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Timeline of Early Brighton History
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 | 1669 French explorer LaSalle arrives at Irondequoit
Bay & Creek by today's Ellison Park. |
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| 1721 Peter Schuyler, Jr. built a fort as an English trading
post on Irondequoit Creek. |
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| 1789 John Lusk, first white settler arrives, builds
log cabin near Irondequoit Bay. |
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1792 Orringh Stone builds log cabin where the Stone-Tolan
House is today. It is the oldest building in Monroe County. |
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| 1796 Town of Northfield, Ontario County was formed. |
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| 1797 Village of Tryon at Indian Landing founded by
Judge John Tryon and was first white settlement west of Canandiagua. The
Landing was the main point of access to the Genesee Valley for the
Iroquois Nation. Images courtesy of Rochester Historical
Society, Rochester, NY. Publication Fund Series. Click on these
images to enlarge them. |
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| 1804 Grist mill built on Allyn's Creek for John Tryon by
Noah Smith using the millstones from the first mill built at the
Genesee Falls by Ebenezer Allan. |
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| 1805 Oliver Culver builds first framed
house on east side of Genesee. |
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| 1808 Town of Northfield name was changed to Boyle, Ontario
County; John Tryon died. |
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| 1811 Oliver Culver builds "Clarissa," a schooner
at East Ave. & Clover; Team of oxen haul it to the Indian
Landing on Irondequoit Creek. |
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| 1813 Town of Boyle name was changed to Smallwood, Ontario
County. |
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| 1814 Smallwood divided into Brighton & Pittsford
in March; Town of Brighton founded at meeting in Orringh Stone's Tavern
on April 5. |
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| 1817 First Baptist Church of Brighton founded becoming First
Baptist Church of Rochester; First post office established on May 12
with James Holton as postmaster. |
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| 1818 "City of Tryon" abandoned. Click here
to learn more about the "Lost City
of Tryon." |
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| 1820 Congregational Church originally built next to
Brighton Cemetery; Population of Brighton about 2000 |
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| 1821 Brighton Cemetery dedicated. |
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| 1823 357 acres of Brighton annexed by Rochester. |
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| 1825 Erie Canal officially opens. |
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| 1826 John Hagaman homestead at 895 Highland Ave. built
with brick made by Gideon Cobb's Monroe Brickyards. |
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| 1839 Town of Irondequoit formed by taking more of
Brighton. |
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| 1845 Clover Street Seminary founded by Issac Moore; Celestial
Bloss first teacher |
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| 1850 Population of Brighton about 3000 |
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| 1860 John P. Tolan buys the old Orringh Stone homestead. |
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| 1862 Rochester & Brighton horsedrawn
Railroad begins operation. |
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| 1864 Gideon Cobb died. |
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| 1865 Clover Street Seminary sold to Episcopal
Rev. Thomas Drum who opened a boy's boarding school with a tuition
of $300/yr. The school was in existence for about 12 years. |
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| 1867 Original Brighton Congregational Church burns down in April
(became Presbyterian in 1870). |
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| 1872 Brighton Presbyterian Church built on East Avenue. |
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| 1885 Village of Brighton, centered at Winton Rd. &
East Avenue, incorporated. |
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| 1890 Patrick W. Corbett buys land now called Corbett's
Glen. Image courtesy Town of Brighton, Brighton, NY. Click on this
image to enlarge it. |
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| 1894 Brown Brothers Continental Nursery founded. |
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| 1895 Rochester Country Club opens. Walter
Hagen started as a caddy there, won the National Open in Chicago in
1914, a number of PGA championships, and was a dominant golfer in
the world for over 20 years. |
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| 1896 Brighton Fire Department founded with two
companies (Actives No.1 & Citizen's Hose Company). |
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| 1905 Brighton village annexed to City of Rochester;
Population of Brighton about 3900 |
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| 1919 Dedication plaque mounted to the famous Indian
Council Rock in memory of Nun-da-wa-o-na, who was the Seneca
Keeper of the Western Door of the Iroquois nation. |
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| 1920 Barge Canal opens; one lock left in
Brighton at Edgewood Ave. |
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| 1922 East Avenue Bus Company begins service
to Brighton June 7. |
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| 1924 Harley School incorporated. |
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| 1927 Ellison Park, a gift of Frank T. Ellison, opened on
October 1. |
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