All program meetings are free of charge and open to the public. Meetings are held at the Newstead Town Hall, 5 Clarence Center Road, Akron, NY unless noted otherwise. Download a 2023 Program here
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
