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RARE Advertising Trade Card
American Hotel
Dolgeville, New York
ca 1900
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Dolgeville is a village in Herkimer and Fulton counties, New York, United States. The population was 2,206 at the 2010 census.[3] The village is named after Alfred Dolge (1848–1922), industrialist.
The village is mostly in the eastern part of the town of Manheim (Herkimer County), but is partly in the western edge of the town of Oppenheim (Fulton County). Dolgeville is east of Utica.
The village was founded in 1794 by Samuel Low with the construction of two mills. A grist mill and later a saw mill were built by Captain John Favill on Ransom Creek about 1795. Soon a little settlement sprang up as other settlers moved in; with a blacksmith shop, tannery and school house. Families by the names of Ayers, Spencer, Ransom, Spofford, Lamberson, Brockett and Rundell soon followed and settled the adjoining lands which they cleared for farms.
The village of Dolgeville was incorporated in 1891. The area was at first called \"Green\'s Bridge\" in 1805, as a settler named Green built a bridge over East Canada Creek. In 1826 the area received its first post office, with Zephi Brockett as postmaster, and the area was renamed \"Brockett\'s Bridge\" in his honor. In 1881 the citizens unanimously petitioned the authorities at Washington to change the name of the place from \"Brockett\'s Bridge\" to \"Dolgeville\".[4]
The village changed its name to Dolgeville because of the economic growth promoted by Alfred Dolge (1848–1922), a pioneering and benevolent industrialist. In addition to factories, Dolge built a railroad, laid out the village, built two schools, installed an electric system, a water system, sewage, a fire department, a free library, a concert hall, a gymnasium, public parks, a newspaper, and pioneered in a pension and profit sharing system for employees.[4]
Alfred Dolge\'s DOLGEVILLE (c.1890)
Dolgeville encountered an economic downturn in 1999 when the Daniel Green shoe company shut down their Dolgeville factory, which was the largest source of employment in the village.
Dolgeville is currently experiencing an economic recovery with the opening of a crafts, antiques, and furniture mall, Dolgeville Mill, in the old Daniel Green factory, which in turn has encouraged some other businesses to open in Dolgeville. Charles Soukup, who bought the mill in 2003, announced at the end of 2011 that he was converting the main building, a limestone structure, into 40 one- and two-bedroom apartments which would be renovated in early 2012, with the first ones ready to be rented by July, 2012. He has yet to do this though.[citation needed]
In late 2014, Alfred Dolge\'s 1895 mansion, also owned by Soukup, which stood behind the historic factory complex, was destroyed by fire.[5] The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.
The village still has a number of factories, including Rawlings, which makes a large percentage of the baseball bats used by Major League Baseball, Adirondack brand bats, as well as other wood products. North Hudson Woodcraft Corp., which had manufactured piano parts for Steinway since the 1800s until about 2005, now manufactures other wood products such as kitchen cabinets and caskets. Other companies include Tricot, which manufactures textile products, and Tumbleforms and Bergeron By Design, which both manufacture therapy products.
Lyndon Lyon greenhouse is known for its African violets and orchids.
The Breckwoldt-Ward House, Menge House Complex, Alfred Dolge Hose Co. No. 1 Building, and United States Post Office are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[6]
Notable person
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# Location Population Type Area
1 Ilion 8,053 Village Canalside
2 †Herkimer 7,743 Village Canalside
3 Little Falls 4,946 City Canalside
4 Mohawk 2,731 Village Canalside
5 Frankfort 2,598 Village Canalside
6 ‡Dolgeville 2,206 Village Center
7 West Winfield 826 Village South
8 Old Forge 756 CDP Adirondack Park
9 Middleville 512 Village Center
10 Poland 508 Village Center
11 Cold Brook 329 Village Center
- Eagle Bay N/A CDP Adirondack Park
- East Frankfort N/A CDP Canalside
- East Herkimer N/A CDP Canalside
- Salisbury Center N/A CDP Center
- South Ilion N/A CDP Canalside
- Thendara N/A CDP Adirondack Park
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