Near Scottsville in Monroe County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Site of First Quaker Meeting House
Photographed by Paul Crumlish, June 26, 2011
1. Site of First Quaker Meeting House Marker
Erected 1938 by New York State Education Department.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Quakerism series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1827.
Location. 43° 0.347′ N, 77° 45.584′ W. Marker is near Scottsville, New York, in Monroe County. It is on Quaker Road 0.3 miles east of Bowerman Road (County Road 716), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Scottsville NY 14546, 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, on the Great Lakes, 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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Burial Site (approx. 0.2 miles away); Erected 1834 (approx. half a mile away); Site of Early School (approx. 0.6 miles away); Isaac Scott (approx. Ύ mile away); Northampton (approx. one mile away); Mill Site Area of Historic Scottsville (approx. one mile away); Genesee Valley Greenway (approx. 1.1 miles away); Early House (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Scottsville.
More about this marker. The building was demolished in the mid 19th century and the land returned to farming.
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Also see . . . Town of Wheatland New York History. Town website entry (Submitted on April 29, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Photographed by Paul Crumlish, June 26, 2011
2. Wide view of the Site of First Quaker Meeting House Marker
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