Albion students help give 2 historic markers a facelift
Photos courtesy of Tim Archer
ALBION – Some Albion eighth-graders teamed with Clarendon Town Historian Melissa Ierlan to give two historic markers a facelift with fresh coats of paint.
The top photo shows Emmaline Gailie, Nicole Loney and Tatiana Morales with Ierlan and the marker for the First Academy between the Niagara and Genesee.
The marker is in Gaines on Ridge Road, one mile west of Route 279.
The students also teamed with Ierlan to give this marker for the Brick Pond fresh paint. This marker is on Route 98, south of Route 104. Ierlan has removed old, flaking paint from about 30 markers in Orleans County and given them new paint.
J.A. Lafler opened a brickyard here in the 1850s, producing drainage tile and bricks for local buildings. He patented a brick machine in 1863.
Lux Froman paints the pole black on the marker for the Brick Pond.
