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Keuka Park in Yates County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Ball Hall

 
 
Ball Hall Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Forest McDermott, July 27, 2014
1. Ball Hall Marker
Inscription.
Built in 1890 under the
Leadership of Rev. George
Harvey Ball and originally
containing all the student
residences and classrooms.

 
Erected 2006 by Keuka College.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1890.
 
Location. 42° 36.913′ N, 77° 5.509′ W. Marker is in Keuka Park, New York, in Yates County. It is at the intersection of Central Avenue and Assembly Avenue on Central Avenue. In front of Keuka College Main Entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 139 Central Avenue, Keuka Park NY 14478, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Finger Lakes. 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: Camp Cory (approx. 1.8 miles away); Esperanza Mansion (approx. 2½ miles away); Beddoe Tract (approx. 2.7 miles away); Bluff Point & Keuka Lake Geology (approx. 2.7 miles away); Bluff Point & Keuka Lake History (approx. 2.7 miles away); Beddoe-Rose Cemetery (approx. 2.8 miles away); Toll Plank Road (approx. 3 miles away); Penn Yan Boats (approx. 3 miles away).
 
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Ball Hall Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Forest McDermott, July 27, 2014
2. Ball Hall Marker
Ball Hall building is in the background.
Ball Hall Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Forest McDermott, July 27, 2014
3. Ball Hall Marker
Entrance to Keuka College on the right.
Ball Hall image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Forest McDermott, July 27, 2014
4. Ball Hall
Ball Hall image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba
5. Ball Hall
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 12, 2014, by Forest McDermott of Masontown, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 608 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 12, 2014, by Forest McDermott of Masontown, Pennsylvania.   5. submitted on February 15, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 14, 2026