Arcadia Historic Home Tour
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The Arcadia Historical Society's first Historic House Tour on Sat. Sept. 25 (10-4)
includes six pre-1900 houses in Newark and the town of Arcadia.
The oldest house on the tour, which happens to be the oldest cobblestone in Arcadia, is
the Parker home at 2467 Parker Rd., only four miles from downtown Newark. This is one of
two houses located on Parker Rd. on the tour, which is off from Hydesville Rd. The Parker
House has remained in the same family since it was built in the 1820's.
In the village of Newark, four houses are included, all within blocks of one another.
Included are:
The Blodgett home at 308 East Maple Ave. (c. 1837). This structure was known as 'The
Prescott House' and was moved, from East Miller Street in 1948 by Dr. Jacob Sirkin, to its
present location.
Chapman's "Blue Brick Inn Bed & Breakfast" at 201 Scott St. (1854). The
house was built for Andrew C. Bartle as a wedding gift from his father, James P. Bartle.
The house kitchen and dining room were in the basement until a 1906 remodel. In 1968, a
fire caused damage throughout the house and was remodeled by then-owners, Dr. & Mrs.
A. E. Guidarelli.
The Garafalo home at 113 Williams St. Formerly known as "The Manse," the home
was built in the early 1870's. It became the Park Presbyterian Church Manse in 1899 and
remained such until the Reverend Timothy Johnson was installed in 1979.
The Powell's home at 103 Jefferson St. was built in 1831. In the 1970's, the house was
presented to the Landmark Society of Western New York by Richard W. Comstock. Comstock was
the great-great grandson of Rodman Thomas, who had moved his family into the house in
1857. |
