SENECA FALLS HISTORICAL SOC

SENECA FALLS, NY

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The Seneca Falls Historical Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the local history of Seneca Falls, New York. Located in the heart of the Finger Lakes region, Seneca Falls has a rich history that includes the Women's Rights Convention of 1848, which is considered a landmark event in the fight for women's suffrage in the United States.

The Seneca Falls Historical Society operates a museum that features exhibits on the town's history, including the Women's Rights Convention, the Erie Canal, and the local industry of the 19th and 20th centuries. The museum also houses a research library with a collection of books, documents, and photographs related to the history of Seneca Falls.

The society sponsors various events throughout the year, including lectures, tours, and workshops, that focus on the town's history and culture. They also collaborated with the National Park Service to establish the Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls.

The Seneca Falls Historical Society is staffed by volunteers who are passionate about preserving and sharing the town's history with visitors and residents alike. They are committed to promoting a greater understanding and appreciation of the town's rich cultural heritage and its role in shaping the history of the United States.

SENECA FALLS HISTORICAL SOC is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in SENECA FALLS NY. US MID #8403601286

The museum is classed as HSC (Historical Societies, Historic Preservation). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Mid-Atlantic (District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania). Total revenue from most recent IRS 990 Form: $ 109,519 from tax period 201212 (YYYYMM).

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May 6, 2023: Junius Ponds as seen from just off Route 318, Junius, New York A view of one the Junius Ponds, as seen on a spring afternoon from just off State Route 318 in the town of Junius, New York. Long used as a source of drinking water for the nearby village of Lyons, this series of mecromotic glacial ponds is today maintained by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation as a habitat for a wide variety of rare flora and fauna, including one of the last remaining Upstate New York populations of the critically endangered bog turtle <i>(Glyptemys muhlenbergii)</i>.
March 28, 2023: Seneca Lake shoreline from Lakefront Park, Geneva, New York Looking eastward along the northern shore of Seneca Lake from Lakefront Park in Geneva, New York on a beautiful early spring day.
January 2, 2023: Delancey Partridge House, Seneca Falls, New York Dating to 1875, the stately Delancey Partridge House in Seneca Falls, New York is notable as a late-period example of Second Empire architecture, but even more so as what is generally agreed by cinema historians to be the inspiration for the "drafty old house" purchased and restored by George and Mary Bailey in the 1946 film <i>It's a Wonderful Life</i>. If you're an architecture buff like me, you can read <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/198134987@N03/53516343458">more about the Partridge House</a> at <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/198134987@N03/">Western New York Architecture Deep Cuts</a>, my other account where I go deeper into the weeds about these sorts of things.
Delancey Partridge House, Seneca Falls, New York, January 2023 The Delancey Partridge House, 54 Cayuga Street, Seneca Falls, New York, January 2023. Built in 1875, this stately two-and-a-half-story mansion is a contributing property to the NRHP-listed Seneca Falls Village Historic District and is significant as a late-period and somewhat atypical example of Second Empire architecture: the stark color contrast between the red brick and the light-colored stone trim, the narrow round- and segmentally-arched windows with dressed stone voussoirs, the tall central tower, and of course the straight-sided, slate shingle-faced mansard roof are all trademark features of the style, while the irregular massing and Eastlake-inspired woodwork on the veranda are far more unusual. Its original owner was Delancey Erastus Partridge (1844-1879), a noted local financier who was the founding president of the State Bank of Seneca Falls. He built the house as a wedding gift to his wife Marian <i>née</i> Morris, importing brickmasons from Canada to construct the exterior while furnishing the interior with numerous items he purchased during his extensive travels through Europe, but sadly died only a few years after the house was completed. It remained in the hands of his widow until her death in 1926. The Partridge House is generally agreed by cinema historians to be the inspiration for the "drafty old house" that George and Mary Bailey bought and restored in the 1946 film <i>It's a Wonderful Life</i>, and its later history closely echoes the storyline of the movie: it was likely in a similarly dilapidated condition when director Frank Capra visited Seneca Falls in December 1945, but has been thoroughly and magnificently restored by its present owners since their purchase of the property in 1997.

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SENECA FALLS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
55 CAYUGA ST.
SENECA FALLS
NY
13148-1222

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MID # 8403601286
Name SENECA FALLS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Alternate Name SENECA FALLS HISTORICAL SOC
Classification Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Mid-Atlantic
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) 150614844
NTEECC A82
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM) 201212
INCOME 115,981
REVENUE 109,519
LAT/LONG 42.915192, -76.794183
CODES FIPS State Code: 36
FIPS County Code: 099
US Census Tract: 950200
US Census Block: 1036