In case you missed my Enfield Historian’s display at the Enfield Harvest Festival September 22, 2018, here is a copy of all the tour brouchures.  Enjoy.  Sue Thompson, Enfield Town Historian, historian@townofenfield.org

Take a tour with Dr. David Robb and Jay Rumsey.  Below are pdf versions of different tours you can take through the Town of Enfield.

 

Dr David Robb and Jay Rumsey

• Dr. David Robb was a doctor who practiced in Enfield between 1910 and 1920.
• He was born on April 20, 1885 in Battersea, Canada. He died on October 3, 1969 in Santa Clara California and is buried at Sandhill Cemetery, Battersea, Ontario Canada.

• 1914–1916 he was a Health Officer for the Town of Enfield.

• He served in the military between 1917 and 1919 during World War I in Medical Corps of the United States Army France.

• By 1924 he had moved to Ithaca to practice as a physician.

 

Dr. David Robb

Schools of Enfield Driving Tour

Driving Tour of Enfield Cemeteries

Destination Enfield

Enfield New Brochure 2017

Tour of Enfield Falls Community can be found here: https://friendsoftreman.wordpress.com/temporary/

 

If you took a tour of Enfield with

Dr. David Robb and Jay Rumsey in 1914

You might see:

  • One-room School Houses, there were 15 (approx.) in operation throughout the town.
  • Farms all over the town supporting fruits, vegetables, grains, poultry, sheep, cattle, dairy.
  • VanDorn Tavern (torn down in 1916), Corner of Mecklenburg and VanDorn Roads
  • Applegate Tavern (was taken down after 1955) Corner of Mecklenburg and Applegate Road
  • Cemeteries, 10 around the town
  • Churches: Christian, Methodist, Baptist
  • Enfield Center
    • Teeter Hotel, Frank Teeter
    • Funeral Home, William Jones
    • Wright’s Hall, Charles Wright
    • Post office, William Barber
    • Methodist Church
    • Physician, Dr. David Robb
    • Grocer, William Rumsey
  • Enfield Falls Community
    • Grist Mill (in operation until 1917)
  • Broom Makers, Alonzo and Elmer Rumsey
  • Well Driller, Wm. Rolson
  • Telephones: Federal, Independent, Bell – Dr. Robb had both a Federal and Bell Telephone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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