Yates County History Center

Yates County History Center Yates County History Center, 107 Chapel Street Penn Yan, NY 14527, Phone: (315)536-7318

Bessie Trimmer, 1892
06/23/2026

Bessie Trimmer, 1892

06/20/2026
General Gordon Granger (left) was a native of Joy, Wayne County, and grew up in Phelps, Ontario County. He is best known...
06/19/2026

General Gordon Granger (left) was a native of Joy, Wayne County, and grew up in Phelps, Ontario County. He is best known for issuing General Order Number 3, which informed enslaved people in the Galveston, Texas area that they had been emancipated, on June 19, 1865. Word of Emancipation on January 1, 1863, and the war's end in April 1865, had been blocked by Confederate lines. Also pictured, Juneteenth celebrations in Richmond, Virginia and Texas.

06/18/2026

The Yates County History Center will be closed Friday, June 19 for the Juneteenth holiday. We will re-open Tuesday, June 23 at 9:00 am.

Dundee High School, Class of 1907
06/18/2026

Dundee High School, Class of 1907

Middlesex Valley Central School
06/17/2026

Middlesex Valley Central School

The Crosby School in Barrington, 1891
06/16/2026

The Crosby School in Barrington, 1891

06/15/2026

Yates County is not as well known for its women’s suffrage activism as other nearby communities, but at one time at least half of the women in the county took

Jane Jensen preparing traditional Danish food (not dated)
06/12/2026

Jane Jensen preparing traditional Danish food (not dated)

Address

107 Chapel Street
Penn Yan, NY
14527

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

(315) 536-7318

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