Historic Site #: | 01-053 (Exists) Type: B1,E1 | Town: | Arcadia | ||
Site Name: | Chapel - In Memory of Harriet Nichols | GPS Coordinates: | 43.053521, -77.094936 | ||
Address: | 662 N. Main St. Newark NY within Newark Cemetery | ||||
Description: | |||||
See also HS 01-025 |
From Find a Grave Added by Dennis Peterson |
Historic narrative: | |||||
Wales Nichols was a prominent Newark businessman originally from Chicago. When his wife Harriet died in 1947, he gave $26,000 to build a chapel in memory of her to be used for weddings and funerals. It was built in 1948. See the video above for more details. |