1820 Peck Block

Historical marker location:

33 East Main Street, Marathon, New York

( Marker is at the intersection of Broome Street (U.S. 11) and Main Street (New York State Route 221), on the right when traveling north on Broome Street.)

Marker installed: 1993

In 1901, President William McKinley was assassinated in Buffalo, New York. He was shot by an anarchist named Leon Czolgosz while attending the Pan-American Exposition.