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Marion in Wayne County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

This House

 
 
This House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 21, 2018
1. This House Marker
Inscription.
This House
erected in 1830
was a station of the
Underground Railway
in the days of slavery.

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Abolition & Underground RR. A significant historical year for this entry is 1830.
 
Location. 43° 8.203′ N, 77° 11.728′ W. Marker is in Marion, New York, in Wayne County. It is at the intersection of Palmyra Road (New York State Route 21) and South Main Street, on the right when traveling south on Palmyra Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3635 Palmyra Road, Marion NY 14505, 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 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, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other
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markers are within walking distance of this marker: First Log House (approx. 0.3 miles away); First Tavern (approx. half a mile away); Veterans Flag Pole Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Dr. Allen Russell (approx. half a mile away); Railroad Depot (approx. half a mile away); Veterans Memorial Flag Pole (approx. half a mile away); Grange Hall (approx. half a mile away); Marion (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marion.
 
This House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 21, 2018
2. This House Marker
This House & Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 21, 2018
3. This House & Marker
View is northward.
This House 1830 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 21, 2018
4. This House 1830
This House 1830 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 21, 2018
5. This House 1830
South side of house. Now apartments.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 24, 2018. It was originally submitted on May 24, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 421 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 24, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.
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