Our mission is to promote and encourage historical research and preservation regarding the community of Macedon, NY and to disseminate that information.
MHS Now, Then and In the Future(opens in new tab)
Discover the history of Macedon and the focus of MHS through this presentation
Mannequin Workshop
Come on out and join Brandon W. Brooks, Curator of the John L. Wehle Gallery at Genesee Village Country Museum, on Sunday, August 23rd and 30th at 2pm at the Macedon Academy. Learn from Brandon W. Brooks as he demonstrates…
Author’s Forum 2026
Sunday, November 8th from 2:00pm – 4:30PM Co-hosted by Macedon Historical Society and Gananda Rotary Come join us at the Macedon Center Meetinghouse. Local authors will share their stories, reading excerpts from their publications, and their journey to reach publication.
Concert in the Park – Indigo Breeze
Thursday, September 17th 6:00 – 8:00pm Indigo Breeze A unique collaboration of straight-ahead jazz-influenced arrangements of familiar tunes from Latin musical traditions, R&B and Pop standards.
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National Day of Prayer 2026
National Day of Prayer – National and Local History Linda Braun, Macedon Town Historian May 7, 2026 As we celebrate our country’s semi-quincentennial, or 250th birthday. I’d like to…
Helen Edna Plumb, Our Neighbor Articles
The attached document is a scanned version of the series of articles named Our Neighbor, written by Helen Edna Plumb (1891-1968). She was a former Town of Macedon Historian. …
Help Us Honor Carol Elaine Deys
Donate towards a memorial bench on the Story Brook Trail at The Erie Canal Lock 30 in Macedon. In loving memory of Carol Elaine Deys, we invite you to…
Macedon Makes a Splash at the World Canal Conference 2025!
The World Canal Conference was held in Buffalo, NY from September 21st through the 24th. Several hundred people from around the world came to see what people in the…
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Community Chat with Jim Byron
MHS Community Chat with Jim Byron on February 10th, 2026 recorded at the Macedon Town Hall. This is personal memories of the town growing up in the 1960s to…
Our Postal Heritage
Preston Pierce presentation on the Parcel Post System – mailing children wasn’t the only strange items mailed through the USPS. Presented at the Macedon Academy on June 29, 2025.
Lemuel Durfee Burying Ground Eagle Scout Project
This book contains pictures of my Eagle Scout Project. To everyone that helped, thank you. The dates of the work were: May 28, 1994; May 29, 1994; June 10,…
Misc Documents
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