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- Of those [cobblestone structures] no longer standing, four were within Victor Village:
- The Embry/Gallup store (1835, burned 1893) at the northeast of the four corners
Thomas Embry built a cobblestone general store in the village of Victor which was demolished when a fire started in it and then gunpowder and other explosive items in the basement blew it up in 1893. A Driving Tour of Historic Victor, page 5, # 10
- The school at 33 School St. (which replaced the 1816 to school across the street)
- two blacksmith shops:
Urias Decker's at 85 East Main St. in front of the present Town Hall site
One at 40 West Main St. owned at the turn of the century by William C. Snyder and built by Nathan Morgan with stones recycled from the village school when it was replaced in 1846.Others no longer standing.
- The William J. Smith home (1836 - c. 1918) at 7174 Victor-Pittsford Rd. just west of village limits
- The East Victor school (which burned) at 1183 McMahon Rd.
- The Jerome Hill House (c. 1835 - c. 1925) on Victor-Mendon Rd. across from the Wangum Road intersection
- A home which stood in a meadow at 1800 Strong Rd.
- A carriage house behind the Gregory Hill home
- A smokehouse behind the Paddock home at 1410 Victor-Holcomb Rd.
"Victor: The History of a Town", Lewis F. Fisher, 1996, p100-101.
- Unidentified cobblestone structure ruins in the vicinity of 1556 Malone Road.
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- The Embry/Gallup store (1835, burned 1893) at the northeast of the four corners
- Rose Homestead ca. 1806, 142 Victor-Egypt Road, has a cobblestone foundation. A Driving Tour of Historic Victor, page 7, # 15
- Out of the 13 public school districts established in 1825 in the Town of Victor, four were of cobblestone construction.
Vic-4, Smith, 236 High St., District 7 schoolhouse and outhouse building, built in 1845
Vic-11, District 10 Schoolhouse, 7728 Dryer Rd.
The school at 33 School St. (which replaced the 1816 school across the street) - no longer standing
The East Victor school (which burned) at 1183 McMahon Rd. - no longer standingThe Schools
For the history of the early schools of Victor, tradition and the memories of old inhabitants have been the only reliance since 1893 when the early records of the village schools were lost in the burning of the Gallup store. Upon good authority it is stated that the first school house in the town was located on School Street south of the Lehigh Valley railroad tracks not far from the site of the factory of the Victor Preserving Co. Many years later a larger building was required and this was built of cobblestone on the lost south of the present Victor High School building. In 1846 the third school house was built upon the same site. Of this the Herald presented a picture in its issue of August 1st. The cobblestones in the old building were sold to Nathan Morgan who used them in erecting the old blacksmith shop of West Main Street. An addition was made to the third building was made in 1869 or 1870. In 1882 it again become evident that more room was needed for the educating of youth of Victor and after an agitation which at times waxed acrimonious, it was voted to purchase the site of the present school building and to erect thereon a modern brick structure to cost about $10,000. This was completed in 1884. The old building was moved away and its site is now a part of the grounds surrounding the present structure. Ten years ago a large addition was made to the school building.
Transcribed excerpt from article "Life in Early Victor", The Victor Herald, August 8, 1913, Volume 32, Number 12, celebrating the Victor Centennial, August 15th, 16th and 17th, 1913.
