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Site of Cary Collegiate Seminary

 
 
Site of Cary Collegiate Seminary Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, April 28, 2013
1. Site of Cary Collegiate Seminary Marker
Inscription. Site of Cary Collegiate Seminary, a private school founded on July 4, 1840 by Colonel Alfred Cary who also opened the first store in 1833.
 
Erected by Genesee County Bicentennial.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: EducationReligion & Religious Structures. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1886.
 
Location. 43° 3.958′ N, 78° 16.151′ W. Marker is in Oakfield, New York, in Genesee County. It is on Drake Street Road (New York State Route 262) just east of North Pearl Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Oakfield NY 14125, 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 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sue d'Alba (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); World War II and Korean War Memorial (about 300 feet away); In Honor of the Men Who Served in the Great War (about 300 feet away); Town of Alabama (approx. 3.3 miles away); The Southworth (approx. 4.2 miles away); In Memory of John Young (approx. 4.3 miles away); Mail Delivery (approx. 4.3 miles away); Local War Hero (approx. 4.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oakfield.
 
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Site of Cary Collegiate Seminary Marker facing east image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, April 28, 2013
2. Site of Cary Collegiate Seminary Marker facing east
Site of Cary Collegiate Seminary Marker facing west image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, April 28, 2013
3. Site of Cary Collegiate Seminary Marker facing west
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 13, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. This page has been viewed 663 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on June 13, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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