Historic Valentown Museum Tour
A Private Tour of Victor's Historic Valentown Museum
Sunday, October 8th at 1 p.m.
Registration Required, Limited Signups, $6.00 per person
Valentown Museum, originally called Valentown Hall, is on the National Historic Register. It's just one in a cluster of historic 19 century buildings at Valentown Square, off Rt. 96 across from Eastview Mall in Victor.
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n 1879, Levi and Alanson Valentine constructed the 4-story commercial structure as a shopping plaza, Grange hall and community center on a busy crossroads homestead owned by their grandfather, Ichabod Town. Levi built Valentown next to land where a railroad was supposed to arrive, hoping the property would be a stop on the Pittsburgh, Shawmut, and Northern Railroad. Unfortunately, the company that was building the railroad ran out of funds and tracks before they could reach Valentown
Valentown was eventually vacated and left untouched until the late 1940's when historian J. Sheldon Fisher's bought the property to preserve Valentown as a Historical Museum.
In 1998 the Victor Historical Society bought the collection, museum, approximately 14 acres, the Ichabod Town Homestead (built in 1835), the early 1800's schoolhouse and additional outbuildings.
The landmark building is a rare example of 19th century architecture and remains almost unaltered since its original construction. It is filled with a vast collection of antiques, artifacts and heirlooms from early settlers of the area. The inside remains as originally built with a general store, meeting room, bakery, harness shop, cobbler's shop, music school, display cases filled with early flags and military items, a Grange meeting room, railroad/trolley/telegraph office, ticket office, Grand Ballroom, and more.
The all-volunteer Victor Historical Society strains to preserve and protect Valentown properties and welcomes you to join the tour and enjoy a walk back in time through this amazing 144 year old building.
It is not required that you be registered to attend the 50th reunion, so go ahead and sign up and bring a friend!
But remember, due to code limits on capacity, registration is limited ! So sign up soon.
Are you wondering who's going on the "Historic Valentown" tour?
Find out here: Historic Valentown Museum Oct. 8 Tour Signups
Oh, hey... if you can't make the private tour and you're in town, you still have time to visit them during their normal hours while they are still open this season!
https://historicvalentownmuseum.org
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