GENEVA HISTORICAL SOC

GENEVA, NY

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The Geneva Historical Society is a non-profit organization located in Geneva, New York, that is dedicated to preserving the history of the city and the surrounding region. The society was founded in 1883 and currently operates a museum, a research library, and an archive containing thousands of artifacts, photographs, and documents.

The museum's exhibits showcase the history of Geneva and the Finger Lakes region, focusing on topics such as agriculture, industry, transportation, and social life. The research library is open to the public and contains a wide range of resources for genealogists, historians, and other researchers, including books, maps, and newspapers.

The archive contains an extensive collection of materials related to the history of Geneva and the surrounding area, including letters, diaries, photographs, and other documents. The society also offers educational programs and special events throughout the year, including lectures, tours, and workshops.

Overall, the Geneva Historical Society is an important resource for anyone interested in the history of Geneva and the Finger Lakes region, providing a wealth of information and resources to help visitors explore the past and better understand the present.

GENEVA HISTORICAL SOC is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in GENEVA NY. US MID #8403601312

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: $ 411,230 from tax period 201212 (YYYYMM).

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.
February 18, 2023: New York State seal and mottos on interior of window, Finger Lakes Welcome Center, Geneva, New York At the Finger Lakes Welcome Center in Geneva, New York, a large window in the main hall is decorated with the New York state seal and the state's and country's official mottos.
January 17, 2023: A Gaggle of Geese at Keuka Lake, Penn Yan, New York A gaggle of Canada geese <i>(Branta canadensis)</i> hover over, and float in, the frigid waters of Keuka Lake as seen from the lawn behind the Hampton Inn on a gray, drizzly winter morning.
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.
September 17, 2022: Van Cleef Lake, Seneca Falls, New York A view eastward over Van Cleef Lake from the foot of Fall Street in Seneca Falls, New York. This 44-acre man-made lake dates to August 1915, when a low-lying district known as The Flats - home of a teeming collection of industrial works as well as the 50-foot cascade that gave the town its name - was intentionally flooded so as to create a reservoir that would feed water into Lock 2 of the Cayuga-Seneca Canal, which was being enlarged and modernized for incorporation as a link in the New York State Barge Canal network. Today the lake is known locally as a fishing spot, where largemouth bass, bluegill, and black crappie are among the popular catches. The lock itself is seen in the background, as well as a tall water tower on the premises of the former Rumsey Pump Company manufacturing plant (now owned by Seneca Falls Specialties & Logistics).

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GENEVA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
543 S MAIN ST
GENEVA
NY
14456-3194

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MID # 8403601312
Name GENEVA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Alternate Name GENEVA HISTORICAL SOC
Classification Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Mid-Atlantic
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) 160800368
NTEECC A82
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM) 201212
INCOME 418,792
REVENUE 411,230
LAT/LONG 42.862232, -76.982486
CODES FIPS State Code: 36
FIPS County Code: 069
US Census Tract: 051900
US Census Block: 3003