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Lamont Memorial Library

 
 
Lamont Memorial Library Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, August 9, 2020
1. Lamont Memorial Library Marker
Inscription.
Lamont Memorial Library - Boyhood home of Daniel S. Lamont private secretary to President Cleveland, 1885-89 Secretary of War, 1893-97.
 
Erected 1952 by State Education Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics.
 
Location. 42° 35.756′ N, 76° 5.658′ W. Marker is in McGraw, New York, in Cortland County. It is at the intersection of West Main Street (New York State Route 41) and Church Street, on the left when traveling east on West Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5 West Main Street, Mc Graw NY 13101, 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 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: McGraw World War II (a few steps from this marker); Old Baptist Cemetery (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); McGraw Rural Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); McGrawville Civil War Veterans Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); Churches (approx. 0.3 miles away); Site of New York Central College (approx. 0.3 miles away); Port Watson (approx. 3.3 miles away); John Miller (approx. 3.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in McGraw.
 
Also see . . .
1. Daniel Lamont (Wikipedia).
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Lamont has a place in the heart of all marker collectors since he, as War Secretary, “urged that Congress authorize the marking of important battlefields in the manner adopted for Antietam.” (Submitted on August 10, 2020, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.) 

2. Main Street Historic District - National Archives. National Register of Historic Places documentation (Submitted on January 22, 2024, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.) 
 
Lamont Memorial Library Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, August 9, 2020
2. Lamont Memorial Library Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 22, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 10, 2020, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 226 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 10, 2020, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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