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Bethel Grove School

 
 
Bethel Grove School Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, June 13, 2023
1. Bethel Grove School Marker
Inscription.
Served its community
as a school 1851-1959
as a community center 1853-1939
as a church 1863-1939

 
Erected 2009 by Town of Dryden.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: EducationReligion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1851.
 
Location. 42° 24.642′ N, 76° 26.429′ W. Marker is in Ithaca, New York, in Tompkins County. It is on Slaterville Road (New York State Route 79) 0.7 miles north of German Cross Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ithaca NY 14850, 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 and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies:
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Teegastoweas (approx. Ύ mile away); Catskill Turnpike (approx. 1.3 miles away); Ithaca & Owego (approx. 1.7 miles away); Besemers Station (approx. 1.9 miles away); Six Mile Creek (approx. 2 miles away); Michigan Hill (approx. 2.4 miles away); Judd Falls (approx. 2.7 miles away); Railroad Trestle (approx. 2.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ithaca.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 14, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 13, 2023, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 318 times since then and 23 times this year. Photo   1. submitted on June 13, 2023, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
 
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