Near Huron in Wayne County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

First Meeting

Photographed by Steve Stoessel, May 17, 2020

1. First Meeting Marker

Inscription. First meeting
Freethinkers Association of
Central & Western New York
organized here August 1877.
Hosted by James M. Cosad.
About 2,000 attended.

Erected 2019 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 615.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Education • Science & Medicine. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list. A significant historical month for this entry is August 1877.

Location. 43° 14.048′ N, 76° 51.586′ W. Marker is near Huron, New York, in Wayne County. It is on Lummisville Road (County Route 155) 0.1 miles east of Dutch Street (County Route 158), on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 11069 Lummisville Rd, Wolcott NY 14590, 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,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North

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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: Town of Huron (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Huron Grange (approx. one mile away); In Memory, World Wars 1 - 2 (approx. 2.4 miles away); Venus Fountain (approx. 2.4 miles away); Northup Park (approx. 2.4 miles away); Wolcott Falls (approx. 2.6 miles away); Franklin W. Lutes (approx. 2.6 miles away); Austin Steward (approx. 2.9 miles away).

Also see . . .
1. New York Free Thinkers Assoc. (Submitted on May 17, 2020, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.)
2. William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Submitted on May 17, 2020, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.)

Photographed by Steve Stoessel, May 17, 2020

2. First Meeting Marker

First Meeting Marker Site image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Steve Stoessel, May 17, 2020

3. First Meeting Marker Site

Area is still a farm.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 27, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 17, 2020, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 325 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 17, 2020, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.