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Skaneateles in Onondaga County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Lafayette’s Tour

Mapping the Farewell Tour

The Lafayette Trail

 
 
Lafayette’s Tour Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, June 13, 2025
1. Lafayette’s Tour Marker
Inscription.
At 1 a.m. on June 8, 1825 General Lafayette was feted in Skaneateles, he briefly stopped at Hall’s Hotel, then continued his journey east.
 
Erected 2025 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 166.)
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Lafayette’s Farewell Tour, and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series lists.
 
Location. 42° 56.755′ N, 76° 25.714′ W. Memorial is in Skaneateles, New York, in Onondaga County. It is on East Genesee Street (U.S. 20) west of State Street, on the right when traveling west. Marker in front of the Masonic Lodge. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 13 East Genesee Street, Skaneateles NY 13152, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York, specifically in Central New York, and in the Syracuse Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western
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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: Site of The Great Fire (within shouting distance of this marker); 9/11 Memorial (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); John D. Barrow Centennial Address (about 700 feet away); Clift Park (about 700 feet away); Sherwood Inn (approx. 0.2 miles away); Skaneateles World War II Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); St. John's Beach (approx. 0.2 miles away); War on Terrorism Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Skaneateles.
 
Lafayette’s Tour Marker Looking East image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, June 13, 2025
2. Lafayette’s Tour Marker Looking East
Lafayette’s Tour Marker Looking West image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, June 13, 2025
3. Lafayette’s Tour Marker Looking West
Lafayette’s Tour Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, June 13, 2025
4. Lafayette’s Tour Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 11, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 13, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 152 times since then and 26 times this year. Last updated on January 9, 2026, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 13, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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Jul. 16, 2026