Joseph Eastland

Joseph Eastland,
Marble Factory,
Bethany Center.


















"Grave and Tomb Stones, Monuments, &c. at Bethany Centre...Paint-stones, Mullers, Window-caps, Door-sills, &c."

"He has on hand a large assortment of White and Clouded Marble, from Castleton, Vermont, which cannot well be surpassed for beauty or durability..."

"Will take most kinds of Country Produce will be received in part payment and the work done as reasonable as at any shop in Western New-York."

March 1844 - Batavia newspaper

Bethany Town Hall

Bell
in Old Town Hall
~ Bell was made in 1834 by
James Cochrane,
a Bell Founder whose business was in Batavia
on Bank Street, affectionately called "Dingle Alley"

Old Town Hall,
Bethany Center

Harry Woolf

Harry Woolf was another store keeper, who later settled in Bethany Center in 1889 on the southeast corner. In the front of the building was Dr. Orlando Croff's office. Mr Woolf started peddling on the roads with a hand cart. Soon, by means of horses. He was successful enough in his business to buy the property. He remodeled the house and built on the front part of the building. Here he carried on a flourishing General Store until 1933 when he sold it to Fay Starkweather. In 1941, the Rennerds came out from Buffalo and purchased the property.Then in the spring of '56, Donald Ford took over the store, remodeled it extensively, as a 'serve yourself' store, with 'walk-in' cooler. This store has always been run in a friendly, neighborly manner and is generally known as a 'Mom & Pop' store.
- History of the Town of Bethany, M. Ford;
L. Breckenridge Gaetano & L. Conpenelis Schmidt, c. 2005.

Huggins General Store

Huggins Store, Bethany Center

Carlos A Huggins had one of the early stores in Bethany Center in 1869. It was located on the northeast corner of the four corners at Bethany Center. His home was the small house just north of the store.

Bethany Center resident

Celia Platek at
Bethany Center

Platek Family Kids

Back row:
Isabelle [Scott] Platek, Monica (Kozlowski) Platek

Front row:
Daniel Platek, Jerome Platek(holding Fido), Ted Platek

Picture taken c. 1929-1930

Teresa, 1933

Teresa Platek, at Bethany Center
~ family house and barn in background, 1933

Platek Family

Platek family in Bethany Center, c. 1928

Left to right:
Dorothy(holding Daniel), Ted, Monica, Jerome

Bethany Center, 1930

Photo taken in Bethany Center, early 1930s.

From left to right:
Michael Platek, William Dombrowski, Ben Thompson