MAY 2022: WALKING WITH HEROES at Yorkshire Cemetery & SPEAKER SERIES begins- follow our Facebook posts, or take one of our walks - honoring our local veterans and suffragists.
Find information on our Events page.
50 YEARS OF WINTERFEST min-posters available for purchase! Click here.
The Arcade Historical Society's two buildings - the Gibby House and the Old Fire Hall -
do not have regular public hours until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will post fun
history stories on our Facebook page and use that forum and this website to let you know when
we will be opening up again. Stay safe and healthy while we are making history every day!
Learn more about the local, rural history in and around Arcade, New York at the Arcade Historical Society.
The Society was formed in 1957 for the 150th anniversary of the settlement of the town and collects and preserves objects and materials that illustrate the history of the town of Arcade and the surrounding area.
PHOTO ABOVE: Arcade Driving Park circa 1925. Harness racing was held on a course that was located where the Village Park now resides in 2021. The racecourse was sold to the Village for use as a park and the track, stables and grandstand bulldozed in 1934.
The Society was formed in 1957 for the 150th anniversary of the settlement of the town and collects and preserves objects and materials that illustrate the history of the town of Arcade and the surrounding area.
PHOTO ABOVE: Arcade Driving Park circa 1925. Harness racing was held on a course that was located where the Village Park now resides in 2021. The racecourse was sold to the Village for use as a park and the track, stables and grandstand bulldozed in 1934.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES:
Diane Battaglia Ginger Comstock Margaret Ronan |
Marisa Sanders Lorna Spencer Jim Yansick |
OFFICERS:
President : Joanne Haskell Vice President : Carole Jones Treasurer: Jeffrey Mason |
Operations Manager:
Susan Andrews |
The next Board meeting is Thursday, June 2, 2022, 4 pm at the Old Fire Hall or via Zoom
HOURS at the Research Archives in the Old Fire Hall: Wednesdays & Thursdays 2-6pm, or by appointment
Gibby House Museum: by appointment
Gibby House Museum: by appointment
15 Liberty Street & 331 West Main Street, Arcade, New York 14009 | Mailing address: P.O. Box 236, Arcade, NY 14009
Office at Old Fire Hall: (585) 492-0748 / Gibby House Museum: (585) 492-4466 | office@arcadehistoricalsociety.org
Office at Old Fire Hall: (585) 492-0748 / Gibby House Museum: (585) 492-4466 | office@arcadehistoricalsociety.org