Aurora in Cayuga County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Glen Park 1852

Glen Park Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Steve Stoessel, February 23, 2020

1. Glen Park Marker

Inscription. Home of Henry Wells
founder of
American Express Co., 1850
Wells Fargo Express Co., 1852
Wells College, 1868

Erected 1949 by State Education Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1850.

Location. 42° 44.746′ N, 76° 41.986′ W. Marker is in Aurora, New York, in Cayuga County. It is on Main Street (Route 90) half a mile Dublin Hill Road, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Aurora NY 13026, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Central New York,

and in the Syracuse 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

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within walking distance of this marker: Wells College (approx. 0.2 miles away); Birthplace of Theodore Ledyard Cuyler (approx. 0.3 miles away); Patrick Tavern (approx. 0.3 miles away); Scipio Lodge No. 110 (approx. 0.4 miles away); Cayuga Lake Academy (approx. half a mile away); Scipio Lodge (approx. half a mile away); Postal Service (approx. 0.6 miles away); Peachtown (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Aurora.

Also see . . . Aurora Village-Wells College Historic District - National Archives. National Register of Historic Places documentation. Includes Glen Park. (Submitted on October 26, 2023, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.)

Photographed by Steve Stoessel, February 23, 2020

2. Glen Park

Credits. This page was last revised on October 26, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 24, 2020, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 723 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 24, 2020, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.