Medina in Orleans County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Frances Folsom

First Lady

Photographed by Yugoboy, April 28, 2013

1. Frances Folsom Marker

Inscription. Lived here in the mid-1870's with her grandmother and attended Medina High School. In 1886, at age 21, she wed Pres. Grover Cleveland.

Erected by Orleans Co. Historical Assoc. & Co. Dept. of Hist.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Women. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #22 and #24 Grover Cleveland series list.

Location. 43° 13.412′ N, 78° 23.282′ W. Marker is in Medina, New York, in Orleans County. It is at the intersection of North Main Street (New York State Route 63) and Eagle Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Medina NY 14103, 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

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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 walking distance of this marker: Vietnam (within shouting distance of this marker); "The Big Apple" (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Grover Cleveland & Frances Folsom (about 700 feet away); White's Hotel (about 700 feet away); On This Site Circa 1919 Alonzo L. Waters (about 800 feet away); Medina (approx. 0.2 miles away); Frederick Douglass (approx. 0.2 miles away); Erie Canal (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Medina.

Another marker is no longer nearby. The Last Blacksmith Shop in Orleans County (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Frances Folsom birthplace and honeymoon cottage.

Also see . . . Frances Cleveland. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on March 15, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Additional keywords. FLOTUS, First Ladies of the United States

Frances Folsom Cleveland image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne

2. Frances Folsom Cleveland

from The Biographical Dictionary of America, 1906, by Rossiter Johnson.

Frances Folsom Marker as seen facing south image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Yugoboy, April 28, 2013

3. Frances Folsom Marker as seen facing south

Frances Folsom Marker as seen facing north image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Yugoboy, April 28, 2013

4. Frances Folsom Marker as seen facing north

Credits. This page was last revised on March 15, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 13, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. This page has been viewed 1,242 times since then and 23 times this year. Last updated on December 16, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. Photos: 1. submitted on June 13, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. 2. submitted on June 19, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 3, 4. submitted on June 13, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.