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Red Creek in Wayne County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Union Academy

 
 
Union Academy Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 29, 2024
1. Union Academy Marker
Inscription. Inc. 1839. Rebuilt ca. 1860 after fire. Renamed Union Seminary 1867. Became public school 1895 & housed Red Creek High School 1904-1926.
 
Erected 2021 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 867.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: EducationReligion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1839.
 
Location. 43° 15.005′ N, 76° 43.39′ W. Marker is in Red Creek, New York, in Wayne County. It is on Church Street, on the left when traveling north. Marker is before Exchange Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6899 Church Street, Red Creek NY 13143, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, in the Finger Lakes, and in the Rochester Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, on the Great Lakes, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere.
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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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Red Creek United Methodist Church (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Opera House (approx. 0.2 miles away); A Memorial to Our Men Who Answered our County's Call (approx. Ό mile away); First Log Cabin (approx. 0.3 miles away); Site of Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. 4.6 miles away); Little Sodus Bay (Fair Haven) (approx. 4.6 miles away); George E. Ingersol (approx. 4.6 miles away); Honoring All Men and Women (approx. 4.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Red Creek.
 
Also see . . .  Union Academy (William G. Pomeroy Foundation).
Excerpt: On March 27, 1839, the Red Creek Union Academy in the village of Red Creek, NY was incorporated “for the purpose of establishing, maintaining and conducting a seminary of learning, for the education of persons of both sexes.”…
(Submitted on August 30, 2024.) 
 
Union Academy Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 29, 2024
2. Union Academy Marker
Union Academy Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 29, 2024
3. Union Academy Marker
Union Academy Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 29, 2024
4. Union Academy Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 30, 2024, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 146 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 30, 2024, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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