Sylvania Colony

Sylvania Colony (HMFOJ)

Location: Greeley, PA 18425 Pike County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 25.075', W 74° 59.697'

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The site of Horace Greeley's Utopian colony modeled on Brook Farm and the ideas of Fourier, French Socialist, was located here. Based on common property holding and equal labor, it failed in 1845 after July frosts had killed all crops.
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HM NumberHMFOJ
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Year Placed1947
Placed ByPennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
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Date Added Thursday, October 9th, 2014 at 9:20pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 500422 N 4585151
Decimal Degrees41.41791667, -74.99495000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 25.075', W 74° 59.697'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 25' 4.50" N, 74° 59' 41.82" W
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Area Code(s)570
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 115-199 Weownit Rd, Greeley PA 18425, US
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