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Glenville in Schenectady County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

A Notable Home

 
 
A Notable Home Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, February 8, 2019
1. A Notable Home Marker
Inscription. Here about 1720 stood the first house in this part of the valley. Home of seven generations of the Van Eps family.
 
Erected 1936 by State Education Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial EraSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1720.
 
Location. 42° 53.664′ N, 74° 4.409′ W. Marker is in Glenville, New York, in Schenectady County. It is on Amsterdam Road (New York State Route 5), on the right. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Schenectady NY 12302, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, in the Capital District, and in the Albany 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 New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: First Church in Glenville (approx. 0.2 miles away); Hoffmans Ferry (approx. 0.2 miles away); Cement Mill (approx. half a mile away); Empire State Trail (approx. half a mile away); Kinaquariones (approx. half a mile away); Wolf Hollow (approx. 0.7 miles away); Vedder Tavern (approx. 1.1 miles away); Johnson Hall – 1763 (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Glenville.
 
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A Notable Home Area image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, February 8, 2019
2. A Notable Home Area
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 11, 2019. It was originally submitted on February 8, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 704 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on February 8, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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