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

The First Academy

Photographed by Lugnuts, January 10, 2021

1. The First Academy Marker

Inscription. Site of The First Academy in Walworth incorporated 1842. Built of Lake Stone at a cost of $4000.

Erected 1937 by State Education Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1842.

Location. 43° 8.256′ N, 77° 16.274′ W. Marker is in Walworth, New York, in Wayne County. It is on Academy Street 0.1 miles east of Walworth Palmyra Road (County Route 208), on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Walworth NY 14568, 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

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in 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

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are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site of Log School House (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Yeomans Wedding (about 600 feet away); Walworth (about 600 feet away); Freewill Baptist Church (approx. 2½ miles away); Palmer Homestead (approx. 3.4 miles away); Elias Durfee (approx. 3.7 miles away); Former POW Camp (approx. 3.8 miles away); This House (approx. 3.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Walworth.

Photographed by Lugnuts, January 10, 2021

2. The First Academy Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 15, 2021. It was originally submitted on January 12, 2021, by Lugnuts of Germantown, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 278 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 12, 2021, by Lugnuts of Germantown, Wisconsin. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.