Owasco in Cayuga County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

One-Room School

Photographed by Nathan Mercado, May 7, 2018

1. One-Room School Marker

Inscription.
Baptist Corners
Owasco District No. One
Built 1834 with local stone
Served for 116 years
Closed in 1950

Erected 2012 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1834.

Location. 42° 54.209′ N, 76° 28.065′ W. Marker is in Owasco, New York, in Cayuga County. It is on Baptist Corner Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Auburn NY 13021, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Central New York,

and in the Syracuse Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast

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

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within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Benson Rd Cemetery (approx. 1.4 miles away); Willow Brook (approx. 2.8 miles away); Lake View Cemetery (approx. 3.2 miles away); Site of an Underground Railroad Station (approx. 3.2 miles away); Soldiers and Sailors Monument (approx. 3.2 miles away); World War I Memorial (approx. 3.4 miles away); War on Terrorism Memorial (approx. 3.4 miles away); Wm. H.H. Crosier (approx. 3.4 miles away).

Photographed by Mira Earls, January 18, 2023

2. One-Room School Marker

This is the condition of the marker 18 January 2023.

One-Room School Marker and Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mira Earls, January 18, 2023

3. One-Room School Marker and Building

Credits. This page was last revised on May 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 7, 2018, by Nathan Mercado of Auburn, New York. This page has been viewed 505 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 7, 2018, by Nathan Mercado of Auburn, New York. 2, 3. submitted on January 18, 2023, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.