North Country Public Radio (NCPR) recently published an interview "A new life for Whallonsburg's old Grange" by Todd Moe with Mary-Nell Bockman, the program manager for the Whallonsburg Grange Hall. Listen to the entire interview with Mary-Nell Bockman: Listen with NCPR … [Read more...] about Mary-Nell Bockman on Whallonsburg Grange
Heritage
Dr. Samuel Shumway House
The Dr. Samuel Shumway House was built early in the 1800s (Historic Essex/ECHO documents suggest 1832, but Everest & McNulty claim 1815), in stately Federal style with some Greek Revival architectural influences. Dr. Samuel Shumway was a town officer in Essex (1841-42), and … [Read more...] about Dr. Samuel Shumway House
Charles G. Fancher House
The Charles G. Fancher House of Federal design was built circa 1824. The wooden house is located near the end of Elm Street as it approaches School Street. The original owner, Charles G. Fancher, for whom the house is named, was once the owner Wright's Inn and was also Essex's … [Read more...] about Charles G. Fancher House
Noble Clemons House
The Noble Clemons House sits near the corner of Elm Street as it approaches School Street. The house is of Italianate design and was finished circa 1850. It is an early and elegant palazzo-style home. Built for the owner of the Essex Inn, the Noble Clemons House "is a stately … [Read more...] about Noble Clemons House
Adirondack Mountain Creams: Essex Tradition Reborn
More than a century ago John Bird Burnham and Henrietta Dubois Burnham transformed a homemade maple sugar confection into a national delicacy. [Henrietta] invented this maple candy that the feature of it was it was never sugary, it was always creamy... (Koert Burnham in a 1975 … [Read more...] about Adirondack Mountain Creams: Essex Tradition Reborn