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

Frances Folsom

First Lady

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.

Location. 43° 13.412′ N, 78° 23.282′ W. Marker is in Medina, New York, in Orleans County. Marker 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Vietnam (within shouting distance of this marker); Grover Cleveland & Frances Folsom (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); White's Hotel (about 700 feet away); On This Site Circa 1919 Alonzo L. Waters (about 800 feet away); The Last Blacksmith Shop in Orleans County (approx. 0.2 miles away); Frederick Douglass (approx. 0.2 miles away); Medina Sandstone (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bent's Opera House - 1864 (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Medina.

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

Also see . . .

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

By Yugoboy, April 28, 2013

2. Frances Folsom Marker as seen facing south

Frances Folsom Cleveland - The White House. (Submitted on June 18, 2013, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)

Categories. • Notable Persons •

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

By Yugoboy, April 28, 2013

3. Frances Folsom Marker as seen facing north

Frances Folsom Cleveland image. Click for full size.

By Allen C. Browne

4. Frances Folsom Cleveland

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

Credits. This page was last revised on July 3, 2018. This page originally submitted on June 13, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. This page has been viewed 393 times since then and 46 times this year. Last updated on December 16, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 13, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. 4. submitted on June 19, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.