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Lapham Home

 
 
Lapham Home Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, October 26, 2018
1. Lapham Home Marker
Inscription.
Lapham Home
Elbridge Lapham born 1814
in Farmington New York
appointed U.S. Senator from
NYS served 1881 to 1885
succeeding Roscoe Conkling.

 
Erected 2013 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1814.
 
Location. 42° 57.694′ N, 77° 21.961′ W. Marker is in Farmington, New York, in Ontario County. It is on Boughton Hill Road (County Route 41) 0.1 miles west of New Michigan Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6772 County Road 41, Farmington NY 14425, 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Smith's Mill (approx. 0.2 miles away); Patriot Burials (approx. 0.8 miles away); Hathaway Home (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named Hathaway Home (approx. 0.9 miles away); Site of Home and Laboratory of Fred M. Locke (approx. 2.1 miles away); Gannagaro (approx. 2.3 miles away); Ezra Wilmarth (approx. 2.3 miles away); Jikonhsaseh (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Farmington.
 
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Evidently the marker would have been at the intersection until New Michigan Road was relocated.
 
Also see . . .  Elbridge G. Lapham - Wikipedia. (Submitted on October 27, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.)
 
Lapham Home & Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, October 26, 2018
2. Lapham Home & Marker
Westward
Lapham Home Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, October 26, 2018
3. Lapham Home Marker
Note the cement curved road drainage where New Michigan Road evidently intersected.
Lapham Home image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, October 26, 2018
4. Lapham Home
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 28, 2018. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 531 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 27, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.
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