Home > History > House MuseumsHouse Museums in Yates CountyRobert Ingersoll Birthplace Museum61 Main St. Dresden, NY 14441 Period: 1825-1899 Focus: The life of Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899), a successful attorney, abolitionist, and promoter of women's rights. He was considered one of the great orators of his time. He lived only the first few months of his life in this house at which time his family moved out of the area. The house is now owned by the Council for Secular Humanism. Oliver House Museum200 Main St. Penn Yan, NY 14527 315-536-7318 Period: 1850-1899 Focus: The life and times of Dr. Andrew Oliver (1792-1857). Furnished in the Victorian style. Home of the Yates County Genealogical & Historical Society. L. Caroline Underwood Museum107 Chapel St. Penn Yan, NY 14527 315-536-7318 Period: 1925-1999 Focus: Former residence of Lucy Caroline Underwood, a local teacher, the museum contains many domestic tools from the 1940s to the 1960s and items from Underwood's personal local history collection. Owned by the Yates County Genealogical & Historical Society.
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