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The Nanticoke Valley Historical
Society owns several properties. Some of them are described here.
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The Nanticoke Valley Historical Society
Museum is located at 13 Nanticoke Road in the Hamlet
of Maine, NY. The core of the building has existed since
1813. However, the building has undergone many changes. It
is currently restored to the Victorian style that originated
about 1869. Janet (Bowers) Bothwell is the current
museum curator. |
Pitcher's Mill was built at least by 1830. In 1848 it was
enlarged and it operated until 1955. Highly prized Sunshine
Pancake Flour was milled here. The mill was purchased by
the Bower's Foundation in 1985 and donated to the
Nanticoke Valley Historical Society in 1988. The
building has been undergoing restoration since 1993 and
was opened to tours at the 1998 sesquicentennial celebration
in August. It is hoped that one day even the machinery will
be functional again. For more information please see
Pitcher's Mill page. |
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The Norton Wagon Shops are located on
Nanticoke Road in Bowers Corners (just north of the museum).
High quality wagons were manufactured in the two buildings
from the 1840's to 1929. The buildings were purchased by
the Bower's Foundation in 1933 and now belong to the
Nanticoke Valley Historical Society. Future restoration
is planned. |
The gazebo, also refered to as a pagoda, once sat further
into Maine Street (route 26). The current replica sits on
private property at Church and Main Streets. Both the original
and the replica have been used as an entertainment
center. The Maine Band still plays there occasionally.
This structure does not belong to the Historical Society,
but is included here because of its importance in Maine's
history. The pagoda is also used in Maine, New York's logo. |
A one room school house that was once a part of a joint
school district of Owego and Union has been
donated to the historical society. A Schoolhouse Committee
(a subcommittee of the Nanticoke Valley Historical Society)
initiated the move of the schoolhouse from Cafferty
Hill to the Hamlet of Maine. Pat Kollar and Michele Knaul
were Co-chairpersons of the Schoolhouse Committee at
that time. The building will be used, in part, to
demonstrate to modern school children 
what it was like to attend school in the past. The picture
to the upper left is how the school appeared in the early
1900's. To the right is what it looked like prior to its
move. The school house is at its new location in
Maine, NY. T-shirts (with a special Johnny Hart designed
logo), Schoolhouse No. 4 Pencils and other items are also
still available. Schoolhouse No. 4 was dedicated on September
24, 2000 at 2:00 p.m. Go to the Schoolhouse page for details. |
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