Boston in Erie County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

First Fire Company

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, January 28, 2015

1. First Fire Company Marker

Inscription. The Boston Valley's first volunteer fire company was organized in 1904. After seeing the futile efforts to battle the disastrous burning of Schunk's Hotel and the Boston Town Hall, Fred Frank rallied the North Boston community to support the formation of a local fire company.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Charity & Public Work. A significant historical year for this entry is 1904.

Location. 42° 41.11′ N, 78° 46.512′ W. Marker is in Boston, New York, in Erie County. It is on Boston State Road (County Route 227) 0.1 miles east of Herman Hill Road (New York State Route 277), on the left when traveling east. Marker is at the old fire hall just east of the terminus of NY Route 391 in the hamlet of North Boston, Town of Boston. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7223 Boston State Road, Hamburg NY 14075, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

and in the Buffalo 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 Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Typhoid Traced to Well (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Site of the John Love Murder (approx. ¾ mile away); Home of Tallcut Patchin (approx. 1.7 miles away); West Boston (approx. 2.3 miles away); Boston's First Settler (approx. 2.8 miles away); Erie County (approx. 3 miles

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away); Anna Mae Bacon Bird Sanctuary (approx. 3.4 miles away); The Village of Hamburg (approx. 3½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boston.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, January 28, 2015

2. Eastward

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, January 28, 2015

3. Westward

The traffic signal sign is for the intersection and termini of NY routes 391 and 277.

Old Fire Hall and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, January 28, 2015

4. Old Fire Hall and Marker

There is a connecting driveway at the rear to the new North Boston Volunteer Fire Co. hall on Herman Hill Road.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on February 1, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 738 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 1, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.