Richmond in Ontario County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Pioneer Home
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, October 26, 2018
1. Pioneer Home Marker
Pioneer Home
Capt. Peter Pitts
First settler in town
of Richmond
Erected 1932 by New York State Education Department.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers.
Location. 42° 47.376′ N, 77° 29.994′ W. Marker is in Richmond, New York, in Ontario County. It is at the intersection of Allens Hill Road and Grandview Drive, on the right when traveling north on Allens Hill Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: 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 the North Atlantic Region, 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Community Bandstand (approx. 0.7 miles away); This Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Routes of the Armies (approx. 0.7 miles away); Pitts Mansion (approx. one mile away); Old Reed Homestead (approx. 3.9 miles away); Jacksonville (approx. 4.9 miles away); Burning Springs (approx. 5.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Richmond.
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Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, October 26, 2018
2. Pioneer Home Marker
View is Grandview Drive at Allens Hill Road. The road at left and into the background is route US 20A.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 26, 2018. It was originally submitted on October 26, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 510 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 26, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.
