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.
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 is related to the video so you can understand its connection and related material that is featured in the videos. They may also have 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 future series, please let us know via our Facebook page or by submitting a request for a snapshot topic or subject
This week we look into the area known as “Hoosick” West Greece which sits at the intersection of Ridge Road and Manitou Road at the Greece Parma town border. In …
August 9, 2022Bicentennial SnapshotsAssemblyman,Assessor,Bicentennial-SnapShot,Doctor,Doctor Samuel Beach Bradley,Hoosick,Postmaster,Samuel,Samuel Beach Bradley,School District 6 Supervisor,Superintendent,Supervisor,Town Supervisor,West Greece Life and accomplishments of Doctor Samuel Beach Bradley (1796-1880) …
July 26, 2022Bicentennial SnapshotsArchives,Bicentennial-SnapShot,Bill Sauers,Blanche Stuart Scott,Delphi Automotive,Eight Miles along the Shore,Elevations,Felix McGuire,General Motors,Gordon Howe,Greece,Greece Historical Society,Hojack Line,Lake Ontario Shoreline Railroad,Marie Villone Poinan,Maureen Whalen,Mount Read,New York,New York Central Railroad,Nicholas Read,Ogdensburg Rail Road (R.W. & O.) line,Our Mother of Sorrows Church,Paddy Hill,Pioneer Families,Pioneer Families of the Town of Greece – Volume 1,Richard Chait,Rome,The Hojack Line Remembered Oswego to Lewiston,Thomas Eddy,Watertown This week we explore some of the myths of some of the nicknames of the communities in the town. This week we look at street names, elevations, and finally the …
This week we explore some of the myths of some of the nicknames of the communities in the town. This week we look at Henpeck, Hoosick, Braddock, and Barnard Crossing. …
We Explore the area known as Henpeck or South Greece …
July 5, 2022Ada Ridge,Bicentennial Snapshots,Hamlets of Greece,Pioneer Families104,Ada,Architect James H. Johnson,Architecture of James H. Johnson,Bicentennial-SnapShot,Carolyn Kerhaert,Elmgrove Road,Greece,Jo Ann Ward Snyder,King's Landing i,Long Pond Road,Marie Villone Poinan,Maureen Whalen,Mitchell Road,New York,Our Mother of Sorrows Church,Pioneer Families,Plank Road,Ridge Road,Ridge Road West,St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church,St. John's Church,Stagecoach,The Rowe Tavern,Toll-Road,VOLKMAR,West Ridge Road,William Anderson,William H Anderson We Explore the Ada Ridge Hamlet located at the intersection of West Ridge Road, Long Pond Road and Mitchell Road. …
June 28, 2022Bicentennial Snapshots,Erie Canal,Pioneer FamiliesAsa Rowe,Bicentennial-SnapShot,Dewitt Clinton,Elmgrove Road,Erie Canal,Greece,Greece Historical Society,Henpeck,Maureen Whalen,New York,Nursery Industry,Pioneer Families,Ridgeway ave,South Greece,Terry Burns We explore the impact that the canal had on the Town of Greece, in the state of New York. In 1817 the idea was formed to create an easy way …
June 21, 2022Bicentennial Snapshots,Erie Canal,Pioneer FamiliesAsa Rowe,Bicentennial-SnapShot,Elmgrove Road,Erie Canal,Greece,Greece Historical Society,Henpeck,James Vick,James Vick's Seed Farm,Maureen Whalen,New York,Nursery Industry,Pioneer Families,Ridgeway ave,South Greece This week on our Bicentennial Snapshot we explore two of the most visited General Stores out of two neighborhoods the first one will be H.C. Phelps Located on the southwest …
Rochester went from being the flour city to the Flower city. But actually, the nursery industry in Monroe County started in Greece. And it started with Asa Rowe and James …
June 7, 2022Bicentennial SnapshotsAda Ridge,Annexation,Archives,Bicentennial-SnapShot,Corinthian,Dewey Ave,Greece Historical Society,Lay Farm,Maureen Whalen,McClintock Cubes,New York,Pioneer Families,Ridge Road,Town Hall This week we continue the look at the central commercial district in the town most of you know as The Ridge. In the bicentennial snapshot # 11 the Ridge Part …
