Sylvania Colony

Sylvania Colony (HMFOL)

Location: Greeley, PA 18425 Pike County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 24.022', W 75° 0.524'

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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 NumberHMFOL
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Year Placed1947
Placed ByPennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
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Date Added Saturday, September 13th, 2014 at 7:05am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 499269 N 4583203
Decimal Degrees41.40036667, -75.00873333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 24.022', W 75° 0.524'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 24' 1.32" N, 75° 0' 31.44" W
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Area Code(s)570
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 15 GAR Highway, Greeley PA 18425, US
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