JAVA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

JAVA VILLLAGE, NY

April 2, 2023: Charles and Virginia Clark House, Elma, New York The work of Frank Lloyd Wright is the obvious influence in the aesthetic of the Charles and Virginia Clark House, built in 1968 on an ample three-acre wooded lot in Elma, New York. If you're an architecture buff like me, you can read <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/198134987@N03/53580311581">more about the Clark 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.
April 2, 2023: Charles and Virginia Clark House, Elma, New York Credit: Carrotflower Productions International

The Java Historical Society was founded in 2007 and is located in Java Village, New York. It is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of Java Village and the surrounding area. The Society works to collect, preserve, and share the stories, artifacts, and photographs of the area's past.

The Society meets on the last Thursday of each month at the Java Village United Methodist Church. During these meetings, the members discuss current projects and upcoming events, as well as plan for the future of the Society. The Society also organizes special events such as lectures, tours, and workshops. These events provide an opportunity for the community to come together and learn more about the history of Java Village.

The Java Historical Society is also dedicated to preserving and promoting the local culture of Java Village. The Society organizes cultural festivals and community events that celebrate the area's rich cultural heritage. The Society also works to promote the area's natural beauty by organizing hikes and outdoor events.

The Java Historical Society is an invaluable asset to the community of Java Village and the surrounding area. It is a great place to learn about the history of the area, to celebrate its culture and to explore its natural beauty.

JAVA HISTORICAL SOCIETY is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in JAVA VILLLAGE NY. US MID #8403601840

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).

April 2, 2023: Charles and Virginia Clark House, Elma, New York The work of Frank Lloyd Wright is the obvious influence in the aesthetic of the Charles and Virginia Clark House, built in 1968 on an ample three-acre wooded lot in Elma, New York. If you're an architecture buff like me, you can read <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/198134987@N03/53580311581">more about the Clark 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.
March 20, 2023: Rural scenery off Jewett Holmwood Road, Town of Aurora, New York The rolling hills and pastoral scenery of the "Southtowns" of Erie County, New York are on full display in this pleasant landscape as seen off Jewett Holmwood Road near the corner of Davis Road in the Town of Aurora.
February 3, 2023: St. Peter's United Church of Christ, West Seneca, New York The oldest existing church building in the town of West Seneca, New York, St. Peter's United Church of Christ dates to 1857 and is a fine example of the simplified vernacular wood-frame Gothic Revival church architecture that was then popular in rural America. If you're an architecture buff like me, you can read <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/198134987@N03/53576303058">more about St. Peter's</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.
January 15, 2023: German-language plaque on front of St. John's Lutheran Church, Lancaster, New York This stone panel affixed on the front exterior wall of St. John's Lutheran Church in Lancaster, New York, just above the entrance, is engraved in German with the church's original name - <i>Erste Deutsche Evangelische Luth. Gemeinde</i> (First German Evangelical Lutheran Community) - and the year 1874, in which the construction of the present church building, the second to house the congregation, was begun.
January 20, 2023: WDCX radio transmitter building and tower, Boston, New York A view of the transmitter building and tower of radio station WDCX, located in the town of Boston, New York. Rising 348 feet above the top of a low hill just off Zimmerman Road, the tower beams its signal in a non-directional pattern over a roughly 8,000-square-mile area that covers virtually all of the Niagara Frontier as well as many adjacent regions: a circle extending from Hamilton, Ontario in the northwest to Bradford, Pennsylvania in the southeast to the outer suburbs of Rochester in the northeast. The oldest continually operating Christian radio station in the Buffalo market, and only the second of any format to broadcast in stereophonic sound, WDCX signed on the air in February 1963 and, from its <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/carrotflowerproductionsintl/52967610448">studios</a> on Delaware Avenue just north of downtown, today broadcasts a schedule of nationally syndicated religious programming both on its original frequency of 99.5 FM as well as via two AM simulcasts (WDCZ 970 in Buffalo; WDCX 990 in Rochester) and one Class D FM translator (W296EF 107.1 in Rochester).
January 11, 2023: Faith United Church of Christ, Boston, New York Though its own history <i>per se</i> dates back only to 1960, Faith United Church of Christ in Boston, New York is heir to the legacies of two faith communities that each counted long traditions in the town, dating back to 1834 and 1835 respectively. If you're an architecture buff like me, you can read <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/198134987@N03/53516609955">more about the church</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.
January 3, 2023: St. Matthew's United Church of Christ, Hamburg, New York Built in 1961, the design of St. Matthew's United Church of Christ, Hamburg, New York Associates typifies the stylistic approach taken by architects Shelgren & Whitman in the latter era of the firm's existence: a conservative take on Modernism tempered by vaguely defined but palpable nods to traditionalism. If you're an architecture buff like me, you can read <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/198134987@N03/53516495984">more about St. Matthew's</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.
East Aurora New York ~ Palmer House in the Griggs Mansion Bed Breakfast ~ Historical THE HISTORIC GRIGGS MANSION Built circa 1892 by local businessman Abbott S. Griggs, the Queen-Anne Victorian Mansion remains mostly unchanged since that time. The Double Parlor showcases the original Roycroft printed wallpaper, original electric chandeliers and sconces, window shutters with a hide-away feature, and original Pocket Doors that have a story to tell. Palmer House in the Griggs Mansion Bed Breakfast
East Aurora New York ~ Roycroft Inn ~ Historical Arts Crafts Building ~ Lounge Bar The Roycroft Campus, the Roycroft way of life and its story began in 1897 with Elbert Hubbard a legendary man of vision who founded the American Arts and Crafts Movement in East Aurora NY. For more than 20 years, the Roycroft Campus was a center of entrepreneurship, creativity and learning. It was a hub of activity with over five hundred working artisans and craftsmen and drew visitors from faraway places. In 1905 the Roycroft Inn was opened to accommodate visitors and artisans looking to experience this emerging community and style.
East Aurora New York ~ Roycroft Inn ~ Historical Arts Crafts Building ~ Lobby The Roycroft Campus, the Roycroft way of life and its story began in 1897 with Elbert Hubbard a legendary man of vision who founded the American Arts and Crafts Movement in East Aurora NY. For more than 20 years, the Roycroft Campus was a center of entrepreneurship, creativity and learning. It was a hub of activity with over five hundred working artisans and craftsmen and drew visitors from faraway places. In 1905 the Roycroft Inn was opened to accommodate visitors and artisans looking to experience this emerging community and style.
December 5, 2022: St. Matthias Episcopal Church, East Aurora, New York The distinguished Late Gothic Revival architecture of St. Matthias Episcopal Church in East Aurora, New York - a 1928 work of the local firm of Shelgren & Whitman - has recently earned it a listing on the National Register of Historic Places. If you're an architecture buff like me, you can read <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/198134987@N03/53501692860">more about St. Matthias</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.
St. Matthias Episcopal Church, East Aurora, New York, December 2022 St. Matthias Episcopal Church, 374 Main Street at Maple Street, East Aurora, New York, December 2022. Built in 1928 to a design by the Buffalo-based architectural practice of North & Shelgren, the moderately simplified Late Gothic Revival styling of this stone church is quite typical of the firm's output at the time: the narrow, Gothic-arched window dominating the top half of the façade is echoed by the paired windows on the side elevations but contrasted by the round arch that crowns the main entrance, which in turn is flanked by stepped, gablet-topped buttresses. The spireless tower with its tall louvered window is tucked into the corner of this Tetris block-shaped building. Founded in 1869 as the Episcopal Church's first organized congregation in the village, St. Matthias rented space from the local Universalist church until the construction of their first proper home at some time in the early 1870s (a gap in parish records precludes ascertaining the exact date). From humble beginnings the parish steadily grew, but financial difficulties were a perennial struggle in roughly the first half-century of its history: the need to purchase land for (1894, on the present site) and build (1895) a second, larger church, as well as persistent needs for structural repairs on the rectory, kept the parish in debt on an almost continuous basis. Nonetheless, St. Matthias grew into an established presence in East Aurora and, with the onset of the early 20th-century Progressive movement, established a reputation as a champion of social justice: the church was on the forefront of the local scene vis-à-vis issues such as workers' rights, women's suffrage, and (more controversially) also the temperance movement. In 1917, only two years after finally retiring their debt, St. Matthias' parish vestry installed Rev. Henry de Wolf de Mauriac, formerly pastor of a congregation in New Hampshire, as their new rector and soon thereafter turned their attention to the possibility of erecting another, still larger new church. The Building Fund was officially established in 1923 when Robert B. Ward, a parishioner, donated his family home for use as a temporary rectory during the construction process, the proceeds from the later sale of which could be used to help settle building costs. After additional fundraising, the cornerstone was laid for the current building in September 1927, with dedication eight months later. Ultimately, in 2019, its distinguished architecture earned it a listing on the National Register of Historic Places.

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MID # 8403601840
Name JAVA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Classification Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Mid-Atlantic
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) 222580042
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LAT/LONG 42.678657, -78.438186
CODES FIPS State Code: 36
FIPS County Code: 121
US Census Tract: 970900
US Census Block: 3002