Fairview Borough and Township had quite a few businesses that are long gone… That’s understandable, given that times change. A blacksmith, for instance, isn’t needed much...Read More
FAHS has publicized the upcoming lecture by Dr. Judith Lynch quite a lot recently. She will be at the Sturgeon House on Tuesday evening, March 5, to discuss Manufacturing in......Read More
These two men have spent a great deal of time at the Sturgeon House over the years. From 2010 to 2015 they met every other Saturday to build the archives......Read More
Members of the Fairview Area Historical Society are pleased to help spread the word about the Open House at the Lincoln Library, a branch of the Erie County Library system. ......Read More
The recent post showing the freshmen class (a guess was 1935, but in fact, it was the class of 1938) prompted some responses. We are pleased to show a group......Read More
Recently members of the Edinboro Area Historical Society sent photos of schools and students that were not related to them, but to FAHS! All the historical societies in the county......Read More
How wonderful to spark questions about what was where and when… After yesterday’s post some folks asked about the bank that was in the Hauck General Store building. The Battles......Read More
Recently while highlighting Christmas decorations around the township we showed Fairview Park, in the northwest corner of the intersection of Route 20 (Main Street) and Route 98 (Avonia Road). T...Read More
One of this website’s “friends” passed along a contact name for “Operation Griswold,” which was mentioned here in a pre-Christmas post. The owner of the house in Princess Ann, Fred.....Read More
What’s this? Around Fairview, the raceways where baby trout (a.k.a. “fry,” shown here) are living and growing are not familiar sights. Five exist, four in Fairview Township around Middle R...Read More
This week a visitor to the FAHS website reacted to the decorated houses being highlighted and wrote: “Another house to see is in Princess Ann Subdivision and just behind the......Read More