DeRuyter in Madison County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Ezra Cornell Boyhood Home
Photographed by Kevin W., August 1, 2024
1. Ezra Cornell Boyhood Home Marker
Site of boyhood home
Ezra Cornell
Founder of
Cornell University
Erected 1939 by New York State Education Department.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education.
Location. 42° 45.438′ N, 75° 53.04′ W. Marker is in DeRuyter, New York, in Madison County. It is at the intersection of Utica Street (New York State Route 13) and Albany Street, on the left when traveling south on Utica Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1685 Albany St, De Ruyter NY 13052, 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, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fire Bell (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Seventh Day Baptist Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); Freight Depot (approx. 0.4 miles away); Red School House Cemetery (approx. 2.6 miles away); David Davis (approx. 2.9 miles away); Lee Homestead (approx. 3.2 miles away); Keeney Cabin (approx. 3.2 miles away); Pioneer Home (approx. 3.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in DeRuyter.
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Photographed by Kevin W., August 1, 2024
2. Ezra Cornell Boyhood Home Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on March 31, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 2, 2024, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 257 times since then and 22 times this year. Last updated on March 20, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 2, 2024, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
