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Cazenovia in Madison County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

First County Seat

 
 
First County Seat Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., May 15, 2024
1. First County Seat Marker
Inscription. This building erected for Court House 1810. Courts held 1812-17. Sold to Methodists 1818. Conference Seminary established 1824.
 
Erected 1932 by New York State Education Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1810.
 
Location. 42° 55.879′ N, 75° 51.204′ W. Marker is in Cazenovia, New York, in Madison County. It is at the intersection of Seminary Street and Lincklaen Street, on the right when traveling west on Seminary Street. At the entrance to Coleman Hall, a building in the now closed Cazenovia College. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cazenovia NY 13035, 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 was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,
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New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: First Madison County Court House (here, next to this marker); The Last Land Office (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Cazenovia Fugitive Slave Law Convention (about 500 feet away); The Cazenovia Fugitive Slave Law Convention of 1850 (about 500 feet away); Cazenovia Revolutionary War Memorial (about 700 feet away); Cazenovia War Memorial (about 800 feet away); Parade Grounds (approx. Ό mile away); C&C Railroad (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cazenovia.
 
Also see . . .  History of Cazenovia College.
"Cazenovia College traces its birth to 1824, when it was founded as the Seminary of the Genesee Conference, the second Methodist seminary to be established in the United States. It opened in what had been the Madison County Courthouse."
(Submitted on May 15, 2024, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.) 
 
First County Seat Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., May 15, 2024
2. First County Seat Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 15, 2024, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 267 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 15, 2024, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.
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