Ellicott in Chautauqua County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Hundred Acre Lot

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 7, 2021

1. Hundred Acre Lot Marker

Inscription. Saved through fundraising by Jamestown school teachers and students, this small forest became one of the first school parks in the nation in 1916. "Preserved by generations that are and for those that are to be."

Erected 2018 by Jamestown Historical Marker Committee.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Parks & Recreational Areas. A significant historical year for this entry is 1916.

Location. 42° 7.305′ N, 79° 13.359′ W. Marker is in Ellicott, New York, in Chautauqua County. It is on Curtis Street Extension 1.2 miles north of Durant Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Marker is at Jamestown Community College Park at the Moon Brook bridge in the town of Ellicott. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Jamestown NY 14701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

and in the Southern Tier.

It is also in the American Northeast,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North

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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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Gustavus Adolphus Children's Home (approx. 0.8 miles away); Erected in Honor (approx. 0.9 miles away); Charles Justin Bailey (approx. 0.9 miles away); Dexterville Tavern (approx. one mile away); Dahlstrom Metallic Door Company (approx. one mile away); 934 Lakeview Avenue (approx. one mile away); 924 Lakeview Avenue (approx. one mile away); 904 Lakeview Avenue (approx. one mile away).

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 7, 2021

2. Hundred Acre Lot Marker

View is northward.

JCC College Park & Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 7, 2021

3. JCC College Park & Marker

Moon Brook in JCC College Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 7, 2021

4. Moon Brook in JCC College Park

Credits. This page was last revised on May 7, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 7, 2021, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 2,341 times since then and 112 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 7, 2021, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.