Foundation gives $23K grant to Cobblestone Museum

File photos by Tom Rivers The Rochester Area Community Foundation approved a $23,000 grant to the Cobblestone Museum that will restore windows on the Cobblestone Church that was built in 1834. By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 24 August 2016 GAINES – The Cobblestone Museum is getting a much-needed boost to

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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

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