Lyons in Wayne County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
First School
Photographed by Howard C. Ohlhous, April 28, 2025
1. First School Marker
A log school house was
built on this site before
1808. Brick structure
replacing it was used
as a Catholic Church.
Erected 1929 by New York State.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1808.
Location. 43° 3.872′ N, 76° 59.797′ W. Marker is in Lyons, New York, in Wayne County. It is at the intersection of Butternut Street and Church Street, on the right when traveling south on Butternut Street. Marker is by the Museum of Wayne County History. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 21 Butternut Street, Lyons NY 14489, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, in the Finger Lakes, and in the Rochester Metropolitan Area. 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)
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Museum of Wayne County History (a few steps from this marker); Naming of Lyons (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); G. Winston Dobbins Memorial Park (about 600 feet away); H.G. Hotchkiss Peppermint Mural (about 600 feet away); The H. G. Hotchkiss Essential Oil Company (about 600 feet away); H.G. Hotchkiss (about 600 feet away); H.G. Hotchkiss/Hotchkiss Essential Oils (about 700 feet away); Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 55 (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lyons.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Wayne County Historical Society (was a few steps from this marker but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it).
Also see . . . Museum of Wayne County History. Museum website homepage (Submitted on May 23, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.)
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 21, 2018
2. First School Marker
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 21, 2018
3. First School Marker
The building in the background, now a museum, was the Wayne County Jail and Sheriff's residence.
Photographed by Howard C. Ohlhous, April 28, 2025
4. First School Marker
The building in the background was formerly the Wayne County Sheriff's Residence and County Jail. Today the building is the Wayne County Museum of History & Wayne County Historical Society.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 2, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 23, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 325 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 29, 2025, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York. 2, 3. submitted on May 23, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. 4. submitted on April 29, 2025, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York.
