The 4th annual Parma Hilton Historical Society Pioneer Cemetery Tour was held on Saturday October 12, 2024. This year’s tour was held at Hoosick Cemetery, located at the corner of Manitou Road and West Ridge Road. This intersection is known as the pioneer hamlet of West Greece – straddling the line between the town of Greece…
On Saturday September 16th, 2023, we held a tour of one of our local pioneer cemeteries. The Parma Hilton Historical Society partnered with the Parma Public Library, to provide a tour of the Sage-Knapp Cemetery, located on Clarkson-Parma Townline Road across from Stag Creek Trail. The tour highlighted the residents of the cemetery and…
Current membership 139 Programs September 12, 2022 October 10, 2022 November 14, 2022 December 12, 2022 January 9, 2023 February 13, 2023 March 13, 2023 April 10, 2023 May 15, 2023 James Schiebel Jane Oakes Joe Reinschmidt Ed Evans Bill Sauers David Crumb Richard Iekel Ken Slaugnhaupt Marianna Gonzalez Hilton Lions Club Opera Houses…
On Saturday September 24th, 2022, we held a tour of of one of our local pioneer cemeteries. The Parma Hilton Historical Society partnered with the Parma Public Library, to provide a tour of the Wright Cemetery, located at the corner of Dunbar Road and Hamlin-Parma Townline Road. The tour highlighted the residents of the…
On Saturday October 9th, 2021, we held a tour of one of our local pioneer cemeteries. The Parma Hilton Historical Society partnered with the Parma Public Library, to provide a tour of the Smith-Dunbar cemetery, located at the corner of Dunbar Road and North Avenue. The tour highlighted the residents of the cemetery and their…
Part 4Joe Reinschmidt, Author Many area residents describe Ridge Road in Parma as “nothing but a bunch of used car lots.” By their nature of outdoor display, those uses are most visible, but a careful look reveals there is much more. Earlier this year, we spent several hours surveying the Ridge Road commercial corridor,…
Part ThreeJoe Reinschmidt, Author This segment will focus on a few individuals who were part of the history of the neighborhood of Ridge Road in Parma. Being so long and narrow, it wasn’t what one might usually think of as a neighborhood, but the elements of knowing, respecting, depending on and helping your neighbors…
Did you know that Rochester, New York, has 3,500 acres of “nationally recognized” parks? Katie Eggers Comeau will educate us on the origins of the Rochester City park system from 1888 until present to include some of the city parks which were designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted (who is famously known as…
Part TwoJoe Reinschmidt, Author This segment will feature some unique information about Ridge Rd. and both old and newer sights along the way. The road itself is unusual in that it was created with a right-of-way width of 99 feet. It is one of few in the State and the only one in Monroe…
Published in the Westside News, Spencerport, New York, on October 28, 2019 Woodland Indian Program2019 Hilton Baptist Church hosted a presentation from the Hilton Parma Historical Society and members John Corcoran, Frank Thomas (right) and Chuck Nichols. The presenters shared their wealth of knowledge about the culture and history of Native Americans. Attendees were…