If you find errors OR have additional information about this site, please send a message to contact@waynehistorians.org.
G.R. Wignall home
| Historic Site #: | 13-080 (Exists) Type: D4 | Town: | Walworth | ||
| Site Name: | G.R. Wignall home | GPS Coordinates: | 43.139457, -77.27685 | ||
| Address: | 2139 Walworth Penfield Road, Walworth, NY | ||||
| Description: | |||||
| This was the home of G.R. Wignall about 1907. Penfield Road Tour 2006 by Walworth Historical Society | |||||
 |
 |
| Courtesy of the Walworth Historical Society, 1906 photo | Photo by Bavis 2014 |
| Historic narrative: | |||||
| Jay Taber in his 2006 articles about Penfield Road for the Walworth Historical Society wrote the following about this property: The house was originally located at #2119. It was moved here when George and Carrie purchased acreage and the house in 1905, and decided to build their home on the site. Before the sidewalks were redone, cracks were visible in the concrete from the move. It was home to Bill and Jenny VanLare and daughter Cornelia; Bill worked for George Wignall. From May 1955 until May 1956, Mary Jane Cauwels and her new husband, Arnold Devlin, rented the house for a year. Later it was home to Leon and Violet Skorinko and their three daughters, JoEllen, Cindy, and Celia. (Note: The Skorinkos later asked Harold and Richard Schultz to build them a raised ranch at #2097; they lived there for several years.) Warren and Sandy Fernaays, and children Tara and Norman purchased it in the early 1970’s. It remained in the Fernaays family until June 1999, when it was sold to Doug Tierson. | |||||