Cary Collegiate Seminary - Oakfield, New York
N 43° 03.967 W 078° 16.169
17T E 722326 N 4771775
The site of the Cary Collegiate Seminary.
Waymark Code: WM681Z
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 04/20/2009
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Site Of
Cary Collegiate Seminary,
A private school founded on
July 4, 1840 by Colonel
Alfred Cary who also opened
the first store in 1833.
In 1837 the name of the settlement was changed from Plain Brook to Caryville in honor of Col. Alfred Cary. In 1840 Col. Cary built the Cary Collegiate Seninary which opened in 1844. It was a select boarding school with an enrollment of two to three hundred.
The town's name has changed several times, but on July 10, 1858, it became Oakfield.
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