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PLATE XXXII
RES. or MRS. E. R. COLEMAN, GIBSON ST., CANANDAIGUA N Y
RES. or A. S. NEWMAN, CANANDAIGUA, N. Y.
RES. or L. H. TILLOTSON, CANANDAIGUA , NEW YORK.
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PLATE XXXIII
CANANDAIGUA
RESIDENCE OF MAJOR FRANK O. CHAMBERLAIN, CANANDAIGUA, N. Y.
ONTARIO
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president, and Myron Holly was appointed clerk. The village owes much of its beauty, health, and reputation to the efforts of these named and subsequent boards. And in this connection the memory of William Wood is revived. He became a citizen of the village in 1826. By his advice broad sidewalks were laid out and shade-trees planted. " Lawns and winding paths were marked and trimmed in shape; all which would tend to the future beauty of our homes was suggested to us, and even sometimes done without our knowledge." The village steadily increased its population, and, despite the lack of local advantages, con- tinues a healthy growth. The population in 1810 was one thousand one hun- dred and fifty-three; in 1820 it was four thousand six hundred and eighty; in 1830 it was five thousand one hundred and sixty-two; in 1840 it was five thou- sand six hundred and fifty-two; in 1850 it was six thousand one hundred and forty-three; in 1860 it was about seven thousand; and in 1875 it was seven thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine.
COMMUNICATION.
As the village manifested healthful progress, the travel along her streets be- came an almost endless caravan. Stage routes had been established from Albany to Buffalo, and coaches came and went full. The first stage route-laid out in 1810-from Albany terminated at Canandaigua. An opposition line was started by Samuel Greenleaf and others in 1816. From that date until 1840 this line had about four hundred stages on the road, and from this village to Geneva, sixteen four-horse teams were constantly in harness. Passengers were safely taken through to Albany in two and a half days.
A charter was granted by the Legislature for a railroad from Auburn to Roches- ter at their session in 1836. The survey was made, and followed the course of heaviest subscription, while the deep bend southward to Canandaigua indicates the influence exerted by her solid and influential citizens. Trains ran between Canandaigua and Rochester in the fall of 1840, and the first passenger train east from Canandaigua ran on July 4, 1841, to Seneca Falls. Not then was the canal- boat or stage laid aside. Distrust and inconveniences attending a new system re- quired time to remedy, but finally, with improvements has come patronage. The shriek of the whistle, the cough of the engine, the hiss of the escaping steam, night and day, are familiar sounds to the old-time residents, who view with the indifference grown of years of observation the crowds which leave the trains at the depot for a trip up the lake or a brief sojourn in the place. Not only does the Auburn branch of the New York Central Railroad pass through here, but the old Canandaigua and Niagara Falls road, now leased by the Central, starts from here, where the Northern Central terminates. Besides these railroad facili- ties, Canandaigua lake bears two steamboats, which convey the tourist and the traveler from point to point, and reveal a fruitful, pleasant country.
CANANDAIGUA OF TO-DAY.
The village of to-day has in it much of natural and artistic beauty. It is a quiet place, the chosen home of many a family, who cherish its associations, and indulge strong local attachments. As seen in its history, it is not the seat of manufacture nor the busy mart of trade. A short distance on Main street, south of the railroad, contains the business portion, and elsewhere are seen the growth of nature, the embellishment of art, the public and private residence, the temple of justice, the site of learning, and churches coeval with the century. Mag- nificent residences, on well-kept premises, are located above the business portion of the town. At the head of Main street, west side, is the elegant residence of Alexander McKechnie, erected about 1861, upon a heretofore vacant lot owned by Dr. Atwater. On the east side, on high land, stands the present residence of William T. Swartz, erected about 1818, by Rev. Evan Johns, pastor of the First Congregational church till his death. The home of Rev. A. M. Stowe is notable as one of the oldest in the village, and was the former property of Jeremiah Atwater. Next McKechnie, and on the same side, is the first residence of Francis Granger, subsequently purchased by Mrs. Mary Jackson, sister of O. Phelps, and occupied by descendants.
A large two-story frame building, erected in southern style, and considered, when built, as the finest in Ontario, has been recently purchased by the projectors of a female seminary soon to be inaugurated. On spacious and ornamental grounds back from the west side of the street stands the mansion of Mrs. Greig, notable as having given its hospitality to General La Fayette on occasion of his famed visit to Canandaigua while on his tour of the United states. An old and remodeled building, erected by Thomas Burt, and long occupied by Henry Pen- field, Esq., is the present residence of Judge James C. Smith, one of the justices of the Supreme Court of the State. The present residence of Walter S. Hubbell was erected about 1818, and occupied by Walter Hubbell, = distinguished member of the Ontario bar. Upon the corner of Howell and Main streets stands the
dwelling of James McKechnic, erected about 1856, by Mr. Lyon, county clerk. On the west side of Main street stands the residence of Levi Tillotson, one of the oldest citizens of Canandaigua; it was erected by Ebenezer Hale, in 1816. A large two-story wooden building, built in unique style, with extended wings, is the residence of Henry W. Taylor, a member of the Ontario bar, and an ex-justice of the Supreme Court of New York State. This house was put up by Timothy Morris; purchased by John Clark, father-in-law of Mr. Sibley ; and sold to Francis W. T. Phelps, grandson of Oliver Phelps, and by him disposed of to the present owner. The building now occupied by the widow of Henry B. Gibson was for- merly in use as the Ontario Bank. On the corner of Greig and Main streets, where the handsome school building of Districts Nos. 11 and 13 approaches con- pletion, stood a two-story brick, built by M. Atwater, and formerly occupied by Jeremiah Jenkins, a son-in-law, as a dwelling and post-office. Whero Dr. Moses Atwater lived in the earliest days, on August 23, 1830, Thomas M. Howell began the erection of the well-known Atwater block. This building, having three stories and a wing, was designed, and is in use, as a law building. William Wood took great interest in its construction, and at his request a large boulder from the farm of N. W. Howell, through which Howell street was afterwards surveyed, was used as a corner-stone. It was placed in the southeast corner of the building. Beneath the stone Mr. Wood deposited a tin box, inclosing documents that he considered entombed for generations. In May, 1875, the present proprietor, F. F. Thompson, Esq., removed the boulder while enlarging . basement window, and in the tin box was a paper with the
" MEMORANDA FOR POSTERITY.
"This box and contents is, this 18th September, deposited in the southeast corner of the lot formerly owned by Moses Atwater, one of the first settlers of the village of Canandaigua, and upon which his dwelling-house was erected, which he occu- pied until the day of his death, and which lot is now occupied by Thomas Morris Howell, son of his Honor Nathaniel W. Howell, who now, eighty-one years of age, is watching the erection of the building thereon, and scolding in regard to the erection. Amen. "W. WOOD."
The box being partially destroyed, the contents were placed in a glass bottle ; a memorandum was added that Messrs. Wood, Howell, and all the old residents at that time had been removed by death, and the bottle was sealed and replaced in the corner, there to remain for future ages.
On the corner of Gorham and Main streets stands a mansion erected by Nathaniel Gorham, Jr. It is four-storied on Gorham street. The south part was used as a dwelling, and in the north part was the store of Norton & Co. The property is now owned and occupied by Walter Hurd, agent of the Pulteney estate. Of the houses which stand as they stood in 1800, there are but few left. The old Chapin house, on Coy street, is almost cut off from its ancient lights by new dwellings and stores; the Cleveland house, on Chapel street, the Jackson house, on Main, built first for a tavern, the house now owned by T. F. Starks, also built for a tavern, and the Antis house, on Bristol street, stand almost alone as relics of the last century.
On July 28, 1794, William Antis received a deed from Oliver Phelps of lot No. 4, on West Main, south of Bristol street. On March 2, 1811, William Antis (2d), his father having died in 1810, conveyed, for forty-five dollars, "forty- five equal undivided fiftieth parts" of a portion of this lot, with liberty of build- ing a school-house therein, and for no other purpose. A school-house was built of brick, and is now standing, owned by Robert W. Walker, and occupied as a wagon-shop. Not one of those named in the deed are now living, although familiar to the aged as household words.
The following are the names: Nathaniel Gorham, Moses Atwater, William Shepard, Virtue Bronson, O. L. Phelps, F. Atwater, T. Chapin, I. Chapin, J. D. Bemis, N. Gould & Co., Peter Lyon, Ezekiel Taylor, Lewis Butler (colored), Jasper Parrish, Elisha Younglove, James Smedley, Asa Stanley, Timothy Young- love, Frederick Rifford, Daniel Davis, Jonathan Phelps, Richard Wells, Joseph S. Porter, James R. Mower, Freeman Mead, Swift & Jones, Ebenezer Hale, Jona- than Hart, Charles Cameron, Erastus Stanley, Daniel Bernard, Abijah Peters, John Hall, and Benjamin Waldron.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
On April 22, 1816, the village trustees "ordained and enacted" that a com- pany of firemen should be formed, and firemen appointed by the president. On the 25th of the month John W. Beals, Charles Underhill, Walter Hubbell, P. B. Underhill, Ebenezer Ely, Spencer Chapin, N. G. Chesebro, Charles Hill, Man- ning Gooding, Joseph Bull, George H. Boughton, George Clark, James Lyon, M. H. Sibley, S. T. Kibbe, Hiram S. Day, J. F. Jenkins, W. M. Jenkins, John Clark, and Abraham H. Bennett were appointed firemen. This was the old ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1.
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On June 13, the sum of six hundred dollars, in addition to one hundred dol- lars, firemen initiation fees, was appropriated by the trustees to the purchase of a fire-engine. The engine was obtained, and was the first used west of Utica.
On the first Tuesday of June, 1817, it was voted "that an engine-house be erected, and the sum of two hundred dollars be raised by tax for the purpose of defraying the expense of the same." Ebenezer Hovey contracted to build the engine-house. This house was erected shortly after, and stood on the site now occupied by the office in the southeast corner of the lot of Walter S. Hubbell, on the west side of Main street, opposite Howell street.
On May 4, 1822, by order of the trustees, it was moved down-street and placed in the garden of Judge Gorham, about ten rods cast of the old oak-tree now standing in front of the court-house, and which stood in the southwest corner of Judge Gorham's front yard. About 1857 it was moved down to Beeman street.
On June 5, 1830, the following additional firemen were appointed : Ira G. . Thompson, Edward P. Parrish, Abner Antis, Benjamin S. Day, Edward Parmele, Chauncey H. Coe, Levi Tillotson, Elnathan W. Lewis; and on June 11, Reuben Town, Levi Hubbell, Walter Whitcomb, Andrew Berryhill, Horatio G. Wolcott, William R. Brewster, Hiram Hubbard, Bartley Palmer, Hamlet D. Scranton, Porter Carson, and Thomas MeNutt.
FIRE COMPANY NO. 2 was formed, and a meeting held at the old Franklin House, on June 24, 1830. Reuben Town was the first secretary. He was suc- ceeded by O. E. Sibley, who held the office till he left the village in 1848.
The following is the roll of members as existing January 1, 1831 : Joseph Bull, A. Berryhill, O. E. Sibley, J. Corson, J. B. Stout, Reuben Town, G. Gregory, Joseph Poor, J. W. Bacon, W. M. Gibbs, W. M. Wyvill, O. A. Branch, W. M. Chipman, D. C. M. Rupp, A. Francis, Jr., Charles W. Chesebro, A. Granger, B. Palmer, T. McNutt, J. L. Woodruff, J. B. Hayes, L. L. Morse, A. O. Leland, Jesse Mason, John Reznor, George Bull, Ambrose Church, Jr., John Pinch, Jr., Charles Coy, D. H. Rugar, L. L. Boon, Henry Hyde, and Benjamin P. Frazer. Most of these men are dead, but three or four are residents of the the village.
On November 9, 1830, the trustees of the village voted to erect a new engine- house for Engine Company No. 2 on the public square, west side of Main street, south of court-house (now town hall). November 18, 1830, the president announced to the board of trustees that the supervisors of the county would not allow it to be placed there, but would consent to have it erected near the west end of the court-house. Neither trustees nor firemen were suited with that proposed location.
Immediately south of what was known as the Masonic lot, the southeast corner of lot No. 4, there was a vacant lot, and thereon the engine-house of No. 2 was erected.
The building containing the Masonic hall was burned in 1832, and some time after engine-house No. 2 was moved down-street and placed upon the former prohibited site, and from thence its location was changed to Chapin street.
On May 4, 1822, the trustees of the village appointed William Kibbe and Jared Willson a committee to purchase hooks and ladders for village fire purposes. Then these agencies for fires were operated by the citizens, and were stored under the old court-house. As the village increased, the necessity for an organized body of men was seen. Application to the Legislature resulted in an act, passed April 13, 1832, authorizing the trustees to form a company not exceeding twenty members, to be appointed by the village president. On May 23, the following were designated : John A. Granger, Wm. H. Ellis, Hovey K. Clark, E. S. Cobb, Geo. W. Bemis, E. Jackson, B. W. Farnum, Asa Spaulding, Henry G. Chapin, S. W. Ellis, A. G. Murray, D. W. Stanley, Caleb Morgan, Seth Aldrich, Moses Roberts, M N. Collins, Charles Taylor, C. G. Brewster, A. M. Church, and T. Chapin. The hooks and ladders were clumsy, and the company had no rooms. The old company disbanded, and the present company was organised January 1, 1859. Edward Pierson was president ; J. P. Faber, vice-president ; Rev. C. M. Nickerson, chaplain ; Warren Parrish, foreman ; Edgar Oatman, first assist- ant ; Charles R. Paul, second assistant; W. A. Hildreth, secretary and treasurer ; and J. Thaler, steward. December 15, 1875, the following were members : G. Stannard, Ed. Anderson, Thos. Stevenson, G. B. Anderson, C. B. Welton, Frank Boswell, E. Herendeen, L. Sprague, Wm. Orr, Edward Conklin, Mack Smith, Winfield Smith, James Reed, Geo. Herendeen, B. R. Dingley, Ed. Lawrence, 8. W. Bowen, C. W. Deys, Chas. Green, A. R. Stannard, Morris Bowens, Aug. Cooley, Wm. Bridgman, Chas. M. Fisher, Henry Beeman, Wm. Johnson, G. Burling, J. H. Chamberlain, E. C. Church, S. A. Sherwood, H. Cook, C. F. Milliken, D. G. Smith, W. L. Rhodes, and Wm. Clark, porter.
For years the citizens in the upper part of the village were without protection in case of fire. Before an engine could arrive, a building would be consumed. On December 26, 1843, a fire company, to be called " Ontario, No. 3," held its first meeting. Its organization took place in the office of Francis Granger. An
enrollment was made, and F. B. Hahn was chosen foreman; A. Fairbanks, assistant ; John S. Bates, secretary and treasurer ; Chapin Wilson, steward. The following persons signed the pledge of membership: D. Wright, G. C. Sbel- don, A. L. Dwight, Wm. Kennedy, Robert Saul, S. Brockelbank, H. Mcveigh, M. M. Cleveland, B. S. Billings, J. B. Coheacy. Jas. Service, A. J. Hayward, James Orr, M. Coyle, Wm. Jeudevine, Jr., C. B. Ackley, N. C. Foster, A, Cleveland, C. L. Huntley, H. Stevens, G. Nelson, H. Hayward, Jr., C. Root, A. P. Howell, S. Pierce, J. Tompkinson, J. Fisk, J. Ashley, G. Granger, H. N. Jarvis, M. Carroll, John McHugh, A. Persons, M. White, D. C. Crofut, P. Carson, J. Johnson, W. E. Blossom, and John T. Abbey. A fire-engine was purchased by the trustees, and the engine-house erected where it now stands. Ontario, No. 3, was a volunteer company until April 16, 1845. An act of Legis- lature was passed authorizing the creation of an increase in the number of fire- men, not exceeding twenty-four, and May 31 certificates were issued, and a new company formed.
STEAMER ENGINE COMPANY No. 1 was organised in 1870, and took posees- sion of the neat two-story brick engine-house on Niagara street, October 4, 1874. Thomas G. Wyville, foreman ; William Blanchard, assistant foreman ; John J. Dwyer, engineer ; D. Hair, first assistant engineer ; George Booth, second assist- ant engineer ; Henry H. Day, secretary ; H. N. Grimes, treasurer; H. S. Squires, steward.
STEAMER ENGINE COMPANY No. 3 received their new steamer the summer of 1875. It took the place of Hand-Engine No. 3. George W. McKechnie, foreman ; Benj. Swarthout, first assistant foreman ; E. W. McCabe, second as- sistant foreman ; John H. Johnson, secretary and treasurer; James O. Potter, engineer.
During the summer of 1875, with the consent of the trustees, a body of young men formed a volunteer fire company under the name of " Protection Company, No. 2," and took the old Hand-Engine No. 2. At various fires they have done essential service, notably so at the Webster barn fire, where they saved the "Star Building," and at the Masseth fire saved the ice-house. The following were officers : J. L. Rockwell, foreman ; G. R. West, first assistant foreman; H. Ack- ley, second assistant foreman ; J. Johnson, treasurer ; and C. Forshay, secretary.
The fire department elected October 4, 1875, consists of Oscar N. Crane, chief engineer ; George Warner, assistant engineer; Harrison D. Ferguson, secretary and treasurer; fire wardens, Samuel A. Torrey, upper district ; Joseph Masseth, middle district; Frank O. Chamberlain and Charles G. Fisher, lower district. Canandaigua may well feel pride in her fire department, fire and hook and ladder companies and steamers, hand-engine, and apparatus.
SECRET SOCIETIES.
For all time, societies have been formed having in view the welfare of the race and development of the intellect. One of the most ancient is the order of Free and Accepted Masons. The ONTARIO MARK MASTER'S LODGE of Canandaigua was installed at the house of Richard Wells, on the 13th of April, 1809, at ten A.M. An invitation had previously been extended to brethren of the degree to be present. Jared Willson was Master in 1817. The lodge met prior to 1819 within a hall in the upper story of the brick house then the property of James Sibley, now owned by Mrs. Paul. In 1819 they purchased of William Kibbe a lot on West Main street, now partly covered by a house built by Thomas Beals, and recently rented to Dwight Munger. They purchased right of way north of their lot. Upon their land they erected, in 1819-20, a large three-story brick building, the north wall windowlees. The front was on line with the street. The first story was occupied by Henry Howard as a store, the second story was used as his dwelling, while the third story contained the hall for " The Freemasons." The building was destroyed by fire in 1831 or 1832. The Morgan difficulty, in 1826, resulted in the disco- lution of the lodge, none of whose original members are known to be living.
CANANDAIGUA LODGE, No. 294, was granted a dispensation January 8, 1853. This expired May 25, 1853, and on June 11 following . charter was received from the Grand Lodge of the State of New York instituting this lodge, with the following-named first officers: Samuel W. Salisbury, Master; Jacob J. Matteson, S. W .; J. R. Pratt, J. W .; M. Beeman, Treasurer; James Stevenson, S. D .; Benjamin H. Ackley, J. D., and Joseph Poncett, Tyler. William Bryant and Richard P. Pethoric complete the original roll of nine members. J. J. Matteson, William Bryant, and J. R. Pratt are the present survivors. The lodge first met in the hall of the I. O. O. F. They removed to the upper story of the Atwater block, and finally secured rooms in the third story of the MoKechnie block, located on the east side of Main street. These rooms have been permanently occupied since January, 1872. The assembly-room is specious, and handsomely furnished. A narrow dais extends along the sides of the room and widens at the ends, where rich canopies extend over the officers' chairs. In the centre of the room is a costly
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altar, of skillful workmanship and fine material, while the floor is covered by heavy carpeting. The lodge is remarkably prosperous and stable. It is influential and central. The nine members of 1853 have increased in 1876 to one hundred and seventy-three. The present officers are : Harrison B. Ferguson, Master; Edward Parsons, S. W .; William S. McKechnie, J. W .; Solomon Jones, Treasurer; J. J. Stebbins, Secretary; Charles F. Robertson, S. D .; E. R. Hyatt, J. D .; James McEnelly, Chaplain; John Raines, Jr., Marshal ; E. B. Lewis, Organist; C. T. Mitchell, S. M. C .; F. W. Beal, J. M. C .; and E. K. Smith, Tyler.
I. O. O. F., No. 116, of Canandaigua, is existent only upon the records, from which the following is taken: "Know all men that brothers John P. Veeder, William Sheridan, J. W. Brockelbank, E. C. Chesebro, W. H. Goodwin, M. R. Lyon, M. Beeman, and George R. Purburt, in behalf of themselves, having for- mally applied for a charter for a lodge to be located in the village of Canandaigua, county of Ontario, and hailed and entitled 'Ontario Lodge;' and the R. W. Grand Lodge having conceded the application so made, a charter was to be granted." The dispensation was signed by E. Wainwright, Grand Master, May 16, 1844. The charter was granted, and the lodge instituted on July 24, 1844, as Ontario Lodge, No. 116. The officers were: William H. Goodwin, P. G .; George R. Parburt, N. G .; Thomas J. Dryer, V. G .; Eldridge G. Lapham, P. S .; Horace Manly, A. S .; Marvin Beeman, Treas .; Jno. W. Brockelbank, C .; Wm. M. Wyoll, W .; Charles W. Chesebro, O. G .; Harrison B. Ackley, I. G .; Charles D. Little, R. S. N. G .; and M. R. Lyon, S. V. R. Malloney, William Sheridan, Charles Palmer, Charles V. Bush, Thomas B. Hahn, J. M. Schermerhorn, Almon Gage, Frederick Bunnell, William Hildreth, J. W. McBride, H. C. Swift, George A. Lester, L. W. Cole, and B. R. Bronson, members,-twenty-six in number. The lodge was very prosperous for a time, taking in during its existence one hundred and ninety-two members. The organization disbanded in 1857.
CANANDAIGUA LODGE, No. 236, I. O. O. F. of the State of New York, was instituted May 18, 1870, at MeKechnie's Hall, now occupied by the Masonic fraternity. The charter members were O. N. Crane, C. A. Runyan, A. Widman, C. M. Marsh, and C. H. Marsh. A. Widman was N. G .; C. A. Marsh, V. G .; C. A. Runyan, Sec .; C. M. Marsh, Treas .; and O. N. Crane, Warden. A. Wid- man was the first District Deputy G. M. C. A. Runyan, his successor, was elected to a second term, at whose expiration he was succeeded by O. W. Crane, who likewise held for two years. Various other lodges have branched from No. 236, which is at present very prosperous and growing in popularity. Among present oficers are, C. A. Runyan, N. G .; S. A. Tozer, V. G .; William Wilson, R. Soc .; E. Weisenbeck, F. Seo .; S. F. Ambler, Treas .; J. Kershaw, C .; O. N. Crane, R. S. N. G .; W. M. Spangle, L. S. N. G .; H. C. Murray, R. S. V. G .; G. D. A. Bridgman, L. S. V. G .; George Wickam, R. S. S .; S. Pontenny, L. S. S .; William Darbit, O. G. and J .; James Parks, O. G .; S. Hendricks, Chaplain; and H. C. Murray, Organist.
SCHOOLS OF CANANDAIGUA.
The institution of schools began with the ability to provide for their mainten- ance. As in other public interesta, we find them originating as a private enter- prise, and maintained as a necessity. The earliest record of a school in Canandai- gua gives us the year 1792. The building in which it was held is not known, but the name of the teacher was Major Wallis. In 1804, Mrs. Whalley opened a boarding-school for young misses at her house, a few doors north of the court- house, and advertised to teach sewing, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, and grammar, at two dollars per quarter, and limited her class to twenty pupils. A brick school-house was erected in the village during 1810. James Smedley and James D. Bemis were the proprietors. It stood on the public square, directly north of the present town-house, and was built from brick manufactured on a lot then owned by Saltonstall, and since known as the Beals lot. Among the first teachers was a Mr. Hyde. A second school-house, also of brick, and still existing, was built in 1812, on lot No. 4, south of Bristol street, on land deeded by William Antis (2d), on March 2, 1811, to forty-five persons. The building was completed and a school opened in March, 1813, with Mr. Powell, teacher. H. D. Chipman taught a term, beginning October, 1813.
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