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On Scottsville Road (New York State Route 383) 0.1 miles north of Morgan Rd.
The Chili District No. 4 School was built in 1848 and operated as such until 1952. On September 19, 1965, it was dedicated as a museum.
Established by legislation passed February 22, 1822, the Township of Chili is believed to have been named after . . . — — Map (db m57781) HM
On Scottsville - West Henrietta Road (New York State Route 253) 0.5 miles east of Scottsville Rd. (New York State Route 383), on the right when traveling east.
West of Genesee River built 1700 feet due south, home of “Indian” Allen, 1786, and Peter Sheffer, settler, 1789 — — Map (db m108507) HM
Near Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway (Interstate 90 at milepost 366), 12.6 miles Interstate 490, on the right when traveling east.
The Genesee River rises in Pennsylvania and flows northward 150 miles before emptying into Lake Ontario. Starting as a placid stream, the Genesee, in Letchworth State Park, plunges over three impressive cataracts, dropping 300 feet in three miles. . . . — — Map (db m57085) HM
On Rochester Street (New York State Route 251) 0.2 miles south of Main Street (New York State Route 383).
A Railroad Takes Over the Canal
The Genesee Valley Canal Railroad purchased the Genesee Valley Canal after it closed in 1878 or $100 a mile and began building tracks on the canal's towpath. By the time the line was opened here at . . . — — Map (db m64946) HM
Near Rochester Street (Route 251) 0.2 miles south of Main Street (Route 383).
Scottsville & Genesee River Canal
In the 1830s, farmers and businessmen built a railroad and canal to get their crops, gypsum, and flour from the mills in Caledonia, Mumford, Wheatland Center, and Garbutt to the Genesee River, Rochester, and . . . — — Map (db m64947) HM
On Scottsville Road (New York State Route 383) just north of Jarrett Road, on the right when traveling south.
Revolutionary War captain, first settler in Chili in 1792. Supplied seed grain to whole region and set out one of first orchards. — — Map (db m58017) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 383) 0.2 miles west of Rochester Street (New York State Route 383), on the left when traveling west.
First town west of Genesee River organized here 1797
Ebenezer Allan Home 1786
Peter Shaeffer Farm 1789
Terminus Pioneer R.R. 1838 — — Map (db m54146) HM
