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Elizabeth Blackwell Street

 
 
Elizabeth Blackwell Street Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mollie, February 1, 2020
1. Elizabeth Blackwell Street Marker
Inscription. Named for first woman to be graduated from an American medical school at Geneva College, 1849, now Upstate Medical University
 
Erected 2000 by SUNY Upstate Medical University.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: EducationRoads & VehiclesScience & MedicineWomen.
 
Location. 43° 2.577′ N, 76° 8.359′ W. Marker is in Syracuse, New York, in Onondaga County. It is in Eastside. It is on Elizabeth Blackwell Street just north of East Adams Street, on the left when traveling north. Located on the SUNY Upstate Medical University campus outside University Parking Garage East. Please note Elizabeth Blackwell Street is a one-way road only accessed by East Adams Street (not Harrison Street). Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 175 Elizabeth Blackwell St, Syracuse NY 13210, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and specifically in Central New York. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, 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 walking distance of this marker: FDR Dedicated Our Medical College Building (approx. 0.2 miles away); Fayette Park (approx. half a mile away); Wesleyan Methodist Church (approx. half a mile away); The Great Central Depot (approx. half a mile away); Rev. Jermain and Mrs. Caroline Loguen
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(approx. 0.6 miles away); University Club (approx. 0.6 miles away); Young Abraham Lincoln (approx. 0.6 miles away); Spanish War Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Syracuse.
 
Also see . . .
1. Elizabeth Blackwell Biography. (Submitted on February 2, 2020, by Mollie of Syracuse, New York.)
2. History of the College of Medicine. (Submitted on February 2, 2020, by Mollie of Syracuse, New York.)
 
Elizabeth Blackwell Street Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mollie, February 1, 2020
2. Elizabeth Blackwell Street Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 2, 2020, by Mollie of Syracuse, New York. This page has been viewed 825 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on February 2, 2020, by Mollie of Syracuse, New York. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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