Yates in Orleans County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Original Site of the Wesleyan Methodist Church
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 23, 2020
1. Original Site of the Wesleyan Methodist Church Marker
Methodist Church of Yates - 1855
renamed Ashwood Wesleyan
Church - 1968
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1855.
Location. 43° 19.016′ N, 78° 18.62′ W. Marker is in Yates, New York, in Orleans County. It is at the intersection of Yates-Carlton Townline Road (County Route 67) and Platten Road (County Route 29), on the right when traveling south on Yates-Carlton Townline Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lyndonville NY 14098, 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 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Kenyonville (approx. 1½ miles away); Cyrus Witheral (approx. 3.6 miles away); Fording Place (approx. 3.8 miles away); Kuckville Church erected in 1835 (approx. 3.9 miles away); First Blacksmith (approx. 4 miles away); Lyndonville (approx. 4 miles away); Our Honored Dead (approx. 4 miles away); Yates Academy (approx. 4.2 miles away).
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Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 23, 2020
2. Original Site of the Wesleyan Methodist Church Marker
View is southward towards the Erie Barge Canal. Bridge was closed for construction work.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 27, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 23, 2020, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 228 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 23, 2020, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
