Cobble the Mouse will make debut to promote local museum
Photos by Tom Rivers Posted 2 July 2016 CHILDS – Georgia Thomas holds the cover of the new coloring book she wrote about Cobble, a mouse that lives at the Cobblestone Museum. The coloring book includes illustrations by Patty Blackburn of Medina and shows the mouse inside the historic buildings
Cobblestone Museum adds wine to latest art show
Photos by Tom Rivers Posted 4 June 2016 GAINES – Gretchen Schweigert of the Leonard Oakes Estate Winery in Medina serves wine on Friday to Alex Green, back left, Leanne Serrato and Peggy Barringer. The Cobblestone Museum hosted its second First Friday art show at the Cobblestone Church on Ridge
Cobblestone Museum joins effort to promote historic sites during Preservation Month
Photo by Tom Rivers Posted 22 May 2016 GAINES – May is being celebrated as Preservation Month with a “This Place Matters” campaign by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (click here). The Cobblestone Museum, the only site in Orleans County deemed by the federal government as a National Historic
Crowd turns out for art show at Cobblestone Museum
Photos by Tom Rivers Posted 7 May 2016 GAINES – The Cobblestone Museum hosted its first art show in about three decades on Friday and 75 people attended to view work by local artists. Kim Martillotta-Muscarella, pictured, organized the show. She is pictured next to some of her paintings that
First Fridays art shows will shift to Cobblestone Museum this year
Photos by Tom Rivers Posted 5 May 2016 GAINES – Taylor Daughton, director of the Cobblestone Society & Museum, is pictured in the Proctor Room at the Cobblestone Universalist Church, the site of a reception on Friday for an art show. The free event will also be a chance for
Cobblestone Museum ready for busy season
Courtesy of Virginia Kropf of the Batavia Daily News – Tuesday, April 26, 2016 CHILDS — Spring cleaning can be a daunting task after a long winter, especially if your house has been closed up and unoccupied for six months. Such was the situation which faced the new director/curator of
Cobblestone Museum director has passion for era
Story courtesy of Jim Krencik of the Batavia Daily News – February 11, 2016 CHILDS — In looking for a director for their museum, the Cobblestone Society assumed they’d need someone who can grow into the position. With Taylor Daughton, they found someone who’s young and energetic, but also won’t
Old cobblestone schoolhouse has new purpose and historical marker
Photos by Tom Rivers Posted 17 October 2015 GAINES – Al Capurso is pictured with a new historical marker that was unveiled today by the former one-room schoolhouse on Gaines Basin Road, just north of the Erie Canal. The schoolhouse was built in 1832 and is one of the oldest
Restorative effort underway at historic Print Shop
Photos by Tom Rivers Posted 15 July 2015 GAINES – A print shop from about a century ago is getting cleaned up with some new parts to be added to the old presses. David Damico, a volunteer for the Cobblestone Museum, has been reorganizing the shop, which was built in
