Today, we visit Genesee Country
Over forty building have been moved from counties in Western New York to Mumford to create the Country Village.
Carol, Bill, Marg, Bill M.,
Eric, Sue & Pat pose
for me.
The 19th century bandstand
is in the distance.
I am fascinated by the elevated
bandstand & imagine people in
Victorian clothing strolling
nearby.
A Civil War encampment with a Hydrogen balloon
Balloons were used for reconnaissance
during the war.
St. Feehan's Roman Catholic
Church was built in 1854.
The interior of the church
It's very simple.
Thomson's Tavern & Store
was built around 1807.
Church was built in 1844.
Romulus Female Seminary
was built in 1855.
A reenactor shares the
school day in this private
girls school with visitors.
The MacArthur House was
built in 1831.
was built in 1834.
The Tailor Shop was
built in 1849.
The Tinsmith Shop was built
around 1860.
The reenactor talks about
the items made by the
Tinsmith.
Shop was built in the 1850s.
The Flint Hill Pottery building
was built in the 1860s.
A reenactor works at the
pottery wheel, making
a candlestick holder.
The pottery he makes here is sold at the Gift Shop.
The Shaker Trustee's Building
was built in 1839.
Mother Ann Lee, founder of the Shaker Movement, is buried in a Shaker Cemetery in Colonie, New York.
Shakers sold seeds, herbs &
floral waters in the 1800s.The Jones Farmhouse was
built in 1820.
Additions were built in
the 1830s.
A reenactor shows a
cheese wheel that has
been aging in the
cheese cupboard.
The Octagonal Hyde House
was built around 1870.
The Hamilton House, a large
Victorian, was built in 1870.
The Living Room &
Dining Room
The Kitchen
The Carriage House
Town Hall was built
around 1822.
Hosmer's Inn was built
in 1822.
The water pump in front
works.
The Printing Office, built in
the early 1800s, produced
newspapers & broadsheets.
The Printing Press
Grieve's Brewery was
built in the early 1800s.
Wooden Beer Barrels
Hops grows next to the
Hop House, built
around 1870.
The Quaker Meeting House
was built in 1854.
Quakerism is a Protestant sect that emerged out of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. Quakers arrived in America in the 1700s.
Eric and I had a great time walking around Genesee Country Village and learning about the 19th century in Western New York.
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