Institution
Photo of Vernon fire company with Christmas decoration on roof
Daily Sentinel, Rome, Feb 25, 1928 page 3
Maple Park Home for Aged Ladies
In early 1905, a group of raised the funds to create a home for aged women and unwed mothers in Vernon Center. They purchased the F.A. Cody homestead for the location. Cody, wealthy leader of Vernon Center’s hops farming empire (and distant cousin to “Buffalo Bill Cody”). A civic-minded leader, Cody sold it for a […]