Worcester Walking Tour: Stepping Back to the 1880s
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Otsego 2000
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(607) 547-8881Website
http://www.otsego2000.org/Worcester Walking Tour: Stepping Back to the 1880s
The Otsego 2000 Historic Preservation Series continues with the walking tour “Worcester: Stepping Back to the 1880s.”
Have you wondered what life was like in upstate New York during the late Victorian era? As you strolled Main Street, what would you see? What could you buy? Where were new ideas coming from, and how would they get to you? This tour of Worcester explores the rhythms of everyday life more than 100 years ago.
The tour will be led by Dr. Cindy Falk, Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies at SUNY Oneonta and Professor of Material Culture at the University’s Cooperstown Graduate Program.
Ellen Pope, executive director of Otsego 2000, will have information on the Historic Home and Barn Tax Credits available to homeowners living in communities like Worcester that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Otsego 2000 offers free technical assistance in applying for these tax credits. The Otsego 2000 Historic Preservation Series will continue with a walking tour Cooperstown on November 10. Earlier in the year, the series featured walking tours in Unadilla, Gilbertsville, Fly Creek, and Hartwick.
Dr. Falk was co-editor of “Buildings & Landscapes: The Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum” for five years and is the author of “Barns of New York: Rural Architecture of the Empire State.”
The cost for the walking tour is $10. Register in advance online https://dsnp.co/hxdoLL or by calling Otsego 2000, 607/547-8881.