Jamesville Community Museum

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our museum members and the Jamesville community!

Scanned this from papers my mother left in the attic. Thought I would share...

The Solvay Process Co. Jamesville Quarry. This was the transition from rail to rubber tires and Diesel power at Jamesville. A fleet of 23 Euclid haulers ran 24 ...hours a day 7 days a week and ran idle on Christmas. Three eight hour shifts and alternating weekends. Photo colorized by Bill White. See more

And the winner of our 2020 Holiday Quilt Raffle is... Terry Middleton The winners of 1 of 3 published museum books are: Karen Kerney... Susan Miller Terry Middleton and Helen Swift Our museum President, Bob Catney, will be in touch with each of you to discuss arrangements for pick up of your prize. Congrats to you all!! Thank you to all that participated!

Our annual quilt raffle is this Saturday, December 12th. The winning tickets will be drawn at 4pm! Still need tickets? Email us at [email protected]

Need a gift idea this holiday season??? Visit our website and check out the JCM Books we have for sale. They make great gifts for those that just moved into the Jamesville area, long time Jamesville residents and even those that grew up in Jamesville, but have since moved away. https://www.jamesvillecommunitymuseum.com/history

Have you purchased your raffle tickets yet? There's still time! Contact us at [email protected]

Take a look! Jamesville Community Museum made it to the steeple chase challenge on the Nostalgic Syracuse Facebook page. Thank you Elaine Smothers Peters!!

Cave cliff Jamesville NY 1900.

To the Jamesville Community, it is with deep regret that the J'ville Fire Dept. and the Chamber have cancelled the 2020 Memorial Day Parade due to the current Covid-19 crisis. Stay safe everyone!

My uncle, Carl Tuxill, moving the 1876 Jamesville railroad station to its new location where it sits today as a community building near the Rt 173 crossing. (I laid the press photo caption on top of the original photo)

Do you remember when the Jamesville Reservoir was drained and repaired? We received a message asking if we had any pictures... here they are. Take a look! Do you have a memory of Jamesville? Ask us if we have pictures. We will post them here!

Jamesville NY looking south at E Seneca Turnpike and the railroad crossing. 1913 W Bunnell photo Steamtown NHS.

My uncle Carl Tuxill and his company Tuxill Engineers move the Jamesville NY railroad station to a new location so it may saved and restored for future generati...ons. This was in 1983, and his specialized truck was able to travel along the active rail line. I’ll take a present day photo and share it when I have a chance. See more

And the winners of our annual quilt raffle are... https://www.jamesvillecommunitymuseum.com CONGRATULATIONS to you all!!!

During our Light Up Jamesville Open House, we were fortunate to have a barbershop quartet there to sing to our guests. If you didn't get to see them in person, here is just a sample of what they performed for us.

Come see us this Saturday for Light Up Jamesville. Our doors open at 5pm. Our quilt raffle will be held at 6:30. Need tickets? Don't worry, they are still on sale. Contact us at [email protected] or you can purchase tickets during our open house. See you there!!