On Monday, April 14, the Parma Hilton Historical Society (PHHS) will host Erica Wanecski to lead a presentation on “State Run Poor Houses in the Rochester Area.” Before the welfare system, poor people had little choice except to go to a poor house. These places were less than ideal places to stay as Wanecski will explain. The presentation begins at 7 p.m. in the Ingham Room at the Hilton Community Center, 59 Henry Street. It is free and open to the public.
Mark your calendars for the Parma Hilton Historical Society Annual Members Banquet, which is scheduled for Monday, May 12, 6 p.m., at the Hilton Firemen’s Exempt Hall. Tickets are $30 per person for dinner and entertainment and will be available from PHHS Board members in April. The guest speaker at the banquet will be Derrick Pratt, director of the Erie Canal Museum. His presentation, “The Erie Canal Museum: Basics of the Erie Canal,” is part of the celebration of the waterway’s bicentennial. Pratt will include stories of the canal in Rochester and the surrounding area and how it impacted population growth.
Annual dues will also be collected at the banquet: $10 for individuals, $15 for two people living in the same household.
For more information on the PHHS and its programs, visit https://www.parmahiltonhistoricalsociety.com.
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