The mission of the Greece Historical Society is to discover, research, and preserve the history of the Town of Greece and to share that history with its residents and the local community through public programs, publications, museum exhibits, and accessibility to its archives and artifacts.
This “Archives” section strives to support this mission. It provides access to a better understanding of the people, stories, images, and events that have shaped the town. Various sources have produced historical information in different formats. We have identified and categorized this information here to make it available to those interested in studying the town’s history. To begin your travel through Greece’s history, simply click on one of the links below:
These area collection of Landmarks designated by the Town of Greece. They are also recognized by the New York State Office of Historic Preservation and the National Register of Historic Places. There are some town landmarks that have been lost forever.
This is where you can find select recorded programs. These are from our Sunday afternoon events at the Greece Historical Society & Museum. You can also find Our Second of Tuesday Month Programs presented at the Greece Public Library. During COVID-19, we held them via Zoom. The programs are listed in alpha order
Corinthian Newsletter Archives
This is where you can find Past Corinthian Newsletters.
This is where you can find the long-form stories from the Corinthian Newsletters, some of these stories for the web version contain additional features to the story and link to other stories, snapshots or programs that have been recorded
Featuring a collection of local newspapers those newspapers are listed below:
- The Greece Press
- Greater Greece Press
- The Greece Press
- The Greece Post
- Hilton Record
Links to External Historical Photo Collections. We have a small Photo Collection. We are working on developing a web gallery of our own. It will be in the design phase in the coming year.
Research Projects
We have a collection of research projects that are in progress:
If you are interested in learning more about Greece, New York history, please contact us at (585) 225-7221.
