Guilford in Chenango County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Site of the First Log Cabin

Photographed by Scott J. Payne, March 19, 2016

1. Site Of The First Log Cabin Marker

Inscription.

Site of the first log cabin
Dec. 25, 1795
Replaced by Dibbles Tavern - 1798

Erected 1995 by Guilford Bicentennial Historical Committee.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical date for this entry is December 25, 1795.

Location. 42° 24.379′ N, 75° 29.534′ W. Marker is in Guilford, New York, in Chenango County. It is on County Route 35. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Guilford NY 13780, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York

and in the Southern Tier.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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 New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Guilford Revolutionary War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker);

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Site of Office and Residence Of First Doctor (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Walter A. Baldwin (approx. 1.4 miles away); Guilford Center Presbyterian Church (approx. 1.4 miles away); Rockdale Community Church (approx. 4.8 miles away); Chenango Canal (approx. 5.3 miles away); First Site of Oxford Academy (approx. 5.6 miles away); Congregational Church (approx. 5.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Guilford.

Photographed by Scott J. Payne, March 19, 2016

2. Site Of The First Log Cabin Marker

Photographed by Scott J. Payne, March 19, 2016

3. Site Of The First Log Cabin Marker

Close-up of top of marker: First Known as Bear Wallow Settled 1995

Photographed by Scott J. Payne, March 19, 2016

4. Site Of The First Log Cabin Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 21, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 19, 2016, by Scott J. Payne of Deposit, New York. This page has been viewed 456 times since then and 17 times this year. Last updated on April 21, 2023, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 19, 2016, by Scott J. Payne of Deposit, New York. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.