Name Address/Phone Type Description Email
102 North Main St. (Route 98) Art Studio Albion 3-D Satellite Gallery @Orleans County Chamber of Commerce, 102 North Main St (Route 98), Albion. M-F 9am - 4:30pm. 585-343-9313.
1420 County Line Rd (Rt 272 & 18) Attraction Enjoy a scenic drive along country roads on the Ontario lake plain where you’ll find over 30 country barns and other out buildings adorned with handpainted quilt squares. Each square has a story to tell, which may be heard while on the trail by calling a dedicated cell phone number. Pick up a map and directory at Partyka Farms, the first stop on the Trail.
Rte 98 and Park Ave Attraction In the heart of Albion, the county seat, stands the 1858 Greek Revival Style dome County Courthouse and the 1882 County Clerk's Building, surrounded by 34 architecturally significant structures. Seven churches face the square, one of which was built in 1894 by George M. Pullman, who later became a millionaire with the manufacture of railway sleeping cars. National Historic Register site. Group tours by appointment.
Culvert Rd Attraction The only tunnel allowing motorists to drive under the Erie Canal. This unique feat of engineering was built to avoid a very expensive and time-consuming construction of a bridge and approach roads on both sides of the canal that would have been needed to carry traffic over the waterway. Listed in Ripley's Believe It or Not!
456 West Ave (Route 31) Attraction GO ART! Albion Satellite Gallery located @ Genesee Community College, 456 West Ave (Rte 31), Albion. M-F 9:30AM - 4PM. 585-343-9313.
115 W. Center St. Attraction Medina Satellite Gallery @Shirt Factory Cafe, 115 W. Center St. (Rte 31), Medina M-F 7am - 9pm; SA 8am - 9pm, SU 8am - 3pm. 585-343-9313, www.shirtfactorycafe.com.
Historic Ridge Road Trail
Route 104, Ridge Road Attraction U.S. Route 104 sits upon a ridge of sand once forming the shoreline of ancient Lake Iroquois before receding 10,000 years ago. It was first used by the Senecas and Iroquois, and in 1798 a road was traced through the forest near the ridge, transforming the trail into a stage coach turnpike. The Village Inn at Childs is the only surviving stage coach stop. The Ridge is often referred to as the road of the cobblestone houses, for there are more such buildings along its 25 miles from Rochester than on any highway in America.
Mount Albion Cemetery
Rte 31E Attraction 100 acres of hills and dales encompassing 30,000 gravesites. The Soldiers & Sailors Monument Tower contains over 400 names of Orleans County Civil War casualties engraved in marble slabs. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Summer & fall narrated tours.
Murray-Holley Historical Society
Geddes St Ext Attraction 1907 train depot restored and housing local historical displays, artifacts and genealogies. By appointment.
86 Public Square Library Public library with computer access for visitors.
620 West Ave. Library Public library with computer access for visitors.
4 North Main St. Library Public library with computer access for visitors.
15 North Main St. Library Public library with computer access for visitors.
16426 Fourth Section Rd. (Rte. 31A) Museum An original 19th century two-room Clarendon schoolhouse displaying many artifacts important to the history of the community. A barn houses farming artifacts of the area. Open Sundays 2-4 PM, June-September.
14393 Ridge Rd W Museum The Cobblestone Society Museum, the only cobblestone museum in the world, showcases the unique masonry construction method using stones rounded and polished into cobble by glacial action. The museum offers guided tours of seven buildings housing artifacts from the Cobblestone Era (1825-1860) including the oldest cobblestone church in North America and the cobblestone parsonage once owned by Horace Greeley. Designated a National Historic Landmark. Open daily (except Mondays) June 23rd to Labor Day. September & October: Sundays only. Group tours by appointment.
Holley Depot Museum
Holley Fountain Square Museum This former New York Central Depot built in 1907 and closed in 1954 now exhibits local artifacts of the Erie Canal and railway eras, and houses and interpretive center for genealogical research. Open Sundays.
406 West Ave Museum We are located in the Chase-Merritt House. There is a turn-of-the-century parlor, dining room and kitchen. Included is a collection of local military items, an Antique Tools room, Erie Canal photos and a small gift shop where items of local interest can be purchased. Open the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month from June-October, from 1-4 PM. Other times are available by appointment.
530 West Ave Museum Located in a 300 foot long wooden freight house built in 1905, we opened in April 1997 with exhibits of railroad and fire fighting history. Includes the largest HO scale model railroad layout in the eastern U.S. Enjoy a leisurely 34 mi. round trip, 2 hr. ride through the Erie Canal Heritage Corridor aboard comfortable vintage 1947 Budd passenger coaches between Medina & Lockport. Museum TU-SU 11-5. Call for excursion train schedule, May-Dec.
