Melvin Hill in Phelps in Ontario County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Melvin Hill Baptist Church
Photographed by James Turcotte, September 2, 2024
1. Melvin Hill Baptist Church Marker
Melvin Hill Baptist Church
now Phelps First Baptist
Instituted 1791
Preliminary meeting organizing
Ontario Baptist Association
here June 1812
Rev. A.H. Merrill - Rev. H.M. Shepson
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1791.
Location. 42° 55.16′ N, 77° 3.824′ W. Marker is in Phelps, New York, in Ontario County. It is in Melvin Hill. It is on Melvin Hill Road north of County Route 23, on the right when traveling north. Located across the road from Melvin Hill Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Phelps NY 14532, 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, 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Melvin Hill (here, next to this marker); Whitney Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.3 miles away); Site of the Red House Observatory (approx. 2.3 miles away); Town of Phelps (approx. 2.4 miles away); Redfield Common (approx. 2.4 miles away); Orleans (approx. 2½ miles away); a different marker also named Orleans (approx. 2½ miles away); The Post #457 Memorial Walkway (approx. 2.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phelps.
Photographed by James Turcotte, September 2, 2024
2. Melvin Hill Baptist Church Marker
Photographed by James Turcotte, September 2, 2024
3. Melvin Hill Baptist Church Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on September 8, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 2, 2024, by James Turcotte of Phelps, New York. This page has been viewed 152 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 2, 2024, by James Turcotte of Phelps, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
