click for full size.

By Yugoboy, April 9, 2014

5. St. John's Beach in winter

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Credits. This page was last revised on November 18, 2019. This page originally submitted on September 19, 2017, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. This page has been viewed 135 times since then and 3 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on September 19, 2017, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. 2. submitted on November 16, 2019, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York. 3. submitted on September 19, 2017, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. 4. submitted on November 16, 2019, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York. 5. submitted on September 19, 2017, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.