Batavia in Genesee County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Centennial Park

Centennial Parl Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Patrick Weissend, May 10, 2007

1. Centennial Parl Marker

Inscription. Commemorating One Hundred Years
of educating blind students in
Batavia at the New York State
School for the Blind - First Opened
in September of 1868

Erected 1969 by Batavia City Council.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1868.

Location. 43° 0.295′ N, 78° 11.108′ W. Marker is in Batavia, New York, in Genesee County. It is on Richmond Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Batavia NY 14020, 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 of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this

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marker: Batavia (approx. half a mile away); War of 1812 (approx. half a mile away); Capt. Charles F. Rand (approx. half a mile away); The Grove of Nations / The Millstone (approx. half a mile away); Gabriel DeFabbio (approx. half a mile away); Batavia Peace Garden Artwork & Monuments (approx. half a mile away); Paolo Busti Monument (approx. half a mile away); Batavia Peace Garden (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Batavia.

Also see . . . History of the New York State School for the Blind. New York State Education Department website entry:
The school opened on September 2, 1868. Dr. Asa D. Lord welcomed the first 17 students to the school. Sixty-five students were in attendance by the end of the school year. (Submitted on January 11, 2011.)

New York State School for the Blind image. Click for full size.

1912

2. New York State School for the Blind

Credits. This page was last revised on December 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 10, 2011, by Patrick Weissend of Corfu, New Yok. This page has been viewed 1,029 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on January 10, 2011, by Patrick Weissend of Corfu, New Yok. 2. submitted on January 11, 2011. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.

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