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Latta House

 
 
Latta House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, January 28, 2018
1. Latta House Marker
Inscription.
Latta House
Built ca 1809 by Samuel
Latta, named first customs
collector of the Port of
Genesee by President Thomas
Jefferson in 1805.

 
Erected 2013 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1809.
 
Location. 43° 15.102′ N, 77° 36.813′ W. Marker is in Rochester, New York, in Monroe County. It is in Charlotte. It is at the intersection of Lake Avenue and Latta Road, on the left when traveling north on Lake Avenue. This area of Rochester is known as Charlotte (pronounced shar-LOT). Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4437 Lake Avenue, Rochester NY 14612, 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 North America, on the Great Lakes, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,
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New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bicentennial Peace Garden (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse (about 800 feet away); War of 1812 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Resort Area (approx. 0.2 miles away); 1822 Lighthouse (approx. 0.2 miles away); Lighthouses (approx. 0.2 miles away); Port of the Genesee, New York (approx. 0.2 miles away); Champion of the Genesee River / A Beacon of Knowledge (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rochester.
 
Latta House & Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, January 28, 2018
2. Latta House & Marker
Latta House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Charles Berman, April 17, 2024
3. Latta House Marker
Latta House image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Charles Berman, April 17, 2024
4. Latta House
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 15, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 28, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 966 times since then and 97 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 28, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.   3, 4. submitted on June 8, 2024, by Charles Berman of Binghamton, New York.
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