Montour Falls in Schuyler County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Montour Falls Memorial Library

c.1864

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 16, 2017

1. Montour Falls Memorial Library Marker

Inscription. Has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by The United States
Department of Interior

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1864.

Location. 42° 20.741′ N, 76° 50.964′ W. Marker is in Montour Falls, New York, in Schuyler County. It is at the intersection of West Main Street and Schuyler Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street. National Register of Historic Places plaque is mounted at eye-level, directly on front of subject building, just to the right of the front entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 406 West Main Street, Montour Falls NY 14865, 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 Southern Tier.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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 walking distance of this marker: Montour House

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Montour Falls (within shouting distance of this marker); She-Qua-Ga (within shouting distance of this marker); These We Honor (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); David Bennett Hill (approx. 0.2 miles away); James A. Shepard (approx. 0.2 miles away); Catherine's Landing (approx. ¼ mile away); Brick Tavern Stand (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Montour Falls.

Also see . . . Montour Falls Historic District. Montour Falls Memorial Library is an L-shaped brick structure built to resemble two one-story prostyle tetrastyle temples. A wide flight of stairs leads to each portico. When the structure was converted from a bank to a library ca.1900 a bay window with Tiffany glass was erected in the re-entrant angle of the building. (Submitted on June 14, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Montour Falls Memorial Library (<i>front portico; marker partially visible just right of door</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 16, 2017

2. Montour Falls Memorial Library (front portico; marker partially visible just right of door)

Montour Falls Memorial Library (<i>east portico; Tiffany glass bay window on left</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 16, 2017

3. Montour Falls Memorial Library (east portico; Tiffany glass bay window on left)

Montour Falls Town Hall (<i>building with similar architecture located just west of the library</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 16, 2017

4. Montour Falls Town Hall (building with similar architecture located just west of the library)

Credits. This page was last revised on June 15, 2018. It was originally submitted on June 14, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 411 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 14, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.