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| Click
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pertinent historic events compiled by David Minor |
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| Pittsford
Trivia |
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Titillating Trivia about
Pittsford |
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| How
Pittsford got its name |
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An
article about Colonel Caleb Hopkins and the origin of
Pittsford's name. |
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| Short
History of Pittsford |
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A brief
article about Pittsford's beginnings. |
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| Historical
Markers |
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You will
find these markers around
our town. Learn more about them here. |
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| Libraries
in Pittsford |
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The first library was
organized in 1803 and evidently was dissolved in 1809. |
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| Powder
Mills Park |
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Daniel
Curtis Rand opened a powder
mill where he manufactured blasting powder. |
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| The
Phoenix Building |
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The origianl Phoenix
Building was built to be a tavern or an inn or a hotel. |
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| Pittsford
town jail |
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The first
jail in Pittsford was at the house which is located at
the corner of South and State Streets. |
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| Weather
Station in Pittsford |
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A weather
bureau was established and an observation post set up
at the Pittsford Academy. |
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| Erie
/ Barge Canal |
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The Erie
canal is of major importance to our community. |
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| Pittsford
Grange held meetings in the Town Hall |
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The Grange was
an important foundation of rural social life in Pittsford. |
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| Thornell
Homestead |
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The Thornell
Homestead is a showplace and a fine working farm. |
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| Augustus
Elliott Home |
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The Augustus
Elliott Home built in 1814 is now the St. Louis Church
Parish House. |
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| Forman
Family |
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Elsie
Forman Ross talks about the Forman family. |
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| Emma
Wentz Bandemer |
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Emma
Wentz Bandemer reflects on her life in this oral interview. |
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| A
Member of Pioneer Family Dies |
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Esther
Lucinda Tobey Plain who died May 18, 2005 was 99 years
old. |
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| Schoen
Family History |
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Told by Irvin
Schoen |
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| Doud's
bricks used in the David Barker home |
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An example
of Doud's
bricks. |
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| Historical
information abouth the Phoenix Building |
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Once the largest
and most
imposing structure in the Village. |
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| Lusk
Family History |
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Tidbits
from the Brighton-Pittsford Post - circa 1930 |
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| Agate
Family History |
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Taken from
a Times
Union newspaper article October 14, 1925 |
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| Simon
Stone's Mill |
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The first
one in Northfield |
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| Beginning
as Northfield ending as Pittsford |
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How Pittsford was
named |
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| Simon
Stone |
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Co-Founder of
the Town of Northfield |
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| The
Spring House |
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The history
of the Spring
House |
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| The
Town Hall |
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The Victorian
Lady of South Main Street |
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| Women
in the News |
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Lillie
Hartman, the first woman licensed pharmacist in New York
State |
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| Fifty
Years Ago |
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1955 according
to the Brighton Pittsford Post |
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| Doctors
in Pittsford |
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Doctors in
early Pittsford |
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| Kolaneka
Farms |
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Kolaneka
Farms, a beautiful farmstead on Mitchell Road |
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| Paul
Malone Spiegel |
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Paul
Spiegel, the town supervisor from 1966-1987 |
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| Agate-Zornow
Home |
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Agate-Zornow
Home, a gracious home built in 1884 |
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| Augustus
Elliott House History |
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The
house that became the St. Louis Catholic Church Manse |
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| Cobblestone
School |
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The Cobblestone
School, built in 1842 and now the Masonic Temple |
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| The
Little House |
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The Little
House, built in 1819 and now the office of Historic Pittsford |
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| The
Village Hall |
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The Village
Hall was built in 1855 |
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| King's
Bend Park |
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Naming
the new park |
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| Bicycle
Ordinance |
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The bicycle
ordinance of 1894 |
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| Hyllgarth
- The Garden on the Hill |
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Hyllgarth, now
known as 48 Sutherland Street |
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| Women
Doctors |
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Two women ahead
of their time |
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| Village
Susquecentennial |
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Pittsford Village celebrates
a special anniversary on July 4, 2002 |
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| World
War I Howitzer |
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How it came
to reside in the Pioneer
Cemetery |
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| Historic
Preservation Commission |
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The history
from 1990-1999 |
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| Early
Education |
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Schoolhouses
from 1794-1946 |
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