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.

Your story should be no more than 500 words. We can edit for continuity, grammar, and punctuation. Stories may cover one span or multiple spans: 1800-1850, 1900-1950, 1950-2000, and 2000-Present.

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North Greece Hotel, Domino Inn, or Cosmo Inn? – From the Historian’s Desk

May 1, 2013 |
OK! What's in a name? When the new hotel (replacing the earlier Larkin Hotel) was built at Latta and North Greece Roads it was simply called The North Greece Hotel. That was in 1909; but not long after it opened, it be­ came the Moerlbach Hotel named for a new...
Categories: 1900-1950 1950-2000 From The Historian's Files Living in Greece Stories North Greece
Tags: Cosmo Club Domino Inn Hotel DeMay Moerlbach Hotel North Greece Hotel
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“Let’s Go For An Sunday Excursion” – and never leave the county

July 1, 2012 |
That is just what families and couples might do in the summer of 1912. Sunday was the ideal time for an outing as the aver­ age work week was 5 and one-half days. The Rochester area was lucky to have Lake Ontario and Irondequoit Bay close at hand where they...
Categories: 1900-1950 Charlotte Living in Greece Stories
Tags: "The Breezer'' "The Hawaiian Gardens" "The Pink Ticket Trip" 1900 1912 1924 Birds Charlotte Clinton Street coats East Main Street Glen Haven Park Hojack Line Irondequoit Bay J.D. Scott Japanese Garden Lake & Bay Belt All Resort Ticket Lake Avenue Trolley Lake Ontario Lake Ontario Shoreline Railroad large ladies hats Main and State Main St Mr. J.D. Scott Naphtha or Gasoline Launch Newport House Ontario Beach Park peanuts Philadelphia Pt. Pleasant Rochester Trolley Sea Breeze Sea Breeze Pier Sodus Bay St. Paul Street State Street ties Turkey-Trot! umbrellas West Main Trolley Worms Wurlitzer Orchestra Piano
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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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The cover for the sheet music "School Days" by Cobb & Edwards.

Back to School in 1911 – From the Historian’s Desk

September 1, 2011 |
As the Greece kid of 1911 were headed for the first day of school It doubtful if they were singing a popular song of the day, "School Days". The refrain asks one to "take a trip on memory's ship back to the bygone days" - "sail to the old village...
Categories: 1900-1950 From The Historian's Files Living in Greece Stories
Tags: "School Days" 1869 Charlotte Grammar School 1908 1950s Charlotte High School Cobb & Edwards Common School District # 14 Common School District # 17 Common School District # 4 Common School District # 7 Eastman Kodak Company Frisbee Hill Frisbee Hill School Gus Edwards Music Pub. Co. Janes Road Joint School District No. 14 Lane's Corner
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A German field gun helps win the war

November 13, 2008 |
A German field gun helps win the war. Veterans Day and Memorial Day are special days for Americans. especially for our veterans. On these special days all across America, we gather 'round our war memorials to pay tribute to our men and women who have served and to those who...
Categories: 1900-1950 Corinthian Living in Greece Stories
Tags: 105 mm German Howitzer 1941 American Legion Post Canon Commander Cyrille Ver Weire Cyrille Ver Weire Dewey Avenue Presbyterian Church Falls Church German Howitzer Gordon A Howe Gordon Howe Greece Legionnaires James Whitley Legionnaires Memorial DAy Milton Cater Rev. Alfred Wangman Tin Cans Veterans Veterans Day World War II
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