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Salem in Southeastern Region, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)
 

Music Vale Seminary

 
 
Music Vale Seminary Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 4, 2019
1. Music Vale Seminary Marker
Inscription.
Site of
Music Vale
Seminary
First Music Normal
School, 1835-1876

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music.
 
Location. 41° 29.093′ N, 72° 16.41′ W. Marker is in Salem in Southeastern Region, Connecticut. It is at the intersection of Hartford Road (Connecticut Route 85), on the right when traveling south on Hartford Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Pratt Road, Salem CT 06420, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Connecticut Shoreline, in Greater New London and in the Thames River Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. 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 London County and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Salem World War I Monument (approx. 0.4 miles away); Salem World War II Monument (approx. half a mile away); Hiram Bingham IV (approx. half a mile away); Salem Revolutionary War Bicentennial (approx. half a mile away); Salem (approx. half a mile away); Salem Korean War Monument (approx. half a mile away); Salem Vietnam War Monument (approx. half a mile away); Major General Joseph Spencer (approx. 4.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Salem.
 
Also see . . .  Music Vale Seminary, Connecticut History.org. (Submitted on October 11, 2019, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
 
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Music Vale Seminary Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 4, 2019
2. Music Vale Seminary Marker
Music Vale Seminary Barn image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 4, 2019
3. Music Vale Seminary Barn
On Pratt Road, east of the marker
Music Vale Seminary Barn 1849 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 4, 2019
4. Music Vale Seminary Barn 1849
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 11, 2019, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 421 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 11, 2019, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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