This page contains a series of articles about historic Childs in the Town of Gaines. The hamlet of Childs lies just north of Albion at the intersection of Routes 104 and 98. In 2019, Childs was selected to be on the Landmark Society of Western New York’s “Five to Revive” list. In 1993, the federal U.S. Department of the Interior declared the Cobblestone Museum in Childs a National Historic Landmark, the first site in Orleans County with that distinction.)
Volume 1 (2020)
Article 1 – John Proctor
Article 2 – The Village Inn
Article 3 – Blacksmith Shop
Article 4 – Nellie Vagg
Article 5 – Temperance
Article 6 – Red Brick Buildings
Article 7 – The Cobblestone Universalist Church
Article 8 – The Ward House
Article 9 – District #5 Schoolhouse
Article 10 – Printing
Article 11 – Farmers Hall
Article 12 – Harness Shop
Article 13 – DAR Places Historic Markers
Article 14 – Electricity, Part 1
Article 15 – Electricity, Part 2
Article 16 – Electricity, Part 3
Article 17 – Electricity, Part 4
Article 18 – Horse & Buggy Days
Article 19 – Proctor Brook
Article 20 – Farming, Part 1
Volume 2 (2021)
Article 1 – Farming, Part 2
Article 2 – Farming, Part 3
Article 3 – Farming, Part 4
Article 5 – Farming, Part 6
Article 6 – Reflections, Part 1
Article 7 – Reflections, Part 2
Article 8 – Historic Markers
Article 9 – Liberty Pole
Article 10 – The H & A Superette
Article 11 – The Tillman Family
Article 12 – The Upper Gallery
Article 13 – Extra Cobblestones
Article 14 – The Lattin Family, Part 1
Article 15 – The Lattin Family, Part 2
Article 16 – The Castle
Article 17 – Historic Outhouses
Article 18 – Delia Robinson
Article 19 – The Gaines Jubilee Celebration
Article 20 – Judge Henry Childs
Article 21 – Pioneer Women
Article 22 – Norris Vagg
Article 23 – John Cunneen
Article 24 – J. Howard Pratt, Part 1
Article 25 – J. Howard Pratt, Part 2
Article 26 – Early School Districts
Article 27 – The Albion Rotary Club
Article 28 – Early Recreation, Part 1
Article 29 – Early Recreation, Pt 2 (With Gaines Grange)
Article 30 – Forming the Cobblestone Society
Article 31 – Sanford B. Church Sesquicentennial Essay
Article 32 – Pranks
Article 33 – Stories from Church
Article 34 – Mansion House / County Court
Article 35 – Native Peoples, Part 1
Article 36 – Natural History – Pt 2 – Dr. Lattin
Article 37 – Five Corners, Part 1 – Bacon Family
Article 38 – Five Corners, Part 2
Article 39 – The Voting House
Article 40 – The Murray Dollhouse
Article 41 – The Murray Dollhouse, Part 2
Article 42 – The Erie Canal, Part 1
Article 43 – Erie Canal, Part 2 (Historic Canal Breaches)
Article 44 – John Proctor Autobiography
Article 45 – The Akeley Fox
Article 46 – The Gaines Sesquicentennial
Article 47 – Oldest Artifact
Article 48 – Popular Images of Yesteryear, Part 1
Volume 3 (2022)
Article 1 – Images of Yesteryear, Part 2
Article 2 – Images of Yesteryear, Part 3
Article 3 – Images of Yesteryear, Part 4 – Alice Blue Gown
Article 4 – The Cyclorama
Article 5 – The Bear Trap
Article 6 – Popular Images of Yesteryear, No. 5 – The Rock of Ages
Article 7 – Popular Images of Yesteryear, No. 6 – The Angelus
Article 8 – Popular Images of Yesteryear, No. 7 – The Chubby Cherubs
Article 9 – Popular Images of Yesteryear, No. 8 – The Light of the World
Article 10 – Musical Instruments, Part 1 – The Bass Viol
Article 11 – Musical Instruments, Part 2 – The Estey Reed Organ
Article 12 – Musical Instruments, Part 3 – The Melodeons