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What is the Historic Preservation Commission?
In 1987, recognizing the value of our Town’s historic resources, the Town Board of the Town of Rochester formed the Historic Preservation Co mmission for thepurpose of establishing a working list of the town’s historic features with the goal of preserving them. These historic elements, which have been identified, surveyed and documented during the past several years, include stone and brick houses, frame and stucco houses, barns and other support farm structures, schoolhouses, churches, commercials
buildings, bridges and cemeteries (over 70!)
Historic Preservation is an important part of the overall plan that guides our community’s improvement and change; it should not be viewed as an impediment to progress. On the contrary, in identifying the historic resources of the Town, the aim is to protect and enhance the value of said properties, to the benefit of current and future residents.
Effort is now being made to alert property owners, potential buyers, and the public in general to the importance and intrinsic value of the historic properties. As part of this effort, Friends of Historic Rochester has established The Museum at 12 Main Street in Accord, and sponsors tours of historic places within the Town.
NEWS & NOTES
Learn about listing your property on the National Register here.
Learn about tax credits available to Rochester residents whose property is listed on the National Register here.
Learn about tax credits for commercial properties here.
invitation to a program
Event sponsored by Historic Preservation Commission, Town of Rochester.
FATHER DIVINE
Presentation by Carleton Mabee, widely published author and Pulitzer Prize winner.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Town Hall, Granite Rd., Accord, NY
Father Divine was a controversial social prophet who established communities in the NYC area and upstate beginning in the 1930s, including the Town of Rochester, High Falls, Saugerties, Kingston, and Milton. Carleton Mabee will describe these communities, and will include details about the early life of Father Divine as well as his personal philosophy and early influences.
Carleton Mabee himself has had direct personal contact with Divine and his movement, first in NYC in the 1930s, and recently at Divine movement locations on Long Island and in the Philadelphia area.
In attendance at the program will be several local residents who recall contacts with the Father Divine communities when they were children.
The newly published book on Father Divine by Carleton Mabee will be available at this event. Refreshments will be served.
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