DAYTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY

DAYTON, NY

Starry Night It was clear as a bell at all times EXCEPT eclipse day
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The Dayton Historical Society is an organization based in Dayton, New York, dedicated to preserving the historical heritage of the town. The society was founded in 1974 and has since been actively involved in collecting and maintaining historical artifacts, documents, and photographs related to Dayton. The society also conducts research on the history of Dayton and its people, and organizes events and exhibits to educate the public about the town's past.

The Dayton Historical Society is located in a historic building that was once the Dayton Methodist Episcopal Church. The building has been renovated and now serves as a museum and research center for the society. The museum features exhibits that showcase the history of Dayton, including displays of antique farming equipment, household items, and photographs of old buildings and landmarks.

The society also maintains a library that houses a collection of books, maps, and other resources related to the history of Dayton. Visitors are welcome to browse the library and access the materials for research purposes.

In addition to its preservation efforts, the Dayton Historical Society is also actively involved in promoting tourism in the town. The society works closely with local businesses and organizations to develop events and attractions that highlight Dayton's unique history and culture. Overall, the Dayton Historical Society plays an important role in preserving and promoting the heritage of this small town in upstate New York.

DAYTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in DAYTON NY. US MID #8403602156

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: $ 6,528 from tax period 201308 (YYYYMM).

Starry Night It was clear as a bell at all times EXCEPT eclipse day
Brief Moment of Sun This is as close as we got to seeing the eclipsed sun.
Eclipse Cabin It was a PERFECT location to view the eclipse. If only the weather had cooperated!
Abandoned house on Route NY 394, Poland, New York (USA) I wonder how many memories in this home before it was left in the current state...
Industrial machinery dealer on Route NY 394, Poland, New York (USA)
Following Interstate 86, also known as the Southern Tier Expressway, Poland, New York (USA)
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April 14, 2023: Fountain at Barker Commons, Fredonia, New York Seen here is one of two charming fountains that bedeck the landscaped greenery comprising Barker Common, the centerpiece of the historic village of Fredonia, New York. If you're an architecture buff like me, you can read <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/198134987@N03/53581508008">more about the fountain and the park</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.
Fountain at Barker Commons, Fredonia, New York, April 2023 Seen in April 2023 is a charming park fountain, one of two that bedeck the landscaped greenery comprising Barker Common, the centerpiece of the historic village of Fredonia, New York. Measuring about two and a half acres in area, the park dates to the village's earliest history: it was in roughly the early 1810s when Hezekiah Barker, one of the earliest white settlers in the area, laid out the streets in what's now the village center, leaving aside for common use the plot bounded by Day, Church, Center, and Main Streets. (Temple Street was extended through the green a little later, creating the bisected arrangement that persists today.) The fountains themselves date to 1901 and figure among the wealth of cast iron architectural elements and design features within the NRHP-listed Fredonia Commons Historic District.
March 30, 2023: Christian Education Building, First Church of Evans, Evans, New York The Christian Education Building is the most recently built element of the otherwise immensely historic First Church of Evans complex in the town of Evans, New York: designed by architect Olaf Shelgren, Jr., it was completed in 1966. If you're an architecture buff like me, you can read <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/198134987@N03/53580725550">more about the building</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.
Christian Education Building, First Church of Evans, Evans, New York, March 2023 A view of the Christian Education Building at the First Church of Evans, 7431 Erie Road at Sturgeon Point Road, Evans, New York, as seen in March 2023. A work of architect Olaf Shelgren, Jr., senior partner in the Buffalo firm of Shelgren, Patterson & Marzec, this three-story, flat-roofed addition to the "Community Clubhouse" was the last element of this NRHP-listed church complex to have been built. Comprising twelve Sunday school classrooms, a lunchroom, and a nursery that together accommodate 400 children, it was appended to the north and east side of the church's "Community Clubhouse": a sort of king-sized fellowship hall that, in this small rural community, has traditionally been "a factor of tremendous importance in [local] life". Though the Modernist influence is obvious, its Colonial-inspired detailing of its design still allows it to mesh respectably well with the 1915-vintage sanctuary and other older structures in the complex, an attention to harmony and respect of history that was a hallmark of Shelgren's work. Notice the nods to Classicism: a symmetrical façade perforated by regularly spaced, shutter-framed eight-over-eight sash windows, projecting cornices crowning both the main exterior wall and the entrance vestibule at right, and the handsome architrave and cast-iron sconces that adorn the entrance. Ground was broken in August 1965 on the $170,000 construction project that also included renovations to the existing portion of the clubhouse as well as an expansion of the parking lot; construction lasted fourteen months and culminated in a dedication ceremony chaired by Dr. David F. Cox, executive of the Buffalo and Erie County Council of Churches. Founded in 1818 and helmed first by the Rev. John Spencer, a Presbyterian minister who commuted from Buffalo on an occasional basis, the First Church of Evans met initially in a converted log-cabin schoolhouse, then purchased its present property from the Holland Land Company and erected their first purpose-built church about 1835. Their present building was a replacement after the original was lost to fire, and was designed by the Buffalo firm of Mann & Cook to be as faithful a replica of its predecessor as possible. The Community Clubhouse to which the building in this photo was attached was originally a barn belonging to local farmer Malcolm Ingersoll, whose adjacent property was purchased by the church in 1912. The First Church of Evans is still an active congregation, but disaffiliated itself from Presbyterianism in 1910 and is now a nondenominational Christian church affiliated with the International Council of Community Churches.
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).

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DAYTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 15
DAYTON
NY
14041

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MID # 8403602156
Name DAYTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Alternate Name
Classification Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Mid-Atlantic
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) 300332846
NTEECC A80
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM) 201308
INCOME 6,568
REVENUE 6,528
LAT/LONG 42.406541, -78.972785
CODES FIPS State Code: 36
FIPS County Code: 009
US Census Tract: 960500
US Census Block: 1053