REV. JACOB M. KOEHLER
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N 41° 25.793 W 075° 38.490
18T E 446400 N 4586678
The founder of the Scranton State School for the Deaf. What a beautiful building.
Waymark Code: WMW9G
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/24/2006
Views: 49
Marker Text:
Founder in 1882 of the institute that became the Scranton State School for the Deaf. An ordained minister who was deaf, he was concerned for this state's uneducated deaf children and was a leading advocate of compulsory education of the deaf. President, National Association of the Deaf, 1896-1900. Twice president, Pennsylvania Society for the Advancement of the Deaf. U.S. representative to the World Congress of the Deaf (Paris), 1889.
Marker Name: Rev. Jacob M. Koehler
County: Lackawanna
Date Dedicated: 06/10/1999
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: At the school 1800 N. Washington Ave., Scranton
Category: Education, Professions & Vocations
Website: [Web Link]
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