Riga in Monroe County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Early Church

Photographed by Yugoboy, July 23, 2012

1. Early Church Marker

Inscription. First Congregational Church of Riga. Church society started 1806. Building erected 1823, copy of Hinsdale, Mass. Church

Erected by County of Monroe.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1806.

Location. 43° 4.153′ N, 77° 53.041′ W. Marker is in Riga, New York, in Monroe County. It is at the intersection of Chili-Riga Center Road (New York State Route 33A) and Chuchville-Riga Road on Chili-Riga Center Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Churchville NY 14428, 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,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the

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original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Riga Academy (approx. ¼ mile away); Hotel Creek (approx. 0.9 miles away); Francis E. Willard (approx. 2.4 miles away); In Memoriam (approx. 2.4 miles away); Founded 1843 (approx. 2.4 miles away); Mill Site (approx. 2½ miles away); Ward Park (approx. 2.6 miles away); Seneca Indian Country (approx. 2.9 miles away).

Early Church Marker as seen facing west on 33A image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Yugoboy, July 23, 2012

2. Early Church Marker as seen facing west on 33A

Early Church Marker as seen facing east on 33A image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Yugoboy, July 23, 2012

3. Early Church Marker as seen facing east on 33A

RIga Congregational Church as seen today image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Yugoboy, July 23, 2012

4. RIga Congregational Church as seen today

Credits. This page was last revised on January 21, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 1, 2012, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. This page has been viewed 524 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 1, 2012, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.