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Timeline
EAST ROCHESTER NY TIMELINE
1600s
PRIOR TO SETTLEMENT BY THE WHITE MAN IN EAST ROCHESTER AREA SENECA INDIANS ROAMED THESE LANDS. ARROWHEADS WERE FOUND ON THE WORTHING FARMLAND AND ALSO NEAR FAIRPORT AND MARSH ROADS
1835
SCHOOL TAXES WERE PAID IN STOVE WOOD, ONE CORD
1853
NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD TRACKS WERE LAID THROUGH THIS AREA
1875
SPRING LAKE WAS FORMED NEAR LINDEN AVENUE BY BUILDING A DAM
1896
IN THE LATE 1800’S THE AREA SOON TO BE DESPATCH WAS MADE UP OF SEVERAL LARGE FARMS SOME OF WHICH WERE OWNED BY JOHN AND CHARLES WESTERMAN, BYRON WORTHING, ANDREW AND CHARLES LINCOLN, CHARLES RANSOM, AND THE TUNIS BRIZEE FARM.
THIRTY-FIVE ACRES OF FARM LAND WAS DONATED BY WALTER PARCE TO THE MERCHANTS DESPATCH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY.
DESPATCH LAND OFFICE OPENED IN READING ROOM.
1897
A PLANNED COMMUNITY WAS BUILD AROUND THE MERCHANTS DESPATCH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY AND WAS CALLED DESPATCH.
FIRST POST OFFICE OPENED ITS VOLUME WAS 8 LETTERS A DAY.
FRYATT’S DESPATCH GROCERY STORE OPENED
CAR SHOP CORNERSTONE WAS LAID AND BBQ PICNIC HELD
GREAT LAND PARTITION AND SALE OF LOTS--ONE LOT WAS SOLD.
“DESPATCH SPECIAL WAS THE FIRST NEWSPAPER IN DESPATCH
FIRST RELIGIOUS SERVICE WAS HELD IN METHODIST CHURCH OF DESPATCH
DR JOHN ALLEN WAS FIRST DOCTOR IN DESPATCH
DESPATCH FIRE DEPT-HOSE COMPANY #1 WAS ORGANIZED.
1899
DESPATCH ‘RED BRICK SCHOOL HOUSE’ OPENED ON EAST AVENUE
BRAINERD BRASS COMPANY MOVED TO DESPATCH.
1900
ONTARIO GRAIN DRILL COMPANY WAS FOUNDED
1901
BAPTIST CHURCH HELD ITS FIRST SERVICE
1902
WAGES AT MDT ROSE FROM 13 CENTS PER HOUR TO 15 CENTS
1904
FIRST ELECTRIC LIGHTS IN THE VILLAGE
PIANO WORKS FACTORY CONSTRUCTION STARTED
1905
ST JEROME’S CATHOLIC CHURCH FOUNDED
PIANO WORKS FACTORY OPENED FOR BUSINESS IN NOVEMBER
1906
VILLAGE NAME WAS CHANGED FROM DESPATCH TO EAST ROCHESTER
THE FIRST VILLAGE ELECTIONS WERE HELD
1907
T. JOSEPH MITCHELL ELECTED FIRST EAST ROCHESTER BOARD PRESIDENT
MERVIN THOMPSON WAS THE FIRST POLICEMAN IN DESPATCH
1908
A LAW WAS PASSED BANNING HITCHING HORSES TO TREES.
A LAW REQUIRING FOWL AND RABBITS BE CONFINED WAS ALSO PASSED
1909
EAST ROCHESTER VILLAGE POPULATION WAS 1,951.
EAST ROCHESTER SCHOOL BUDGET WAS $10,750.00
350 PUPILS WERE REGISTERED IN RED BRICK SCHOOL
A LAW PASSED STATING NO ANIMAL SHALL BE DRIVEN OVER 10 MPH IN THE VILLAGE
THE SCHOOL COLORS WERE CHANGED FROM RED & WHITE TO BROWN & WHITE
FIRST SERVICE HELD AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1910
THE COST OF THE EAST ROCHESTER REALITIES NEWSPAPER WAS .25 CENTS FOR 3 MONTHS
W. D. HEWES INSURANCE AGENCY OPENED
VILLAGE CURFEW FOR CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN WAS SET FOR 8:30 PM
FIRE WOOD COST 5 CENTS A LOAD AT THE ICE DEALER STORE
1911
SAXTON’S DEPARTMENT STORE OPENED FOR BUSINESS
1912
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF EAST ROCHESTER OPENED
NEW YORK CENTRAL TRAIN WRECK ON E. MAPLE AVE-THREE MEN KILLED
BYRON WORTHING ORIGINAL FARM OWNER DIED
1913
FIRST HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAME. IT WAS PLAYED ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE EYER BUILDING
FIRST EAST ROCHESTER HS BACCALAUREATE SERVICE WAS HELD
EAST ROCHESTER STUDENT G. HOAGLAND WROTE THE ERHS ALMA MATER
1914
GREAT FIRE IN THE EYER BUILDING ON MAIN ST
CAR SPEED LIMIT IN VILLAGE WAS 15 MPH
BRICKS WERE LAID ON COMMERCIAL STREET WHICH UNTIL THEN WAS DIRT.
1915
FIRST SERVICE AT ST MATTHIAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
1916
REV MACKENZIE APPOINTED PATOR OF BAPTIST CHURCH
DEDICATION OF EDMOND LYON PARK
VILLAGE WENT DRY
1917
GENENDEWAH GOLF COURCE BUILT BY KATE GLEASON JUST WEST OF THE VILLAGE LINE.
1918
JULES VERNE FISH WAS THE FIRST EAST ROCHESTER SOLDIER KILLED IN WWI
KATE GLEASON BECAME THE 1ST US WOMAN BANK PRESIDENT
WORLD WAR I ENDED, NOVEMBER 11TH.
1919
DRUGGIST J. MURRAY FRANKLIN SHOT DEAD IN HIS STORE. ONLY UNSOLVED MURDER IN EAST ROCHESTER.
EAST ROCHESTER PIONEER SOCIETY FOUNDED
1920
EAST ROCHESTER WAS THE FIRST COUNTY SCHOOL TO SERVE MILK / CRACKERS MID MORNING.
1921
ERHS BASKETBALL TEAM WON ITS FIRST COUNTY TITLE
KATE GLEASON CONCREST HOUSING BEGAN.
1922
ST ANTHONY SOCIETY WAS STARTED
EAST ROCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY OPENED IN RIALTO THEATRE
1923
1924
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH HELD FIRST SERVICE
PARKSIDE METHODIST CHURCH SCHOOL WAS ADDED IN THE REAR OF THE CHURCH
FIRST ISSUE OF BROWN AND WHITE SCHOOL NEWSPAPER
EAST ROCHESTER ELEMENTRY SCHOOL WAS BUILT IN 1924, NAMED FOR LOIS BIRD IN 1979
1925
1926
EAST ROCHESTER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OPENED ON MAIN STREET. IT WAS MAINLY USED AS A BIRTHING HOSPITAL
EAST ROCHESTER ROTARY WAS STARTED
ST NICHOLAS SOCIETY WAS FOUNDED
KKK HAD STATE CONVENTION AT WASHINGTON STREET AND HICKORY SEPTEMBER 25TH
1927
EAST ROCHESTER GIRL SCOUTS WERE ORGANIZED.
HOSELTON CHEVROLET OPENED ON E. COMMERCIAL ST
EAST ROCHESTER HS TRACK TEAM ORGANIZED
PARKSIDE DAIRY OPENED ON E. COMMERCIAL STREET
1928
1929
FIRST HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALLL GAME OCTOBER 9TH.
1930
MEMORIAL DAY – WWI MONUMENT WAS DEDUCATED IN EDMUND LYON PARK
WALTER PARCE – FOUNDER OF DESPATCH/ER DIED ON TUESDAY JUNE 3RD.
1931
H. WORDEN WAS ELECTED THE VILLAGE BOARD PRESIDENT. SERVED FROM 1914 TO 1931
25 YEARS OF EAST ROCHESTER TROLLEY CAR SERVICE ENDED.
THE FIRST ER GAGASHOAN YEAR BOOK WAS PUBLISHED
1932
HAM CONNERS WAS APPOINTED POLICE CHIEF, HE SERVED IN THIS POSITION FROM
1932 - 1965
1933
KATE GLEASON DIED, JANUARY 9, 1933, THURSDAY
FIRST TRAFFIC SIGNAL WAS INSTALLED ON MAIN ST AND WEST AVENUE
EAST ROCHESTER BOY SCOUT TROUP #136 WAS ORGANIZED
1934
LIBRARY HOUSED IN MUNICIPAL BUILDING HAD 7,525 BOOKS
EYER PARK DEDICATED – JULY 8TH
1935
1936
HARRY EYER – EARLY VILLAGE INVESTOR - DIED ON MARCH 3RD
1937
187-FOOT HIGH VILLAGE WATER TOWER WAS ERECTED ON MAPLE AVENUE AND GARFIELD ST. IT REPLACED THE TOWER ON THE CORNER OF FILBERT PLACE AND LINCOLN ROAD.
US POST OFFICE BUILDING OPENED ON W. COMMERCIAL STREET
REED’S DRUG STORE OPENED ON EAST MAIN – CIGARETTES 11CENTS
1938
JOSEPH J. O’BRIEN WAS FIRST ELECTED TO US CONGRESS
1939
FIRST LITTLE BROWN JUG HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME. YEARLY FOOTBALL RIVALRY GAME BETWEEN FAIRPORT AND EAST ROCHESTER WHERE WINNER KEPT LITTLE BROWN JUG FOR YEAR. LAST GAME PLAYED IN 1987.
SCHOOL MOVING UP DAY WAS ORGANIZED BY DOROTHY ODONNELL
1940
THE FIRST EAST ROCHESTER AMBULANCE CALL
1941
1942
FIREWORKS EXPLOSION ON THE CORNER OF BAIRD RD AND WHITNEY RD – 11 PEOPLE DIED NOVEMBER 6TH.
1943
WWII SERVICEMEN’S HONOR ROLL PLAQUE WAS ERECTED IN EDMUND LYON PARK
1944
1945
THE BUBLIC BUILDING CLOSED FOR FOUR DAYS BECAUSE OF COAL SHORTAGE
1946
EAST ROCHESTER BOARD OF HEALTH OFFERED FREE TB PATCH TEST
A FIRE IN THE ST MATTIAS ESPISCOPAL CHURCH BURNED PART OF THE ROOF OFF
EAST ROCHESTER SWEETLAND OPENED
1947
SATURDAY MAY 31ST EAST ROCHESTER CELEBRATED THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VILLAGE
1948
J. EUGENE GODDARD ELECTED TO NYS ASSEMBLY
NORTHSIDE INN OPENED
1949
CABBY PROVIDENCE CHRISTENED THE ERHS SPORT TEAMS “THE EAST ROCHESTER
BOMBERS”
THE KATE GLEASON SWIMMING POOL WAS OPENED BY THE EAST AVENUE GRADE SCHOOL
WW II MONUMENT WAS ERECTED IN EDMUND LYON PARK
1950
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9TH WAS THE LAST DAY FOR LINCOLN ROAD RAILROAD GATE OPERATOR
FATHER GEFELL DIED- SERVED ST JEROMES CHURCH FOR 45 YEARS
ER RAILROAD STATION WAS DEMOLISHED ON MAIN AND MAPLE STREETS
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL WAS STARTED
BURGESS MEREDITH PLAYED “HARVEY” IN EAST AVENUE HIGH SCHOOL
SAM URZETTA WON THE NATIONAL AMATEUR GOLF TITLE
1951
PARKING METERS WERE INSTALLED ON VILLAGE STREETS
1952
THE NY STATE FIREMENS CONVENTION WAS HELD IN EAST ROCHESTER
ST JEROMES SCHOOL OPENED WITH FIFTY PUPILS
1953
PAUL BOWER WAS ELECTED MAYOR – HELD OFFICE UNTIL 1971
1954
ER CIVIL DEFENSE WAS ORGANIZED IN JUNIOR HIGH GYM
E. RETTA FRYATT DONATED HER HOME ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND IVY STREET TO THE VILLAGE
TIE VOTE FOR TRUSTEE – WALTER NOHE WON THE DRAW
A COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED TO STUDY BECOMING A CITY
1955
ER BRANCH OF FIRST CHURCH OF CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST WAS STARTED
WASHINGTON STREET UNDERPASS WAS COMPLETED
1956
KENNETH COURTNEY ELECTED PERINTON TOWN SUPERVISOR
DEDICATION OF NEW TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
1957
DR. J. HABER APPOINTED VILLAGE HEALTH OFFICER
THE COUNCIL OF CHURCHES WAS ORGANIZED
1958
1959
THE HIGH SCHOOL ON WOODBINE AVENUE OPENED
THE CURRENT VILLAGE LOGO WAS DESIGNED
SWAN STREET WAS CHANGED TO LINCOLN MILLS ROAD
1960
VILLLAGE BORN BARRY TUTTLE OPENED THE TOWN AND COUNTRY MUSICALS
1961
THE VILLAGE PASSED A DOG LEASH LAW
1962
1963
THE NYSTATE UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE OPENED IN THE VILLAGE HALL
1964
THR FIRST OF 64 DISEASED ELM TREES WAS REMOVED
A NEW SEWAGE PLANT OPENED
1965
THE LAWLESS BROTHERS PAPER MILL PLANT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.
THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY WAS CREATED
THERE WAS A GREAT POWER BLACKOUT OF THE WHOLE NORTH EAST
1966
72 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN FOUR DAYS
LOCAL HISTORY OFFICE WAS STARTED BY LUCILLE SAUNDERS
THE ER SENIOR LITTLE LEAGUE WON THE WORLD CHAPIONSHIP
1967
SUSAN JOHNSTONE WAS APPOINTED THE FIRST POLICE WOMAN
1968
THE FIRST CLASS 5 CENT POSTAGE STAMP WAS RAISED TO 6 CENTS
THE NEW FIRE HALL ON THE CORNER OF WEST AVENUE AND MAIN STREET WAS DEDICATED
1969
THE PENN CENTRAL HAD A TRAIN WRECK ON W. MAPLE AVENUE
1970
A LAW WAS PASSED BANNING PARKING ON FRONT LAWNS IN THE VILLAGE
THE MERCHANTS DESPATCH CARSHOPS CLOSED
1971
THE BUILDING OF THE LINDEN EAST CONDOMINIUMS WAS STARTED
1972
THE PARKING METERS WERE REMOVED FROM THE VILLAGE DOWNTOWN
1973
THE CANDY KITCHEN ON MAIN STREET CLOSED BECAUSE OF URBAN RENEWAL
THE GROUND BREAKING FOR THE VILLAGE MALL-TECHNIPLEX TOOK PLACE
1974
DOROTHY DIANETTI WAS ELECTED FIRST WOMAN VILLAGE BOARD MEMBER
PARKSIDE MANOR WAS OPENED
1975
1976
JAMES NAGLE WAS ELECTED TO THE NYS ASSEMBLY
1977
1978
THE EAST ROCHESTER MUNICIPAL CENTER WAS DEDICATED
GLORIA SWANSON APPEARED AT VILLAGE CINEMA
1979
1980
KOREAN – VIET NAM MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED ON MAY 24TH.
THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WAS BUILT IN 1936 WAS NAMED FOR TLR MORGAN
1981
THE VILLAGE FORMED A CO-TERMINOUS GOVERNMENT
THE LINCOLN ROAD UNDERPASS WAS COMPLETED
1982
1983
1984
1985
THE PIANO WORKS FACTORY CLOSED FOR GOOD ON APRIL 2ND
1986
1987
1988
THE NEW BAND STAND AT EDMUND LYON PARK WAS DEDICATED
1989
HAROLD DYGERT DIED ON AUGUST 15TH, HE WAS THE BUILDER OF FOREST HILLS
THE FOOTBALL FIELD NAMED FOR DON QUINN
1990
THE NEW LINDEN AVENUE BRIDGE WAS COMPLETED
1991
GREAT ICE STORM
1992
THE LAST OF THE 33 FIRE ALARM BOXES WERE REMOVED
1993
EYER PARK REDEDICATED
ERCN TV CHANNEL 12 FIRST AIRED
1994
1995
CLASSED BEGAN IN THE NEW EDUCATIONAL CAMPUS, AT THE END OF GARFIELD STREET AT FAIRPORT ROAD
1996
JAMES ALESI ELECTED TO NY STATE SENATE
COUNTRY CLUB PLAZA COMPLETED
A BUILDING EXPLODES ON DESPATCH DRIVE
1997
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2000
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