Red Creek in Wayne County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Union Academy
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 29, 2024
1. Union Academy Marker
Erected 2021 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 867.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Religion & 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, on the Great Lakes, 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, 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
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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.)
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 29, 2024
2. Union Academy Marker
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 29, 2024
3. Union Academy Marker
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 144 times since then and 22 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.
