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Pitts Mansion

 
 
Pitts Mansion Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, October 26, 2018
1. Pitts Mansion Marker
Inscription.
Pitts Mansion
Built 1821 by
Gideon Pitts
son of Capt. Peter Pitts
pioneer settler in 1789

 
Erected 1932 by New York State Education Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1821.
 
Location. 42° 47.439′ N, 77° 31.206′ W. Marker is in Richmond, New York, in Ontario County. It is on Main Street (U.S. 20A) 0.1 miles west of Church Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8780 Main Street, Honeoye NY 14471, 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, 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
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are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Routes of the Armies (approx. 0.3 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); This Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Community Bandstand (approx. 0.4 miles away); Pioneer Home (approx. one mile away); Old Reed Homestead (approx. 3 miles away); Jacksonville (approx. 3.9 miles away); Hemlock World War II Memorial (approx. 4.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Richmond.
 
Pitts Mansion & Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, October 26, 2018
2. Pitts Mansion & Marker
Pitts Mansion image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, October 26, 2018
3. Pitts Mansion
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 11, 2018. It was originally submitted on October 26, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 1,603 times since then and 116 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on October 26, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.
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