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Geneseo in Livingston County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

County Poorhouse

 
 
County Poorhouse Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, July 9, 2021
1. County Poorhouse Marker
Inscription. Est. 1829 near here. Buildings erected on this site between 1850-1879. Residents moved to new County Infirmary 1964.
 
Erected 2021 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 751.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Charity & Public Work. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1829.
 
Location. 42° 47.801′ N, 77° 47.436′ W. Marker is in Geneseo, New York, in Livingston County. It is at the intersection of Lakeville Rd (New York State Route 20A) and Millennium Dr, on the right on Lakeville Rd. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Geneseo NY 14454, 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 the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once
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the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site of Camp Union (approx. 0.8 miles away); Temple Hill (approx. 0.9 miles away); Groveland Hill (approx. 0.9 miles away); Cobblestone School (approx. 1.1 miles away); History of Mining in the Genesee Valley (approx. 1.2 miles away); In Memory of (approx. 1.3 miles away); Courthouse (approx. 1.3 miles away); Shaw Sisters (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Geneseo.
 
Also see . . .  History of Livingston County Poorhouse-County-Home. (Submitted on July 10, 2022, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York.)
 
County Poorhouse Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, July 9, 2021
2. County Poorhouse Marker
Looking west up Rt20A/Lakeville Rd from the intersection of Millennium Dr
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 13, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 10, 2021, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. This page has been viewed 488 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 10, 2021, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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