Bertrand Chaffee Homestead - Springville, New York
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N 42° 30.536 W 078° 39.528
17T E 692344 N 4708941
A plaque located at the entrance to Bertrand Chaffee Hospital detailing it as the site of the Chaffee homestead.
Waymark Code: WM37F1
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 02/22/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member 50sumtin
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Located at the front entrance of Bertrand Chaffee Hospital is mounted a historic plaque that designates this as the site of the Chaffee homestead, the individuals responsible for donating the land and facilities that are now make up the grounds of the Bertrand Chaffee Hospital. The marker states:



Bertrand Chaffee Hospital on the site of Chaffee Homestead.



"Using Homestead now occupied by myself and wife on East Hill...they shall establish therin a hospital, to be known as Bertrand Chaffee Hospital" ~ From the will of Bertrand Chaffee



Hospital incorporated Jan. 1946.



Bertrand Chaffee 1837-1916

Jennie Richmond Chaffee 1850-1934



Erected by Erie County Sesquicentennial Committee 1971

Blue Plaque managing agency: Erie County New York Sesquicentennial Committee

Individual Recognized: Bertrand and Jennie Richmond Chaffee

Physical Address:
Route 39
Springville, NY USA

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