MARCELLUS FALLS,  NEW YORK
Heffernan, Kathryn C.  Nine Mile Country.  Published by Visual Artis
Publicans, Inc. 1978. p. 24.  Copyright by the Board of Trustees, Marcellus
Free Library, Marcellus, NY

"The largest and most active of the early hamlets in the Town of Marcellus
was Marcellus Falls, which grew up around the mills located where the power
from Nine Mile Creek was most valuable.  By 1835, it boasted about fifteen
dwellings in addition to numerous mills, stores, and a tavern.  The mill
sites frequently changed hands as some ventures failed, new businesses
opened, and those destroyed by fire were sometimes rebuilt by new owners. A
post office was established sometime in the 1830's.  The two-story wooden
school on Glover Road, now an apartment house, was built sometime around
1850.  The second story was at first used for prayer meetings."

Submitted by John Curtin
23 May 1997