Beginning on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, and concluding on March 21st, 2023, the Greece Historical Society will be posting brief videos to help commemorate the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Town of Greece. This series will share many details about the people and events that influenced the town’s evolution. The topics in the Snapshots are researched, written, and narrated by Maureen Whalen, and all the snapshots are edited and produced by Pat Worboys. We hope that you will find these videos both interesting and informative.
We would like to thank the following people, town officials, fire departments, school districts, newspapers, and news stations for all the images and information from them that we used to compile these snapshots for you to learn more about the history of the Town of Greece.
People we would like to thank for their contributions to the snapshots are the following people: Gina DiBella, Bill Sauers, Marie Poinan, Douglas Worboys, Gene Preston, Jane Grant, Robert Bilsky, Ralph DeSptephano Sr., Alan Mueller, Joseph Vitello, Pat Worboys, Carolyn Kerheart, and many more. Some of the notes and research are from people that are longer with us we would like to give credit to Helen Slocum, Virginia Tomkiewicz, Shirley Cox Husted, William Aeberli, and especially Lorraine Kress Beane.
The organizations we like to thank for the use of the images are the following: North Greece Fire Department, Greece Ridge/Ridge Road Fire District, Barnard Fire Department, The Office of the Greece Historian, Rochester Public Library, The University of Rochester, Rochester Institute of Technology, Democrat and Chronicle, 13 Wham TV, WHEC, WROC, Spectrum News, Mother of Sorrows, Greece Baptist Church, Greece United Methodist Church, Greece Central School District, The Landmark Society of Western New York, Rochester Museum and Science Center, and others.
A blog post about the current week’s snapshot will also appear on this website each week at 9 am with a description of the video. Some of the posts will contain information that is written to explain content that was not included in the video but is related to the video so you can understand its connection to the snapshot. They may also include related articles that were written in the society’s newsletter or links to buy some of the books that the society has published over the years to enhance the subjects that are covered in the Snapshots that are put together each week.
If you have ideas or topics that you would like to see covered in this or a different future series, please let us know via our Facebook page or by submitting a request for a snapshot topic or subject.
November 22, 2022Bicentennial Snapshots"Ada" Ridge,1922-2022,A.R. Koerner,A.R. Koerner Contractor Builder,Ada,Ada Ridge,Alfred Volkmar,Barnard,Bicentennial-SnapShot,Buckman's Dairy,Bud Steeb,CFAI,City of Rochester,Falls Hotel,Fetzner Carriage shop,Frank J Mitchell,Frank Siebert,Gates Fire,Gordon A Howe,Greece,Greece Historical Society,Greece Ridge Fire Department,H. A. Herrick Civil Engineer and Land Surveyor,H.A. Herrick,Hilton,Holiday Inn Fire,Insurance Services Office,J.V. Gallagher,J.V. Gallagher Realtor Real Estate Insurance,Jo Ann Ward Snyder,John Fetzner,John Volkmar,June 1922,Kay Pollok,Kodak Fire,Lakeshore,Latta at Mount Read Blvd,Lewis Combs,Marie Villone Poinan,Maureen Whalen,North Greece Fire Department,Orville's Appliance Store,Paddy Hill area,Peter Knipper,Pierce-Arrow,Pioneer Families,Ridge Road Fire District,Ridgeway Station,Spencerport/Odgen Fire,Stephen Volkmar,Stoneridge Station,Walgreens,William F Schmitt Today we are spotlighting the two Greece fire districts that are celebrating their centennial years and they are the North Greece Fire Department and the Greece Ridge/Ridge Road Fire District …
November 29, 2022Bicentennial Snapshots10 deaths,1922,1978,200 Guest,2022,7 Canadians,9-1-1,Archives,Arson Taskforce,Assemblyman Roger Robach,Barnard,Bicentennial of the Town of Greece,Bicentennial-SnapShot,Black Friday,Brooklyn,Buffalo,Butanone,Canada,City of Rochester,Commission Augustus Anthony Beekman,Crime Beat TV's 16×9,Don Riley,Doug Worboys,Engine Co. 231,FBI,FDNY,Fire Truck Abbreviations,Florida,Gene Preston,Gerald Phelan,Global News,Global News a division of Shaw Media Inc.,Governor Hugh Carey,Greece,Greece Historical Society,Greece Ridge Fire Department,Holiday Inn,ILO,Jim Leary,John Marshall,John Stickever,Maureen Whalen,MEK,Methyl Ethyl Ketone,Michigan,Monroe County District Attorney Crane,Monroe County District Attorney Lawrence T. Kurlander,N.Y. Penal Law § 150.20,New York,New York City Fire Firefighter,North Greece Fire Department,Ontario,Patrick Phelan,Police Chief,Pompano Beach,Ridge Road Fire District,Ron Timmons,Sandra Doorley,Smoke inhalation,Supervising Fire Marshall,Thanksgiving,Todd Baxter,upstate New York,WHO,Young Fire Equipment Company,Ypsilanti Today we look back at the horrific fire at the Holiday Inn in Greece in which ten people lost their lives while staying at the Holiday Inn. Every year goes …
We explore the following cobblestone houses: The Covert-Brodie-Pollock House at 978 North Greece Road, the Westfall-Mercier House at 4350 West Ridge Road, and the Hartman-Foos Cobblestone House at 543 Mill …
Today we salute seventeen men from the town of Greece who lost their lives during World War I. …
November 7, 2022Bicentennial Snapshots150000 RG&E outages,30 inches,40000 Lost Power,400000 cubic yards of wood,7000 homes,Canada,Douglas Worboys,Flynn Road Transfer Center,Greece Assembly of God,Greece Community Center,Greece Odyssey,Hotel De May,Hover Drive,Hydro-Québec,Peak Wind Gust 81 MPH,Rochester TV Archives,T.S. Elliot,Willis N Britton Today we continue our look at historic weather events. Clip 1: DPW salt barn, 2018, Office of Town Historian For the most part, we Grecians take snow storms in stride; …
November 1, 2022Bicentennial Snapshots1815-1816,1933-34,1934,ARES,ARRL,Bicentennial-SnapShot,Big Freeze,Blizzard of ’66,Canadian Ice Service,George Badgerow,Great Depression,Great Lakes,Greece,Greece Historical Society,Ham Radio,Lake Ontario,March 13-14,Maureen Whalen,Milton Carter,Mount Tambora,New York,Rochester Hams,Walter Whelehan Today we will be talking about some historic weather events. 1816 and the effects of Mount Tambora eruption in Greece New York In 1815, the largest eruption of a volcano …
Today we will share some ghost stories that have been passed down over the years. Halloween is fast approaching and it’s the time of year traditionally set aside for tales …
Today we will take a virtual tour of some of the other notable homes in Greece, New York. Larkin-Beattie-Howe House – 595 Long Pond Rd This beautiful vernacular 19th-century farmhouse …
October 4, 2022Bicentennial SnapshotsBicentennial-SnapShot,Cobblestone Houses,Distribution of Cobblestones,District School 9,Elevantions,Finger Lakes,First Christian Church,Genesee River,Great Lakes,Greece,Greece Historical Society,Greece Methodist Church,Greece United Methodist Church,Henpeck,Hoosick,Lake Iroquois,Lake Ontario,Larkin-Beattie-Howe House,Maureen Whalen,New York,Snapshot 11,Snapshot 19,The Cobblestone Museum,What's in a name part 2 his week and next we explore some of the cobblestones houses in the town of Greece. Did you know that when the mile-thick glaciers of the Ice Age melted and …
September 27, 2022Bicentennial SnapshotsAnderson's General Store,Bicentennial-SnapShot,Doctor Abdiel Bliss Carpenter,Doctor Abdiel Milton Carpenter,Gooseneck,Greece Center Road,H. C. Phelps,Jerome A Combs,Jerome Combs,Lake Ave,Lewis A. Combs,Lewis Combs,Lewis Combs's Blacksmith and Carriage shop,Marie Villone Poinan,Maureen Whalen,Middlesex,New York,North,North Greece Fire Deparment,North Parma,Rochester Public Market,Sarah Anne Combs,School Number 6,Tom Sawnor,Wagg's General Store This week we introduce you to Jerome Combs, the cobblestone baseball player. Did you know that some baseball players would use cobblestones as baseballs? Well, one player could catch cobblestones …
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