Penn Yan in Yates County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Penn Yan Boats
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, October 16, 2024
1. Penn Yan Boats Marker
Company founded 1921 by Charles A. Herrmann. Former factory located on this site 1930-2001. Boats sold worldwide.
Erected 2021 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 868.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1921.
Location. 42° 39.194′ N, 77° 3.714′ W. Marker is in Penn Yan, New York, in Yates County. It is at the intersection of Hicks Street and Waddell Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Hicks Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Penn Yan NY 14527, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Finger Lakes. 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, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Crooked Lake Canal Stone (approx. 0.4 miles away); Toll Plank Road (approx. half a mile away); Keuka Outlet Trail (approx. 0.6 miles away); The John T. Andrews Gates (approx. 0.6 miles away); Birkett Mills' World Record Pancake Griddle (approx. 0.7 miles away); Owls Nest (approx. 0.7 miles away); 101 Main Street (approx. 0.7 miles away); 103 Main Street (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Penn Yan.
Also see . . . Penn Yan Boats (William G. Pomeroy Foundation)
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In 1921, German immigrant Charles A. Herrmann founded the Penn Yan Boat Company to manufacture boats of all kinds in Penn Yan, NY. The company continued to grow and expand into a prolific boat building enterprise, eventually selling boats worldwide generating millions of dollars in revenue...(Submitted on October 17, 2024.)
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, October 16, 2024
2. Penn Yan Boats Marker
Looking Northwest on Hicks St
Credits. This page was last revised on October 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 17, 2024, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. This page has been viewed 411 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 17, 2024, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
