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Aurora in Cayuga County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Pioneer House

 
 
Pioneer House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 11, 2023
1. Pioneer House Marker
Inscription.
Built about 1799 by Benjamin Howland. Here same year was held first meeting in county of Society of Friends
 
Erected 1932 by State Department of Education.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious StructuresSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1799.
 
Location. 42° 44.078′ N, 76° 39.423′ W. Marker is in Aurora, New York, in Cayuga County. It is at the intersection of Poplar Ridge Road (County Route 43A) and Angling Road, on the left when traveling west on Poplar Ridge Road. Located on the grounds of Cornell University Musgrave Research Farm. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1256 Poplar Ridge Road, Aurora NY 13026, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Central New York, and in the Syracuse 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
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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: Home of Jethro Wood (approx. 1.3 miles away); Eliza Mosher (approx. 1.3 miles away); Isaac Mekeel (approx. 1.4 miles away); Wheeler Home (approx. 2.2 miles away); Wells College (approx. 2.2 miles away); Lewis Henry Morgan (approx. 2.3 miles away); Glen Park 1852 (approx. 2.3 miles away); Birthplace of Theodore Ledyard Cuyler (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Aurora.
 
Pioneer House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 11, 2023
2. Pioneer House Marker
Pioneer House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 11, 2023
3. Pioneer House Marker
Pioneer House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 11, 2023
4. Pioneer House Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 20, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 13, 2023, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 263 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 13, 2023, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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