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Belfast in Allegany County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Training Barns

 
 
Training Barns Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, November 19, 2025
1. Training Barns Marker
Inscription. Greco-Roman wrestling champ William Muldoon trained bare-knuckle boxing world champ John L. Sullivan in these barns in 1889.
 
Erected 2025 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 1210.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Sports. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1889.
 
Location. 42° 20.605′ N, 78° 6.757′ W. Marker is in Belfast, New York, in Allegany County. It is on Hughes Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5 Hughes Street, Belfast NY 14711, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Southern Tier. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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,
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and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Township of Belfast World War I Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Belfast World War II, Korean Conflict, Vietnam Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Belfast Civil War Monument (about 300 feet away); Canal Warehouse (approx. 0.7 miles away); Caneadea Historic Camelback Bridge (approx. 3.4 miles away); a different marker also named Caneadea Historic Camelback Bridge (approx. 3½ miles away); Major Moses Van Campen (approx. 5.6 miles away); The Town of Angelica (approx. 5.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Belfast.
 
Also see . . .  Training Barns (William G. Pomeroy Foundation). (Submitted on November 23, 2025.)
 
Training Barns Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, November 19, 2025
2. Training Barns Marker
Looking west on Hughes St. - the white buildings are the barns.
Training Barns Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, November 19, 2025
3. Training Barns Marker
Looking east on Hughes St
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 19, 2025, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. This page has been viewed 62 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on November 19, 2025, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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