Brighton Bicentennial 2014

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Town of Brighton
BICENTENNIAL
1814 - 2014
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Te photographs in this keepsake booklet come from a variety of sources,
many from the archives of the Town of Brighton. Trough the years,
residents and visitors have contributed to the towns collection of photos and
ephemera so the towns bicentennial year is a good time to share the images
in the form of a keepsake book.
When Brighton became a town in 1814, it was far larger than it is today.
Brightons original boundaries were the Genesee River on the west, Lake
Ontario on the north, and the towns of Penfeld and Pitsford on the east
and south. Beginning in 1823 with the annexation of 257 acres on the east
side of the river, the village, and later, city of Rochester annexed territory
in Brighton until today Brighton is seventy-fve per cent smaller than it was
in 1814, going from 29,000 acres and forty-fve square miles to sixty-fve
hundred acres and ten square miles in 2014.
Te towns photo collection refects these territorial losses with labels that
say ...formerly in the Town of Brighton. For example, Oliver Culver was
Brightons frst town supervisor. Te Federal style house he built in 1816
at the corner of East Avenue and Culver Road in Brighton is now located
on East Boulevard in the city of Rochester. To quote a local of cial, Were
bigger than our boundaries!
Some places have always been in Brighton and are likely to remain. Te
Twelve Corners, formed by the convergence of three old roadways, Elmwood
Avenue, Monroe Avenue, and Winton Road, is the commercial center of
town. Te approaches to Corbets Glen on Allens Creek have been altered
due to road construction, but the spectacular natural beauty of the place
remains the way it was in 1814.
Te photographs in this keepsake booklet depict our town from the late
nineteenth century to the recent past, the Brighton that was and the Brighton
that is.
Bicentennial Events . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Neighbors & Neighborhoods . . . 7
Brighton Village & Cemetery. . . . 9
Te Twelve Corners . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Brighton Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Landmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Welcome...
Whats inside...
Oliver Culver, Brightons frst town supervisor, came from
Orwell, Vermont as a young man. He took of ce on April 5,
1814, at a meeting at Stones Tavern on East Avenue, now the
Stone-Tolan House. Alice Ray Culver at lef, was Olivers wife.
BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
On the cover...
Caley & Nash manufactured horse-drawn vehicles at their shop at the
corner of East Avenue and Winton Road. In the early 20th century they
retooled to make automobile chassis. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
Camp Hideaway bus. Howard and Elaine Meath purchased Corbets
Glen from the Corbet heirs and operated a day camp in the Glen.
JEFF VINCENT PHOTO.
On the back...
PUBLISHER
Richard Procida
CONTENT
Mary Jo Lanphear
Brighton Town Historian
EDITOR
Allison Cooper
LAYOUT
and DESIGN
Darlyn Reddy
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Beth Kesel
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BICENTENNIAL
Celebrate Our
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JANUARY
Town Proclamation to be issued by the Brighton
Town Board during the frst meeting of the year at 7:00
pm on Wednesday, January 8. Te proclamation will
designate 2014 as the bicentennial of the town.
FEBRUARY
In recognition of Black History Month, Brighton
will celebrate with a Black Heritage in Brighton
event taking place Sunday, February 23 that will
commemorate the towns role as a stop on the
Underground Railroad.
APRIL
A re-enactment of the frst Town Board meeting will
take place at the actual location where history was
made in 1814. Historic Brighton, one of the towns
Bicentennial partners, will present this historic re-
enactment on Saturday, April 5, at the Stone-Tolan
House, 2370 East Avenue, which 200 years ago was
known as Stones Tavern. Re-enactments will repeat
every 30 minutes from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. A
Plowmans Lunch and tours of the historic house and
grounds will also be ofered.
MAY
Te Brighton Historic Landmark Tour on Sunday,
May 4 will be a bus tour that will drive participants by
many of Brightons historic structures and other sites
relevant to town history. Te tours will be narrated
by Brighton Town Historian Mary Jo Lanphear, and
Arlene Wright Vanderlinde and Christopher Brandt
of Historic Brighton.
A Memorial Day event will take place on Monday,
May 26 at the Veterans Memorial in Buckland Park.
During the bicentennial year, this event will have
special meaning as the Brighton community looks
back 200 years with honor and gratitude for all
Brighton residents who have served in our nations
wars.
JUNE
Te Bicentennial Community Picnic on Sunday, June
1, will be held in Buckland Park. Brighton Neighbors
United, one of the towns Bicentennial partners, will
combine Brightons individual annual neighborhood
picnics to produce the largest picnic in the towns
history. Tere will be food, games and entertainment
in this signature Brighton park.
JULY
Te annual Fourth of July Celebration held in
Meridian Centre Park will take on a bicentennial
theme. Tere will be a 5K race, amusement rides,
food and entertainment. Te day will be capped of
by a freworks celebration at dark.
AUGUST
Canal Day Celebration will recognize Brightons
rich history as a stop and lock on the Erie Canal. On
Sunday, August 10, crowds will gather at Lock 33,
located of Edgewood Avenue, to enjoy boat rides,
a demonstration of the canal lock and other canal-
themed activities.
SEPTEMBER
Brighton Village Day featuring the old Brighton
Cemetery. Te Saturday, September 13 event will
include cemetery tours, a stone raising event and a
luncheon at the Brighton Restaurant.
SEPTEMBER | OCTOBER
Brighton Homecoming 2014 will be presented by
the Brighton Central School District with the town
of Brighton and the Brighton Chamber of Commerce
as partners. A parade, food vendors and live
entertainment, centered around the Twelve Corners
Memorial Park will be featured.
OCTOBER
Te Bicentennial Reception will be one of the
highlights of the yearlong celebration that will include
delectable food and beverages.
Note: Many of the regularly scheduled yearly town
events will take on a Bicentennial theme.
Town of Brightons Bicentennial Yearlong Celebration
Special events will recognize the towns growth and rich history, including the Underground Railroad, Erie Canal, architecture and culture.
Te Town of Brighton held its frst town board meeting on April 5, 1814, in Stones Tavern, which is still standing today as the landmark
Stone-Tolan House on East Avenue (the oldest house in Monroe County). In April, the town will re-enact that historic gathering,
which took place when the town had 2,860 residents. Today Brighton has a population close to 37,000.
Other special events planned for the 2014 Bicentennial include recognition of African-American history in February,
an historic driving tour in May, Bicentennial Community Picnic in June at Buckland Park, Fourth of July Celebration,
Canal Day Celebration in August at Lock 33 and wrapping up the year with a Bicentennial Reception.
2014 SPECIAL BICENTENNIAL EVENTS
Check the Brighton200 www.brighton200.org and the
Town of Brighton www.townofrighton.org websites
ofen for the most up-to-date information
concerning event dates and times.
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Brighton
NEIGHBORS & NEIGHBORHOODS.
Home Acres, begun in 1912, is Brightons frst neighborhood and the Reserve,
now taking form on the canal, is perhaps the most recent. Many neighborhoods
have active associations that publish newsleters (the Meadowbrook Dandelion
has been published since May 1933), hold picnics and parades, and have
neighborhood watch programs. Others dont meet unless it is necessary to
address a problem or to arrange for a town amenity such as a refuse district.
Home Acres met to address the problem of deteriorating posts and lamps at the
entrances to the neighborhood. With help fom the town, some outside funding,
and support fom residents, the lamp posts and stone pillars were restored to
their 1912 appearance.
Neighbors in east Brighton helped negotiate a design for Penfeld Road that was
acceptable to the Monroe County Department of Transportation as well as the
residents along Penfeld Road and its satellite streets. A few years later, Elmwood
Avenue neighbors followed suit. When the Travelers Motel became a nuisance
in 1994, Brighton neighbors picketed the Monroe Avenue establishment. Te
Brighton Police Department set up a substation at the motel until it closed and
was replaced by the CVS Pharmacy.
When houses in central Brighton began exploding on September 21, 1951, the
frst responders were neighbors. Between 1:15 and 4:00 p.m., three of Brightons
neighborhoods, Bel-Air, Meadowbrook, and Roselawn, were the sites of a
series of disastrous explosions and fres. Tree people died, thirty were injured,
nineteen houses destroyed, and twenty-fve houses damaged seriously. Te
sudden, devastating destruction took place on the frst day of fall, an unusually
warm and sunny day. According to reports, most of the explosions and fres
happened during the frst hour and a half. By 4:00 p.m., the worst was over and
fres were under control.
Brighton has also been home to some nationally famous people. Joseph C.
Wilson, Xerox founder, lived with his family on Clover Street. Marion B.
Folsom, second Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare lived on Oak
Lane. Sol Linowitz, Xerox chairman and ambassador to the Organization of
American States for the Johnson administration, lived on East Avenue. U.S.
Senator Kenneth B. Keating lived on Clover Street as a young man and later on
Elmwood Avenue. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author of Te Yearling, lived in
Brighton when she wrote for the Rochester Journal before moving to Florida.
ALL PHOTOGr PHS FROM THE
BRIGHTON HISTORIAN COLLECTION.
LEFT: Aderica Edmunds, wife of James Edmunds who farmed on Westfall
Road and Clinton Avenue, in 1913. CENTER: Te Evans Farm neighborhood
celebrating Memorial Day in 1984 with a parade at Brookside School. RIGHT:
Howard Hanson, longtime resident of Oakdale Drive in Brighton, was chosen
to head the Eastman School of Music in 1924, a post he held until his death
in 1981.
Home Acres neighbors receiving award for
beautifying Brighton. From lef: Anne Gitlin,
Judy Schwartz, Kathy Foster, Mary Ellen
Schultz, and Rose Feltes.
Ellen Tolan, owner of the Stone-Tolan house
on East Avenue, with her electric car.
A man watches helplessly as a home on Sylvan Road burns in the afermath of
the Brighton explosions on September 21, 1951.
World War II Scrap drive in 1942. Lef to right: Town Supervisor
Charles O. Green, Emmet Sheehan who donated the truck, John
Shirley, Jack Oblein, George Klem, and Charles Walker.
In the 1920s Isabella Dorsey operated the
Dorsey Home for Colored Children in
Brighton on a twenty-fve acre farm on the
southeast corner of Elmwood and Clinton
Avenues.
PHOTOGr PH FROM THE
ALBERT STONE NEGATIVE COLLECTION,
ROCHESTER MUSEUM & SCIENCE CENTER.
Musicians Frank Mulhbeyer, the boat owner, Jesse Copson, and Tom
Monks moored at the canal stop in Brighton village.
Mr. Barnes and his Model T on Linden Avenue. Trolley stop #6 can
be seen in the background.
Continued on Page 14...
Arlene Wright leads school children in the Landmark Societys Built
Environment program in the former Brighton Village in 1986.
Celestia A. Bloss presents a medal to
pupil Frances McVean at the Clover Street
Seminary.
BRIGHTON VILLAGE & CEMETERY.
Te frst village of Brighton was a short-lived community on the east bank of
the Genesee River. It was the home of Enos Stone, who afer several visits to the
fontier to visit his brother, Orringh, decided to take up residence on the east
bank of the Genesee River circa 1808.
He cleared the land for farming and built a log cabin. By 1814, when the town
of Brighton was established, a small community of log houses, mills (saw,
grist, and fulling), and taverns existed on the east side of the river the frst
village of Brighton. An early school was located in Enos Stones barn. Te frst
annexation of land in Brighton in 1823 ended the frst village of Brighton. Te
second village of Brighton was closer to Orringh Stones house and located on a
road built in 1805 fom Stones Tavern to the Genesee River.
Te completion of a section of the Erie Canal through Brighton in 1822 also
afected the development of the new Brighton village and brought prosperity
to the small community. Later the village would be the site of both passenger
and feight train stations.
Te canal brought travelers and land speculators to the new setlement but
it also brought canawlers, those gentlemen of the waterway whose presence
increased the livelihood of not only the blacksmiths, coopers, and tanners but
also tavern keepers.
Abolitionist William Clough Bloss had a tavern on the southeast corner of the
intersection of what is now East Avenue and Winton Road. In 1905 the second
village of Brighton was annexed by the city of Rochester.
Te Brighton Congregational Church which became the Brighton Presbyterian
Church in 1870 was founded in 1817 and purchased land overlooking the canal
for a church and cemetery. Tat frst church burned to the ground in 1867. Its
replacement was built on the south side of East Avenue. Te cemetery remains
on the hill overlooking the canals successor, Interstate 490. Many of Brightons
forefathers and mothers are buried there.
Brighton Cemetery in 2014. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
Looking south from East Avenue over the South Avenue (Winton Road South) bridge
over the Erie Canal. BRIGHTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY PHOTO.
Streetcars ran on East Avenue. Tis one is near Probert Street in the village of Brighton.
Te back of the Brighton Presbyterian Church refected in the Erie Canal that ran behind
it. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
Orringh Stones headstone in Brighton Cemetery.
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LEFT:
William Clough Bloss Tavern on the
southeast corner of East Avenue and
Winton Road. Te building was torn
down for a gasoline station in 1936.
ROCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY XIV
PAGE 120.
RIGHT:
Te Womens Christian Temperance
Union of Brighton built a hall in 1894
and rented space to the Brighton
village trustees to use for of ces
and meetings. In the mid-twentieth
century it was home to LaMays
Drugstore and Gar Lowenguth
Realty. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
Norris house on west side of Winton Road South. Exit ramp from I-490 crosses the site
today. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
Looking east on East Avenue circa 1900 from the Brighton Presbyterian Church.
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THE TWELVE CORNERS.
Formed by three old thoroughfares, Brightons unique street confguration
became the commercial center of the town afer the annexation of Brighton
Village in 1905. Monroe Avenue has had many names, e.g., the State Road
to Canandaigua, the Rochester to Pitsford Plank Road, Monroe Street,
and Route 31. Winton Road that forms the skewed southwest to northeast
line through the Twelve Corners was South Avenue until the annexation of the
Village afer which it received the name Winton afer the popular automobile
of the time. Elmwood Avenue is the west-east street laid out along the lot line
surveyed by Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham in 1790.
During the brick-making era, the Twelve Corners was the site of taverns,
blacksmith shops, and other businesses. When the brickmakers moved away and
housing developments began on the satellite streets, businesses that catered to a
residential clientele came to the area. Te Brighton Town Hall rented space at
1795 Monroe Avenue fom 1928 to 1953. Wegmans was one of the frst tenants
in the new Twelve Corners Plaza in 1941. Howard Johnsons restaurant was a
mainstay on Winton Road as was the Chateau across the street. Owner Daniel
Sheehans family home was across Monroe Avenue fom the hotel. Behind the
house was an athletic feld where Jim Torpe and Red Grange once played.
In the center of the triangle formed by the three streets there was a blacksmith
shop in 1900. Later in the twentieth century, the land became a park and in
1943, the town erected a three-sided commemorative sign honoring the service
men and women of World War II.
A wreath-laying ceremony circa 1950. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
Twelve Corners Plaza in 1987, designed by architect C. Storrs Barrows and
built by contractor Emil Muller. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
Aerial view of the Twelve Corners just before the Plaza was constructed in
1941. Henry Pecks orchard has been cleared away but the new building is not
yet visible. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
Albert Lipman in 1994 at Lipmans
Kosher Market west of the Twelve
Corners that he started in 1951. Te
building is a designated town landmark.
Brighton Fire Hall #2 on Elmwood Avenue. Architect Leon Stern
designed three Tudor-style fre halls for Brighton to complement
its domestic architecture. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
Begun by Lee Irwin and Elmer DeHollander in 1932, Elmers
Garage on Monroe Avenue has been providing car services for
over eighty years. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
1832 Monroe Avenue was Edward Caples tavern. Built of brick
in the late 1840s, it was the site of town board meetings and other
civic groups. One of the Bricks of Brighton, it is a designated
Brighton landmark. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
Raymond Tierney II, who operated
Tierneys Super Duper grocery
store on Monroe Avenue, rebuilt the
business afer a disastrous fre in 1974.
Te Twelve Corners circa 1950. Lef side of photograph. HERB AND TERRY ROSS PHOTO.
Learys Hotel in 1908 stood on the corner formed by Elmwood and Monroe Avenues. In the
photograph are Corey Phillips, unidentifed, Andrew Creidt and John Cuddeback, both of
Pitsford. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
Titled Twelve Corners by the Shop, this photo of men and horses and trees illustrates
the center of the triangle circa 1900. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
Te Twelve Corners circa 1950. Right side of photograph. HERB AND TERRY ROSS PHOTO.
Te Chateau stood at the northwest corner of Monroe and Winton. Owned frst by Daniel
Sheehan, in 1925 Albert Michaels bought the hotel and renamed it Te Chateau. For ffy-
seven years it served as a restaurant and nightclub, atracting entertainers such as Kate Smith,
Milton Berle, Joe Penner, Bill Robinson, Texas Guinan, Olson & Johnson, Ted Lewis, and
cowboy star Buck Jones. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
Maleks Bakery at 1795 Monroe Avenue occupies the former Brighton Town Hall space. It is
a designated town landmark. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
Architect C. Storrs
Barrows who designed
the Brighton Town Hall,
Twelve Corners Plaza,
many fne houses, and
several neighborhoods in
Brighton.
Te Brighton Police Department in 1961.BRIGHTON HISTORIAN
PHOTO.
Te Indian Landing School baseball team with coach Scully on lef in
1952. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
ABOVE: Te Brighton Police Department in 1961. BELOW: Te Indian Landing
School baseball team with coach Scully on lef in 1952. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTOS.
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Tunnel and bridge under the railroad tracks at Corbets Glen. JEFF VINCENT PHOTO. Pergola at the Twelve Corners Park in 2010. SANDr Fr NKEL PHOTO.
Sledding in Ellison Park. SANDr Fr NKEL PHOTO.
OUR HOME in the FINGER LAKES MARCH 2014 PAGE 11
BRIGHTON PARKS.
Brighton maintains 350 acres of parkland within town boundaries. Te oldest
is Twelve Corners Park in the triangle formed by Monroe Avenue, Elmwood
Avenue, and Winton Road South.
Brighton Town Park is on Westfall Road. Adjacent to Edmunds Woods, it also
has Carmen Clark lodge.
Meridian Center Park of Winton Road South is the home of the towns annual
Fourth of July festivities and ofers a playground and ball felds. Te twenty-four
acre park provides easy access to the Erie/Barge Canal.
Corbets Glen Park is located in east Brighton on ffy-two acres of land that
extend fom Penfeld Road on the north to Corbets Glen on the south. Access
to the park is fom a small parking lot on Penfeld Road or on-street parking on
Glen Road. Named for the Corbet family that operated a large farm and later
a picnic grove along Allens Creek, the parkland was acquired by the Town of
Brighton with assistance fom the Genesee Land Trust. It was dedicated a park
in 1997.
Buckland Park is named for Amos B. Buckland of the family of brick makers
who came to Brighton in the early nineteenth century. Formerly the Max
Gonsenhauser catle farm, the land includes the brick Buckland house, a
Brighton town landmark. Dedicated in 2007, the house was rehabilitated for
use a history center with funds fom the Brighton Rotary, the town of Brighton,
and New York State.
Partly in Brighton and partly in Penfeld is Ellison Park. Te land for this park
was given to Monroe County in 1927 by Frank Ellison in honor of his father,
Nathanial B. Ellison, an early setler. Located within the park is the Schuyler
Trading Post, a log building built in 1938 to commemorate the year-long visit
of Captain Peter Schuyler and his men in 1721.
Walter Hagen, world famous golfer, born in 1892 in Corbets Glen. JEFF VINCENT PHOTO.
Rustic bridge over Irondequoit Creek in Ellison Park. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
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Supervisor Sandra Frankel and Councilman Jim Vogel at Meridian Center Park in 1997.
SANDr Fr NKEL PHOTO.
Te playground at Buckland Park. SANDr Fr NKEL PHOTO.
Te postcard falls on Allens Creek at Corbets Glen. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
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EDUCATION.
Te frst school in Brighton was probably the one at Tryon, the early commercial
village on the Irondequoit Landing in what is now Ellison Park. Oliver Culver,
an entrepreneur and the towns frst supervisor, was the instigator of that 1802
enterprise a log building, pupils of all ages, and a teacher whose other job
was clerking in the Tryon store. Te population was mostly male, young and
fuid opportunity lay over the horizon so many didnt stay long before
moving on to the Midwest. Te village of Tryon declined in the years afer the
War of 1812 and we can assume that the litle school closed when there were no
children to educate.
Te frst ofcial mention of education appears in the minutes of the frst town
meeting on April 5, 1814. At that meeting school districts were formed and
commissioners of schools appointed. Six school districts were laid out. Te town
ofcers announced that next years town meeting would take place at the District
#2 school house this would seem to imply that the building already existed.
From those six districts, the educational system in Brighton grew to twenty-four
districts in townships 13 and 14 in Range Seven. Annexations and population
shifs juggled the districts, their numbers, and the school locations. At almost
every annual town meeting fom 1823 on, there is mention of an adjustment to
the school districts. By the mid-1950s, Brightons schools were burgeoning and
the central high school could no longer accept pupils fom districts #3 through
#7.
District #7 was annexed to the Penfeld Central School system; District #6 to
Pitsford; District #4 to Rush-Henrieta, etc.
Today Brightons children are educated in fve public school districts as well as
private and parochial schools.
Brighton School District #9 closed in 1939 and is now a private home. SAM R. DAWSON PHOTO. Allens Creek School District #6 on East Avenue is now part of the Pitsford School District.
District #3 was located on Westfall Road near Clinton Avenue on land leased to the district by the
Edmunds family with the condition that they would take it back should the school close. Tis photo
was taken in 1937. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
Brighton Village School became the Winton Branch Library when it was no longer
needed by the city school district afer the annexation of Brighton Village in 1905.
It served as a library until the construction of the parking garage behind the Central
Trust/M&T Bank. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
School #5 was a one-room brick building located at the corner of Mount Hope Avenue and Critenden
Boulevard. Tis area was annexed to the city of Rochester in 1922. Note the litle boy on the lef in
the front row making a face at the camera! BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
Brighton #1 School at the corner
of Elmwood Avenue and Clover
Street. A frame building built in
1884, it was consolidated with
District #8 near Cobbs Hill to
form Union Free District #1.
Te Clover Street Seminary was
begun by Celestia Angenete
Bloss in 1835 to educate both
young men and women. It
was a boarding and day school
with pupils coming from all
over the U.S. and Canada.
School #8 was located on Monroe Avenue across from Cobbs Hill. Te
brick school house was built in 1842 on land donated by Gideon Cobb
and Miles Northrup. In 1943 the Litle Red Schoolhouse burned to the
ground. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
Brighton High School. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
Clover Montessori School circa 1975 was located in the Baptist
Temple before moving to the St. Tomas More Church campus.
Te #3 schoolhouse was built of brick. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
Children in #1 School in Brighton Village in 1908. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
District #7 became Indian Landing School in 1934. It was built of concrete
blocks in 1914 afer its predecessor burned to the ground in 1910 due to
sparks from a nearby train. In 1954 the school was annexed to the Penfeld
Central School District. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
OUR HOME in the FINGER LAKES MARCH 2014 PAGE 11
DIVERSITY.
Troughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries population increases brought new residents fom diferent cultures.
Brighton of 2014 refects that ethnic and religious diversity. Tese photos represent just a sampling of the worship sites in Brighton.
ABOVE: Te Protection of the Mother of God Russian
Orthodox Church is on Stanford Drive in east Brighton.
BELOW: Saint Tomas More Church, 1959.
ABOVE: West Brighton Presbyterian Church circa 1919.
RIGHT: Temple Sinai on Penfeld Road was designed by
architect James Johnson. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO.
BELOW: West Brighton Chapel, 1915.
ABOVE: Te Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints is on
Westfall Road. BRIGHTON HISTORIAN PHOTO
BELOW: Te Islamic Center is on Westfall Road next to
Brighton Town Park.
Your source for reunion information! Te BSAA also sponsors exciting projects to beneft
Brighton High School and recognize the achievements of BHS alumni, including
war memorials; an electronic events marquee; library renovations; BHS tours;
annual BSAA/BHS Alumni Hall of Fame events; a scholarship for BHS seniors; and
a beautiful courtyard with pavers engraved with names of alumni, teachers, staf and classes.
To fnd out more, go to: www.brightonalumni.org
To fnd fellow alumni and learn more about BHS history, go to: www.bhsalumni.net
For school district info, go to: www.bcsd.org
Congratulations Brighton
on Celebrating Your Bicentennial!
The Brighton Chamber has been connecting the Brighton community for more than 60 years!
The Brighton Chamber of Commerce
provides numerous networking opportunities,
tools and educational programs to help you
grow your business and opportunities
to inuence public policy.
By helping businesses reach their goals,
our communitys overall quality of life is enhanced.
Make connections to help you
grow your business.
Learn better, more protable ways
to do business.
Meet business leaders like you
who make a difference.
LANDMARKS.
In 1995, the town of Brighton passed a historic preservation law to protect the
rich architectural heritage of the town. By mid-2014, 58 buildings have been
designated town landmarks. Brightons oldest landmark, the 1792 Stone-Tolan
house, is also the oldest building in Monroe County. Te most recent landmark
is the 1957 Alcoa Aluminum ranch-style house, the only one constructed in
New York State and one of only twenty-four such houses nationwide.
Brighton was also the site of several brick manufacturing companies, most
notably the Rochester Brick & Tile Company on Monroe Avenue and the
Buckland Brick Company, also in the Twelve Corners area. As a result, many
of Brightons landmark houses are built of Brighton brick and most have been
designated ofcially.
Patrick Corbet purchased this house in the late nineteenth century and operated a successful
farm next to Allens Creek. When picnickers became frequent visitors, he added pavilions
and other amenities to the site. Corbets Glen is now a nature park in the town of Brighton.
1795 Monroe Avenue was used by the town of Brighton as its town hall from 1928 until
1953. Today it is the home of Maleks Bakery.
Members of the Joseph Abbey family stand in the front yard of the circa 1820 homestead on
Edgewood Avenue, one of the oldest streets in Brighton.
Isaac Moore, farmer and brick maker, built this house on Clover Street circa 1840. His heirs
sold it to the William Babcock family. A. Emerson Babcock was town supervisor of Brighton
for several terms in the early twentieth century and later became town historian.
Te Alcoa Care Free Home (1957) was designed by architect Charles Goodman for the
Alcoa Aluminum Company as they retooled their factories from airplane manufacturing to
the peacetime use of aluminum afer World War II. Not only a town landmark, the house is
also on the New York State and National Registers of Historic Places.
Te brick Buckland House was constructed sometime between 1820 and 1830 on land once
owned by Nathaniel Rochester. Amos B. Buckland owned the property from 1835 to 1865.
Te Rochester Orphan Asylum bought the property in 1911 to provide vocational experience
for the children as well as food for the orphanage on Pinnacle Hill.
For over 70 years, we have put our focus
on all things local, all things you!
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585.394.0770 www.BrightonPittsfordPost.com
BRIGHTON- PITTSFORD POST
CONGRATULATIONS BRIGHTON!
Tomas Warrant built his family home circa 1820 on West Henrieta Road. Tomas and his
family were active participants in the Underground Railroad, secreting escaped slaves in the
house and moving them on to safety in Canada.
Te earlier part of the Stone-Tolan house on East Avenue was built in 1792. Te two-story
Federal section was added in 1805. Orringh Stone and his family operated a tavern and farm
on the site; John Patrick Tolan bought it from the Stone heirs. Te Landmark Society of
Western New York bought the house and fve acres from Ellen Tolan, Johns daughter, in 1956,
and maintains it as a historic site.
1990: Residents singing in preparation for the senior
music festival.
1940s: Friendly Homes front entrance.
1918: Friendly Homes frst year at the current
Brighton location on East Avenue.
belonging
A true sense of
Since 1918, Friendly Home has been a part of the Brighton community,
offering residents and friends support, camaraderie and a warm
welcome home.
From our dedicated staff to fellow residents, each new day starts with
friends who care. The difference is in the personal detailscomfortable
living spaces, inviting gathering areas and engaging activitiesenhanced
by frst-rate clinical resources and exceptional care.
Friendly Senior Living Communities Cloverwood | Glenmere | Linden Knoll | Lovejoy | Friendly Home
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Thank you for continuing
with us on our journey,
as we step out of the past
and into the future.

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