Historical society to host tours of prominent buildings
Seasonal collection consultant Zac Greenfield, Executive Director Jessica Moquin, and Operations Manager Joseph Fryc in front of the Chenango County Historical Society museum. (Photo by Alan Stevens)
BY ALAN STEVENS
Sun Staff Writer
NORWICH – The Chenango County Historical Society is hosting a series of free tours that will take place during the Colorscape festival this weekend. The tours will explore the architectural history of the city’s buildings.
Attendees must contact the historical society before the event to participate in the tours. More information can be found at chenangohistorical.org.
The tours begin at 11 p.m. and repeat at 1 p.m. for each day.
There are two different tours that focus on a different part of Norwich; the downtown tour and the uptown tour. The downtown tour will highlight community buildings, while the uptown tour will showcase residential buildings.
The railroad tower from City Plaza, the Post Office, the Sheriff’s Office building, the Masonic Temple and the Guernsey Memorial Library are among the community buildings featured in the tour. The historical society’s museum is also a part of the uptown tour.
The tours will be hosted by Bryan McCracken, a Historic Preservation and Neighborhood Planner in Ithaca. He has previously worked with Commerce Chenango as an economic developer, focusing on revitalizing the downtown area.
Executive director Jessica Moquin explained how the historical society reached out to McCracken.
“Bryan is actually from Chenango County. When we first conceived of this concept, we reached out to other architectural organizations and were forwarded to a gentleman from Cornell University. He said ‘well you have one of the far most experts of Chenango County architecture literally in the city of Norwich.’ I knew of Bryan, but never actually worked with him before, so we got in touch with him.”
“We look forward to exploring the visual creativity found in the seat of Chenango County,” operations manager Joseph Fryc stated. “Historic structures are essentially artifacts of our local heritage. These walking tours are unique opportunities for engagement with everyday exhibits.”
The tours were financed by the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts. They were administered by the Earlville Opera House.
Sun Staff Writer
NORWICH – The Chenango County Historical Society is hosting a series of free tours that will take place during the Colorscape festival this weekend. The tours will explore the architectural history of the city’s buildings.
Attendees must contact the historical society before the event to participate in the tours. More information can be found at chenangohistorical.org.
The tours begin at 11 p.m. and repeat at 1 p.m. for each day.
There are two different tours that focus on a different part of Norwich; the downtown tour and the uptown tour. The downtown tour will highlight community buildings, while the uptown tour will showcase residential buildings.
The railroad tower from City Plaza, the Post Office, the Sheriff’s Office building, the Masonic Temple and the Guernsey Memorial Library are among the community buildings featured in the tour. The historical society’s museum is also a part of the uptown tour.
The tours will be hosted by Bryan McCracken, a Historic Preservation and Neighborhood Planner in Ithaca. He has previously worked with Commerce Chenango as an economic developer, focusing on revitalizing the downtown area.
Executive director Jessica Moquin explained how the historical society reached out to McCracken.
“Bryan is actually from Chenango County. When we first conceived of this concept, we reached out to other architectural organizations and were forwarded to a gentleman from Cornell University. He said ‘well you have one of the far most experts of Chenango County architecture literally in the city of Norwich.’ I knew of Bryan, but never actually worked with him before, so we got in touch with him.”
“We look forward to exploring the visual creativity found in the seat of Chenango County,” operations manager Joseph Fryc stated. “Historic structures are essentially artifacts of our local heritage. These walking tours are unique opportunities for engagement with everyday exhibits.”
The tours were financed by the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts. They were administered by the Earlville Opera House.
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