The cemetery behind the library is "paved" over but there is a marker dedicated to the people buried there. The library and it's parking lot sits directly over what used to be that cemetery. I guess the story is, when they wanted to build the library, they new about the cemetery there, and moved the sites to Holy Cross. Years later when they expanded the parking lot, they discovered more graves they didn't know where there. Potter's cemetery is up Ridge, going towards city hall, but it can't be seen from Ridge Road, you can see it from Nasson Parkway, and access it better, since trying to find the way in from Ridge is difficult. It's someone's driveway now. And it is grown over, broken, and uncared for. ----- Original Message ----- From: Gail<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 9:31 AM Subject: Re: [NYERIE] Moses Taylor Hospital located There's a great gift shop in the lower level of the Basilica also. I don't know how much info you'll get from City Hall, (Lackawanna) but I would plan on going to the library a few blocks down Ridge and inquire there about the History. There's also an old cemetery behind it that few people know about. I've never been back there but plan to one day. I think someone told me it was pretty much grown over as its not taken care of anymore.Ruth is right, its a great area. Ridge Road in this area used to be the elite of the big shots in the days of the properous steel plant. Another good history lesson is in the book "City of Light" by Lauren Bekfer, The book is fictional, but based on a lot of Buffalo history around the turn of the century. Most of it takes place in North Buffalo around the Pan Am site, but there was a good chapter in it about her taking a day trip to visit the steel plant. I throughly enjoyed it. Gail ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Madar" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 3:30 AM Subject: Re: [NYERIE] Moses Taylor Hospital located > I, also, wish to thank everyone who contributed to this subject. I've > lived in the Bethlehem Steel Plant area all my life and learned more about > it in the past few days then I have by living here. For the person who is > coming to the area - Lackawanna is a beautiful little city and you'll love > Victory Basilica and please visit the Botanical Gardens which is in > walking > distance from the church and don't forget the old cemetery in the same > area. You'll truly be in awe and very safe. City Hall is, also, in > walking distance from the church. This weekend the old OLV hospital is > having an open house for the newly renovated building which has been made > into a new senior community. It includes a dinning room, living room with > fireplace, kitchen, laundry room and bathing spa. In meantime funds will > be > raised for Father Baker Memorial Gaslight Park and "Main Street" > concourse, > which will include a chapel, barber/beauty shop, gift shop, lab collection > sit, history museum and other amenities. It's so nice that the building > won't sit empty. There is a wonderful new restaurant on South Park Avenue > between the Basilica and Botanical Gardens called Daisies that I'm sure > you'll enjoy. > > Ruth > > At 12:30 AM 5/3/2008 -0400, you wrote: >>According to my 1976 book "History of Lackawanna" there was a wing at OLV >>hospital called the Bethlehem-Taylor wing which was equiped to do surgery. >>This may have been after the Moses Taylor hospital was no longer in use. >>The book also say's that Moses Taylor was an early invester in the steel >>company when it was in Scranton PA (Abt 1860) and before all the mergers, >>name changes and move to Lackawanna around 1900. The company also owned an >>ore ship named the SS Moses Taylor which was the first ship to deliver ore >>to the docks at the new ship canal. The new plant that was to be >>constructed in Lackawanna was on 1600 acres. Moses Taylor hospital opened >>in November 1903. >> >>Kevin >>---- Gail <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.7/1411 - Release Date: 5/2/2008 > 8:02 AM > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message