West Sparta in Livingston County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Where President Millard Fillmore Worked When a Boy
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 20, 2014
1. Where President Millard Fillmore Worked When a Boy Marker
Northward; same on both sides.
Erected 1940 by New York State Education Department.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #13 Millard Fillmore series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1814.
Location. 42° 34.862′ N, 77° 44.293′ W. Marker is in West Sparta, New York, in Livingston County. It is at the intersection of Sonyea Road (New York State Route 36) and Coffee Hill Road, on the right when traveling south on Sonyea Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Dansville NY 14437, 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site of the First Church (approx. 2.4 miles away); Dansville Library (approx. 2½ miles away); Dansville Civil War Monument (approx. 2½ miles away); Clara Barton House (approx. 2.6 miles away); American Red Cross (approx. 2.6 miles away); Maj. Daniel Faulkner (approx. 2.6 miles away); Clara Barton (approx. 2.6 miles away); First Local Red Cross (approx. 2.7 miles away).
Another marker is no longer nearby. Site of Old South Church (was
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Also see . . . Millard Fillmore. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on February 24, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 20, 2014
2. Where President Millard Fillmore Worked When a Boy Marker
Southward
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 20, 2014
3. Where President Millard Fillmore Worked When a Boy Marker
Northward
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, August 9, 2015
4. Millard Fillmore
This c. 1843 portrait of Millard Fillmore hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.
“At the beginning of his administration, Millard Fillmore bestowed his presidential blessing on the Compromise of 1850 Senator Henry Clay's proposal to unite the North and the slave holding South. The ensuing harmony, however, was short-lived. Among the compromise's concessions to the South was the new Fugitive Slave Law, which facilitated the capture of runaway slaves, and Fillmore was determined to enforce it. As northern abolitionists sought to undermine enforcement, tempers on both sides of the issue flared again. The sectional bitterness made a future rupture over slavery all but certain.
Fillmore's portrait by an unidentified artist dates to about the time he retired from the House of Representatives in the early 1840s. In the years following, he devoted himself to reconciling the growing differences among fellow Whigs in his native New York State.” — National Portrait Gallery
“At the beginning of his administration, Millard Fillmore bestowed his presidential blessing on the Compromise of 1850 Senator Henry Clay's proposal to unite the North and the slave holding South. The ensuing harmony, however, was short-lived. Among the compromise's concessions to the South was the new Fugitive Slave Law, which facilitated the capture of runaway slaves, and Fillmore was determined to enforce it. As northern abolitionists sought to undermine enforcement, tempers on both sides of the issue flared again. The sectional bitterness made a future rupture over slavery all but certain.
Fillmore's portrait by an unidentified artist dates to about the time he retired from the House of Representatives in the early 1840s. In the years following, he devoted himself to reconciling the growing differences among fellow Whigs in his native New York State.” — National Portrait Gallery
Internet Archive
5. Millard Fillmore as Wool Carder
from Life of Millard Fillmore, 1856.
“Here young Fillmore applied himself assiduously to learning his trade advancing the interests of his employer”
“Here young Fillmore applied himself assiduously to learning his trade advancing the interests of his employer”
Credits. This page was last revised on February 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 13, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 1,132 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 13, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. 4. submitted on August 30, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 5. submitted on August 23, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
