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Fishers in Ontario County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Park Place

 
 
Park Place Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, May 1, 2014
1. Park Place Marker
Inscription. Built by Simeon Parks April 1813, who cleared a large tract of land. Famous plank road went by here. State Department of Education 1935
 
Erected 1935 by State Department of Education.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: ArchitectureSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1813.
 
Location. 43° 0.562′ N, 77° 26.613′ W. Marker is in Fishers, New York, in Ontario County. It is at the intersection of Rowley Road and Piotssford-Victor Road (New York State Route 96), on the right when traveling west on Rowley Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fishers NY 14453, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: DeNonville's Army Ambushed (approx. 0.6 miles away); Valentown Site (approx. 1.2 miles away); Binational Heritage Peace Garden Trail (approx. 1.2 miles away); Pumphouse (approx. 1.2 miles away); Auburn Trail Location Map (approx. 1.2 miles away); Cobblestone Pumphouse at Fishers Station (approx. 1.2 miles away); New York Central Station at Main Street Fishers (approx. 1.2 miles away); Fishers (approx. 1.2 miles away).
 
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Intersection near and approach to Park Place Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, May 1, 2014
2. Intersection near and approach to Park Place Marker
Park Place as it looks today image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, May 1, 2014
3. Park Place as it looks today
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 18, 2015, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. This page has been viewed 576 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on November 18, 2015, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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