Dennis Upton will portray Joseph Ellicott: surveyor, city planner, land office agent who worked for the Holland Land Company. Hear about his influence in planning the Newstead and Clarence area in the 1800s.  

Springtime Tea Party and Tour at the Octagon, Sunday, April 30th,  2 seatings, 11am and 2 pm,  limited to 12 people per seating.  Included will be a complete tour of the House, herbal and leaf teas with a presentation of medicinal herbs in the Victorian kitchen garden by Graciel from the Soul in Bloom, Savories […]

While George Washington never slept here, the history of Erie County goes back to the beginning of the Republic. Spanning over 200 years, our history includes major military conflicts,  significant inventions, three presidents, and an assassination. But what events would make a top ten list? Join Erie County Historian Doug Kohler to see what he […]

This year the Akron Community Band is celebrating its 100th season. The name has changed over the years, but the desire for performing good music has lasted a century. Long time band member Marilyn Kasparek, will discuss the long history of the band.

The Rich-Twinn House Museum and Knight-Suton Museum will be included in the various activities planned for this celebration. Watch for details on our Facebook page and the Akron Bugle.

Both the Rich-Twinn Octagon House & Knight Sutton Museum will be open. Our annual Amish quilt raffle and Baked Pie sale will take place on the lawn of one of our museums and the drawing for the quilt will take place after the parade. Both museums will be open for visitors—come and celebrate the day […]

From its early days as the home of Louis H. Sutton, owner at the age of 20 of Wheat's Ice Cream Company, to its current incarnation as a horse breeding, raising, training and stabling facility, this Akron-based farm has history spanning three generations to share. You will be surprised by what you learn.

Stays and petticoats, chemisettes and spencer jackets—discover what it took for a lady to be fashionable in the year of Newstead’s beginning! Living historian and dressmaker, Anneliese Meck will describe all the details while getting dressed in a historical reproduction of an 1823 ensemble, complete with the proper undergarments, day dress, and accessories.

Don Shonn will continue a discussion of local land titles that will highlight the battle of the Tonawanda Senecas to avoid removal to the west and to preserve their ancestral land. Don is a long- time member of the NHS, former Village attorney, and real estate lawyer.

Our Newest Exhibit “Fashions from the Collection” features a nostalgic nod to the past as living historian and dressmake Anneliese Meck opens the season with a small presentation on fashion history .  This exhibit will be on view for the 2024 season.

Learn about the historic journey of the Whiting Door Manufacturing Company. From the humble beginnings  of a father and two sons staring a local business—with grit and determinaion—that later burned to the ground to its current place as the world’s leading manufacturer of doors in the tractor trailer industry.  Speakers are Marybeth Whiting and Alexandria […]

The Akron/Newstead area has an extensive history staring in 1834 with the Medina and Darien horse-drawn railway. Followed by the NY Central “Peanut” branch in 1853, and finally the NY West Shore and Buffalo gauge quarry railroads. Join us for a power point presentation hosted by railroad historians, Bob Andrycha and Bob Scheib.