Massena in Saint Lawrence County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Site of First School in Massena
First School
in Massena, built 1803
Located on Water Street,
191 feet from this corner.
Gilbert Reed, instructor.
Erected 1935 by New York State Education Department.
Location. 44° 55.749′ N, 74° 53.211′ W. Marker is in Massena, New York, in Saint Lawrence County. Marker is on East Orvis Street near Water Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is one block west of where NY Route 37B west leaves East Orvis Street and turns north onto Parker Avenue to cross the Grass River. Marker is at or near this postal address: 110 East Orvis Street, Massena NY 13662, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 13 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Dedicated to All Members of the U.S. Armed Forces (approx. 0.4 miles away); In Memory of Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice (approx. half a mile away); Eisenhower Lock (approx. 4 miles away); St. Lawrence River and Massena (approx. 5.1 miles away); The Empire State (approx. 5.9 miles away); Wilson Hill Wildlife Management Area
(approx. 6.3 miles away); Lost Villages of the St Lawrence (approx. 7.3 miles away in Canada); Holstein Friesian Cattle in Ontario (approx. 12.2 kilometers away in Canada). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Massena.
More about this marker. This is apparently the only surviving 1930s era New York State Education Department marker in Massena.
Categories. • Education •
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on November 30, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 228 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 30, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.