Main Street Vernon Center
A view of Vernon Center's main street, now Youngs Road / NY-31.
Photo of Gail Arnold and Bobby Law at old Sconondoa Inn 1950
A photo of Bobby Law and Gail Arnold, kids who lived at the old Sconondoa Inn when it was owned by Gilbert Wetmore in the late 1940's. In the background is the brick house known as the Bellinger house, which still stands in 2024.
View of Seneca Street Looking West-1906
The photo is from a postcard dated 1906, sent from an Estelle to Flora Van Swall in Oriskany Falls, NY. It was taken in front of the stone store (also in front of the Phister photo store and grocery), looking west. The Vernon United Methodist Church stands in the background. In the foreground several individuals are walking on the sidewalk between a restaurant and clothing store. A horse and buggy proceeds down the middle of the dirt road. Telephone line pole is prominent in the center.
A Photo of the Rambler Rose Tea House
This is a photo of the Rambler Rose Tea House, at what is now 5747 Norton Road in Vernon Center. A portion of the sign is visible on the left. The photo was submitted by Brianna Webster Smith, from the belongings of her mother, Kathy Clark Durr. She writes on March 4, 2024: "Found this while cleaning my mom's house out today....I grew up in the former Rambler Rose Tea House until my parents moved in the early 2000s.
Photo: Vernon HS Class of 1914
This is a photo of the Vernon High School Class of 1914. The submitter's (Kate Perry-Pyne) maternal grandmother, Jane Stone, is in the back row, 8th from the left, with the small "x" above her head. Mildred H. Maw is in the back row, 6th from the left.
Vernon’s Oldest Citizen Dead
George W. Bronson, Vernon Centre’s oldest citizen, died Thursday at the age of 81 years.
For full page: https://www.historyofvernon.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/vernon-centers-oldest-citizen-bronson-died.pdf
Gleasons: Deaths. Samuel Cody
The death of Samuel Cody was mentioned in Gleason's, a periodical published in Boston.
The Surrender of Burgoyne: Samuel Cody
This is an Abstract of the full letter by Samuel Cody, reprinted in the Christian Watchman, 1853. Believed to have been first printed in the Utica Observer.