Chester Historical Society

Chester Historical Society Chester Historical Society promotes Chesterโ€™s rich heritage by preserving its historical places, documents, written and oral history.

We provide educational programs to our schools and community on our local history. 1915 Erie Railroad Station Museum:
The Chester Historical Society holds its monthly meetings virtually during Covid-19 Pandemic. It is handicapped-accessible. Annual events held at the museum include: the Chester Historical Society's annual yard sale fundraiser, the community tree lighting celebrating the holidays w

ith the museum open for special exhibitions. With its location on the Heritage Trail, several charity walks/runs utilize the museum's hospitality yearly. 1915 Erie Station Museum open 10 am to 3 pm Saturdays & 1-3 pm Sundays, May through October. Office in Village Hall by appointment - email [email protected].

New Chester Historic Downtown Business District Trailside Directory installed this morning. Photo by Sue Bahren.
05/29/2026

New Chester Historic Downtown Business District Trailside Directory installed this morning. Photo by Sue Bahren.

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐„๐ซ๐ข๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ!โฃโฃJoin the Chester Historical Society on ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ•, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐Ÿ๐ซ...
05/28/2026

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐„๐ซ๐ข๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ!โฃ
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Join the Chester Historical Society on ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ•, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿโ€“๐Ÿ’ ๐๐Œ as we open for the season with a special collaborative event featuring ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง and artwork by local ๐•๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ (๐•๐Ž๐‚๐€) ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ.โฃ
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This opening reception brings together history, art, and community spirit as we celebrate Chesterโ€™s past and the creativity of our local artists.โฃ
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Light snacks and refreshments will be served, so stop by, enjoy the exhibit, meet the artists, and celebrate the start of the season with us!โฃ
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๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐„๐ซ๐ข๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆโฃ
19 Winkler Place, Chester, NYโฃ
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A collaborative effort by the ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ and ๐•๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ.โฃ
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๐–๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐ŸŽจ

05/25/2026

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Opening Reception

05/25/2026
Just a taste of whatโ€™s in store for tomorrow at our Yard Sale! Hope to see you there!
05/15/2026

Just a taste of whatโ€™s in store for tomorrow at our Yard Sale! Hope to see you there!

One More Day Chester Historical Society Yard sale this Saturday Come One Come All see you there
05/14/2026

One More Day Chester Historical Society Yard sale this Saturday Come One Come All see you there

Yard Sale this Saturday! Come on out, you never know what youโ€™ll find!
05/12/2026

Yard Sale this Saturday! Come on out, you never know what youโ€™ll find!

TWO DAYS LEFT TO GET YOUR TICKETS. ANNUAL FIRST FRIDAY OF LENT FISH & CHIPSFebruary 20th - It's coming up soon!!! Orders...
02/10/2026

TWO DAYS LEFT TO GET YOUR TICKETS.

ANNUAL FIRST FRIDAY OF LENT FISH & CHIPS

February 20th - It's coming up soon!!!

Orders are now being taken for the annual Kiwanis Fish & Chips dinner at Chester Academy in Chester, on February 20th (the first Friday of Lent) - Servings are continuous from 4:00 -7:00pm (take-out available 3:30 - 6:45pm). Cost is $22 per person. Meal includes fried fish, French fries, coleslaw, dinner roll, dessert, coffee/tea/lemonade.
You may pre-pay in cash or check payable to Chester Kiwanis. Contact any Chester Kiwanis member or message us here to make your purchase.

To order and pay by Venmo, Zelle or PayPal please contact Sandy or Sue at the information provided on the flyer.

And don't forget to get your raffle tickets... $5 gets you 8 chances to win $100 worth of NYS scratch-offs, plus Mega, Powerball & Lotto drawing tickets.... there will be 2 winners again this year!

Chester Kiwanis works diligently to support our own community as well as around the globe, including our Toyland Project here in Chester, helping stock the Chester Food Pantry, scholarships in the Chester Academy, supporting local youth organizations, such as Boy & Girl Scouts, Meals on Wheels and soooo much more.

As always, thank you for your ongoing support! If you have any friends that might be interested, please feel free to forward this & we'd be happy to assist them.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐“๐ฎ๐›๐ž! We are so happy to share this wonderful history! Hereโ€™s the link...
02/09/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐“๐ฎ๐›๐ž! We are so happy to share this wonderful history! Hereโ€™s the link.

The Yelverton Inn, built before the Revolution, has a long storied history and itโ€™s right here in Chester! Historians agree, the Yelverton is one of the mos...

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ!From George Hawkinsโ€™ scrapbook; ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜บ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, sent to Sadie Hawkins in 1909....
01/01/2026

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ!

From George Hawkinsโ€™ scrapbook; ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜บ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, sent to Sadie Hawkins in 1909.

๐‚๐‡๐’ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ!

CHS Catalog No. chs-009780

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19 Winkler Place
Chester, NY
10918

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+18454692591

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