Maplewood Historic District in Rochester in Monroe County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

King's Landing 1796

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, September 23, 2017

1. King's Landing 1796 Marker

Inscription.
King's Landing
1796
First white settlement and lake port
west of the Genesee River.

Founded by Gideon King and Zadock Granger,
Revolutionary soldiers, five log houses and
a blacksmith shop were erected nearby on
Landing Road with a warehouse and wharf on
the river below. In 1798 a forty ton schooner
was built and used in lake trade. Many of
the original settlers died of Genesee Fever
and lie buried in King's Landing Cemetery.

Erected 1959 by Society for the Preservation of Landmarks in Western New York.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1796.

Location. 43° 11.988′ N, 77° 37.545′ W. Marker is in Rochester, New York, in Monroe County. It is in the Maplewood Historic District. It is at the intersection of Maplewood Drive and Hanford Landing Road East, on the right when traveling north on Maplewood Drive. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 480 Maplewood Drive, Rochester NY 14615, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

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specifically in Western New York,

and in the Finger Lakes.

It is also in the American Northeast,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: King's Landing (approx. 0.2 miles away); Hosea Rogers (approx. 0.6 miles away); Roll Coating Wheel (approx. one mile away); Deaf Education (approx. 1.1 miles away); Kelsey's Landing (approx. 1.2 miles away); Casconchiagon (approx. 1.2 miles away); Grant Homestead (approx. 1.4 miles away); Our Irondequoit (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rochester.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, September 23, 2017

2. King's Landing 1796 Marker

Marker is on a stone along the Genesee Riverway Trail.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 23, 2017, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 914 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 23, 2017, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.