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A Brief History of Northgate Plaza
$5.0014 in stock
Add to cartThis 24-page booklet, illustrated with dozens of photos and maps, chronicles the history of the plaza, and its builder, Emil Muller, with photos and stories of the Dobson…
14 in stock
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A Gentleman’s Country Estate (Yates-Thayer Farm)
$7.004 in stock
Add to cartThis 22-page booklet, illustrated with dozens of photos and maps, chronicles the history of the Yates-Thayer, Elm Tree Farm, 710 Latta Road.
4 in stock
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Building Dreams…the Odenbach Story
$10.0032 in stock
Add to cartVolume 3 in the series about the Odenbach family and their businesses. Building Dreams…the Odenbach Story. The plant on Dewey Avenue in the Town of Greece was an indoor shipyard built in an orchard. The facility employed thousands of Rochesterians and turned out over 200 boats in its short five years of existence. John Odenbach’s patented methods of construction allowed him to build a boat every three weeks during World War II! The Odenbach name is synonymous with entrepreneurship in Rochester. Follow family members from their start in the hotel and liquor business into quarries, shipbuilding and golf courses. Find out about the Greece Historical Society’s efforts to preserve the legacy of the family. Author: Marie V. Poinan Publisher: the Greece Historical Society
32 in stock
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Eight Miles along the Shore
Price range: $18.00 through $28.0079 in stock
Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageby Virginia Tomkiewicz and Shirley Cox Husted An illustrated, anecdotal history of Greece, NY, this 208-page book tells the town’s history from wilderness to metropolis. The award winning book is the best available. Learn about the town’s history and its people: its business centers, Charlotte and Ridge Road, its hamlets, its farms, its schools and churches, service organizations, its parks and even its ghost stories. Book has over 300 images, maps and news articles.
79 in stock
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Images of America: Greece, NY
$21.0021 in stock
Add to cartGreece, NY is a community of nearly 100,000 people, with its picturesque Lake Ontario shoreline, Braddock Bay and marina, and more ponds than any other locality along the lake. In the town’s early years life centered around the Port of Rochester, the Genesee River at the village of Charlotte. The agricultural community has grown to become the largest town in Monroe County. This book is a collection of marvelous pictorial memories of the amusement parks at Ontario Beach Park and Manitou Beach, the grand lakeside hotels, and the open-air trolley that slowly crossed the bay and ponds, and the two lighthouses at Charlotte and Braddock Point that guided the many vessels across the lake to and from Canada.
21 in stock
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Manitou Beach Trolley Days: 1891-1925
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Add to cartby William R. Gordon Take a “ride” on the Manitou Beach Trolley from Charlotte to Manitou Beach in the days of lakeside beach resorts and parks as portrayed in the pictures and narrative of this reprinted rare book.
13 in stock
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Our Town in World War II
$5.0097 in stock
Add to cartA 60-page commemorative book published in conjunction with the 2015 exhibit, “Our Town in World War II,” and includes Greece veterans’ interviews in their own words, a snapshot…
97 in stock
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Pioneer Families of the Town of Greece – Volume 1
$30.0015 in stock
Add to cartResearched and written by GHS volunteers, this 150 page book contains vignettes, nearly 400 photos, and input from current family members that highlight each family’s contribution to the…
15 in stock
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Pioneer Families of the Town of Greece – Volume 2
$39.0025 in stock
Add to cart<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>This book, researched and written by <strong>Marie Villone Poinan</strong> and <strong>Jo Ann Ward Snyder,</strong> honors the families who settled in the area before 1872. It contains vignettes, photos, and input from current family members that highlight each family’s contribution to the town.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><em>This second volume will honor families who settled in the area <strong>before 1872</strong> but were not included in Volume 1.</em> It is also on Amazon.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p>
25 in stock
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The Barns of Greece, N.Y.
$12.0013 in stock
Add to cartAuthor Jane Grant documented barns of Greece New York in a 64-page book originally published in 2017 that shares the photos and stories recalled days prior to post-war (WW2) suburbanization when Greece was largely agricultural.
13 in stock