Historic Sites

If you find errors OR have additional information about this site, please send a message to contact@waynehistorians.org.

 

DAR Chapter House

Historic Site #:01-109   (Exists)   Type: D10 Town:Arcadia
Site Name:DAR Chapter HouseGPS Coordinates:43.044469, -77.096932
Address:119 High St, Newark NY
Description:
The Colonel William Prescott Chapter, NSDAR was organized on January 31, 1917 in Newark, New York. The man for whom it is named led a regiment of Minutemen, fortified Breed's Hill and repulsed two attacks by the British at Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775.

The chapter meets September through June on the third Wednesday of the month at noon.


Colonel William Prescott Chapter on Facebook

 
Photo by JNP 20210112Photo by JNP 20210112
 
Historic narrative:
References:

List of Members 1926

Historic Homes In and Around Arcadia, Cecilia B Jackson (1982)

Newark Courier-Gazette article by Cecilia Jackson, 1 July 1976 (not available online)