Dudley Tavern
Excerpt from Preston E Pierce’s A Tour Guide to Black History Sites in Canandaigua, NY. The Dudley Tavern, once located on the corner of Foster and South Main Streets in Canandaigua, burned in 1911. At that time, it was located well out of the business district on South Main Street. The area between Saltonstall Street […]
People of Ontario County: Richard Valentine
Excerpt from Preston E Pierce’s A Tour Guide to Black History Sites in Canandaigua, NY. Known for many years as a voice of conscience, Richard Valentine frequently made the Canandaigua community uncomfortable with his lectures on the subject of prejudice. Formerly enslaved, he was almost certainly a local conductor on the Underground Railroad. Valentine was […]
