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Woolsey Mansion

 
 
Woolsey Mansion Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Robert Rusaw, July 12, 2021
1. Woolsey Mansion Marker
Inscription. Built before 1800 Melancton Lloyd Woolsey 1758-1819 first collector of customs first county clerk.
 
Erected 1936 by State Education Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1800.
 
Location. 44° 42.152′ N, 73° 22.92′ W. Marker is near Plattsburgh, New York, in Clinton County. It is on Cumberland Head Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 895 Cumberland Head Road, Plattsburgh NY 12901, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, in the Adirondacks & North Country, and in the Champlain Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Great North Woods, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, 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: Fort Izard (approx.
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0.3 miles away); Addoms - Hagar Burial Ground (approx. 0.4 miles away); John Addoms (approx. half a mile away); Macdonough Farm (approx. 0.8 miles away); A Gift for a Hero (approx. 0.9 miles away); First Blockhouse and Government Center (approx. 3.2 miles away); Zephaniah Platt Home (approx. 3.2 miles away); Battle of Plattsburgh Bay (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Plattsburgh.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Champy (was approx. 1.1 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Woolsey Mansion Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Robert Rusaw, July 12, 2021
2. Woolsey Mansion Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 17, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 14, 2021, by Robert Rusaw of Massena, New York. This page has been viewed 690 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 14, 2021, by Robert Rusaw of Massena, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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