Living in Greece Stories

Stories and recollections from the people, places, and publications that document life in the Town of Greece.

These articles offer perspectives on what it was like to live in the Town of Greece in the past. Many are from the archives or newsletters of the Greece Historical Society. If you would be interested in learning more about the Town of Greece’s history, please feel free to contact us at (585) 225-7221.

(These stories are the property of the Greece Historical Society, which retains all right thereto. The contributors to these stories provide them for non-commercial, personal, educational, and/or research use only. Prior written permission from the Greece Historical Society and the individual authors must be obtained for any other use, including but not limited to commercial or scholarly publications, or any reproductions or redistribution of any kind.)

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We love to read stories and memories by you or your organization. Submit a local history story or memory of growing up in the Town of Greece by emailing a zip file with your story and photos to greecehistoricalsociety@yahoo.com. Use the subject line: Share My Story of Local History or Memories Of Greece N.Y. plus your story title. Include a brief bio and one photo for publication.

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The Ridge Road Cemetery Association, Also Known as the Falls Cemetery

October 12, 2024 |  and 
The Ridge Road Cemetery Association, also known as Falls Cemetery, is one of the oldest cemeteries in Monroe County, New York. It was established in 1811 by Daniel Budd and his wife Chloe Allen, who purchased land in what is now the Town of Greece. The north section of the...
Categories: 1800-1850 1850-1900 1900-1950 1950-2000 2000 - Present Ada Ridge Falls Cemetery Greece Cemeteries Hamlets of Greece Living in Greece Stories Pioneer Families Wagner Cemetery
Tags: 16 War of 1812 Veterans 1770-1850 1787-1871 1798-1879 1800-1881 1810 1811 1827 1836 1850 1900s 1963 25 Civil War Veterans 5 Revolutionary War veterans 5 Spanish-American War Veterans Asahel Tucker Budd Hotel and Tavern Chloe Allen Civil War Claude Hare Daniel Budd David Hare Jr. David Hare Sr. Diane Hare Dutchess County Established 1813 Falls Cemetery Fetzner Frederick Rowe Gordon Hare Greece Memorial Town Hall Hannah (Hopper) Bartholf John Williams Katie Meeson Korean War Veterans Latona Road Linda Crushman Dowell M. B. Loper May 1810 Mitchell Road Monroe County Deeds Niagara Falls Ridge Road Cemetery Association Stephen Bartholf Town’s Memorial Day remembrances Vietnam Veterans West Ridge Road William Fall William Falls Hotel World War I Veterans World War II Veterans
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Music in the air for over 130 Summers at Ontario Beach Park

August 1, 2016 |
This 2016 summer season of Wegman's Concerts by the Shore has concertgoers hearing such varied groups as The Dady Brothers Grand Band, The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, The Greece Jazz Band, and the Skycoasters, with more to come. Looking back through newspaper files, postcards, and photos of the last century and...
Categories: 1900-1950 Charlotte From The Historian's Files Living in Greece Stories
Tags: 1870s 1900s 1910 1919 1920s 1924 1925 54th Regiment Bands Bartholomay Cottage Hotel and Pavil­ion Columbia Records Dossenbachs Edison Company Edison Records Edna White Gilmore Band Herman Japan Day John Cummings Lapham's "Red Husser" Band Link Ontario Beach Patrick Gilmore Rochester Park Band Skycoasters Spencer House The Dady Brothers Grand Band The Greece Jazz Band The Lapham The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Theodore Theodore and Herman Thomas Edison
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“The Main Street of Greece” – From The Historian’s Desk

September 1, 2014 |
Ridge Road in photos: 1909 -1960 Every few years, if not sooner, a news article about the Ridge being expanded or improved pops up in news­ print or other media. From what was once the eastern edge at Lake Avenue to the western edge of Greece at Manitou Road, Ridge...
Categories: 1900-1950 1950-2000 From The Historian's Files Living in Greece Stories
Tags: "The Lewiston Road" 1900s 1909 1928 1940 1955 1956 1961 20th Century Cube-Block Dewey Ave Eight Miles along the Shore Emrich Kids Greece DPW Kodak Park Lake Avenue Long Pond Road Manitou Road mid-1860s Monroe County Pure Waters System Monroe County Water Authority Native American Naum Bros. Nicholas Sparks Pepperidge Dr Ridge Road West Stone Road
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Post Mark North Greece, N.Y. – From The Historians Desk

March 1, 2013 |
After turning the corner at Latta Road to go south on North Greece Road, one might quickly pass a plain red brick building at the rear of a small parking lot. Across the right front of the building are the letters, United States Post Office. If you aren't from the...
Categories: 1850-1900 From The Historian's Files Living in Greece Stories North Greece
Tags: 14515 1880 1900s 1945 1963 New Construction of North Greece Station 1 1964 1967 Alfred Phelps Ann Piazza Cracker Barrels Doris Cutter Florence Germeroth George Germeroth Jr. Greece H. C. Phelps Kerosene Latta Road Melinda Germeroth Molasses North Greece North Greece Fire Department North Greece Road Phelps General Store Pickles Post Office Trailer United States Post Office William Aeberli William T. Filer World War II zip code
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Shopping Long Ago in Greece from the 1900s-1940s

March 1, 2012 |
Shopping in Earlier Times (1900s-1940s) In the early 1900s, going to the general store such as H.C. Phelps General Store and Anderson's Store (just east of Mitchell Rd. on Ridge Rd.) would mean you could buy not only staple goods, such as flour, sugar, and canned goods but also kerosene,...
Categories: 1900-1950 Living in Greece Stories
Tags: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 7-Eleven A & P Anderson Grocery Cooper's Deli-Grocery Cooper's Deli-Grocery and Service Station H.C. Phelps General Store Hart's grocery McBride's Norman Cooper Red and White Reichenberger's Meat Market Ridge Road Food Store Wagg's General Store Wind Mill Grocery and Gas Station
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