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.
Schools of Enfield Driving Tour
Driving Tour of Enfield Cemeteries
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.