HomeMy WebLinkAboutcommunity bldgs Town of Enfield Historian Report summer 2013 newsletter (2013_12_13 15_50_21 UTC)Town of Enfield Historian Report – June 2013 – Sue Thompson (sdt1@cornell.edu)
Our history club has slowed down with the ending of school. I planted broom corn to hopefully make a few brooms with our history club in the fall, and the corn is growing rapidly.
This will go along with learning about our local broom maker Alonzo Rumsey from the 1920’s. Thanks to all who showed up to view the 1903 signature quilt on May 4 at the Town Hall.
Many thanks to Helen and Ed Heatherington, and the other owners of the quilt, for sharing this wonderful piece of history with the Town. There was a lot of “genealogy” shared that day.
I have been working with Carol Kammen updating the Tompkins County Historians webpage. Tompkins County is updating all their web sites so it is a learning process as we go. We are hoping
to add a listing of the Civil War Units of Tompkins County, the history of the church buildings of the county with pictures, one-two room school houses and our listing of “significant
women in Tompkins County”.
I have updated my Enfield Historians web page and working on the listing of the civil war soldiers from Enfield and adding a listing of Enfield Community cookbooks: http://home.htva.net/~pumpguy/
I am working on a list (see below) of what I call “community” buildings of Enfield. These are buildings where community members gather for many purposes. If you have pictures old and
new of any of these building and would like to share them let me know.
Enfield Falls Community Building – Home Bureau
Tavern – Hotel: Enfield Falls, VanDorn Hotel – Peter VanDorn – Mecklenburg Road, Applegate Tavern – John Applegate Mecklenburg Road, Tavern – Bostwick Corner (Sharon and Roy Hubbell
– Other?), J.S. Travis Tavern – Buck Hill road 1853 map Hotel – Buck Hill Road south and Mecklenburg Road, Wallenbeck Tavern – Fish ad Buck Hill Road South, Nathaniel Newman – Tavern
in Enfield Center before 1812 (log cabin assumed)
Teeter Hotel – Enfield Center, Samuel Harvey – tavern on the town line in 1808 innkeeper for many years, Woodside – Kuma Night Club – Rothermich and Mecklenburg Road, Applegate Tavern
– bar Applegate Road, Newhart’s – Griffen Road,
Willowood Campsite (Pinecreek) – Rockwell Road
Churches: Baptist, Methodist, Living Water Kennedy Corners, Agape, Presbyterian, Christian
Stores: Wortman – Newhart – Presbyterian Church, Store – Thalls – corner of Enfield Center and Enfield Main, Postoffice – Iron works Enfield Center and Enfield Main, Red and White Store
– Enfield Center Valley Korners – Dandy, Partner’s Market – Gregg’s Junction Market, Stark’s Saddle Shop
Grange
Fire Hall – Old and New
Schools:
DISTRICT #1 - (TUBBS) located on the northeast corner of Aiken and Podunk Roads.
DISTRICT #2 - (ROLFE) located on the east side of VanDorn Road north of State Route 79.
DISTRICT #3 - (ULYSSES - ENFIELD) this district probably would have included property in the northeast corner of the town. Need more information!
DISTRICT #4 - (MILLERS) located on the west side of Halseyville Road just north of State Route 79.
DISTRICT #5 - (STONE SCHOOLHOUSE) located east side of Applegate Road south of State Route 79.
DISTRICT #6? - (ENFIELD CENTER) appears on the 1866 map at the northwest corner of Rothermich and Fish Roads. Later located on Enfield Center Road west of Route 327 across from the
Methodist Church.
DISTRICT #6? - (ULYSSES - ENFIELD)
--located northeast corner of Jacksonville and Iradell Roads.
DISTRICT #7 - (WOODARD) located northeast corner Woodard and Hines Roads.
DISTRICT #8 - (PURDY) located southeast corner of Bostwick and Colegrove Roads.
DISTRICT #9 - (ROLLISON) (ENFIELD-HECTOR) located southeast corner of Route 79 and Black Oak Road.
DISTRICT #10 - (THE LITTLE RED SCHOOL) Located on the east side of Connecticut Hill Road between Griffin and Rumsey Hill Roads.
DISTRICT #11 - ( HARVEY HILL) located north side of Harvey Hill Road west of Route 327.
DISTRICT #12 - this probably was a Town of Hector district with Enfield children attending. May have been at the end of Harvey Hill Road in the Town of Hector.
DISTRICT #13 - (CHRISTIAN HILL) located southeast corner of Waterburg and Iradell Roads. Appears on the 1866 map at this site.
DISTRICT #14 - (BUDDS) located near Budd Cemetery on the south side of Gray Road. Appears on the 1866 map.
DISTRICT #17 - (SAXTON HILL) located southwest corner of Cayutaville Road (or Saxton Hill Road) and Black Oak Road (or Connecticut Hill Road) in the Town of Newfield.
Government – Old and New Town Hall, Old Highway garage
Enfield Cemetery Committee
We are looking for new members of the Enfield Cemetery Committee. If you are interested please contact Sue Thompson (sdt1@cornell.edu/ 273-8256. The Committee is responsible for oversight
of the cemeteries within the Town of Enfield. The committee responsibilities include: Coordinates the upkeep of the cemeteries to include maintenance, mowing, trimming, cutting brush,
and repair of grave markers. Recommends to the Town Board purchase of equipment and repair of grave markers. Submits budget recommendations to the Town Supervisor. Sets and
removes flags from veterans graves (Before Memorial Day - May and After Veterans Day November 11). Ensures cemetery records are maintained. Makes recommendations to the Town Board
for revisions to the cemetery policy and procedures.