The First School House - Jamestown, New York
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N 42° 05.874 W 079° 14.512
17T E 645383 N 4662141
A plaque indicating the first schoolhouse and first church in Jamestown, New York.
Waymark Code: WM3688
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 02/17/2008
Views: 16
Here the first school house the "Prendergast Academy" was built in 1816. Church services were held here until the first church was erected in 1829 on the same site by "The First Congregational Church and Society" organized in 1816. The church stood until 1879.
Erected by the Jamestown Centennial Commission and the State of New York 1927.
Marker Name: The First School House
Marker Type: Roadside
Agency: Jamestown Centennial Commission and the State of New York
Dedication Date: -9223372036854775808
City/Town/Village Name: Jamestown, NY
County: Chautauqua
Region: Chautauqua-Allegheny (Region 1)
Website: Not listed
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