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4 unusual facts about Orleans County Courthouse Historic District


Orleans County Courthouse Historic District

Solon Beman's 1894 stone church, endowed by his patron George Pullman, has been described as the finest in the village Pullman once called home.

Andrew Jackson Warner's 1894 building with its tall spire is the largest church in the district.

The next year George Pullman, the railroad-car entrepreneur who had lived in Albion as a young cabinetmaker around 1850, agreed to build a Universalist church in the village (named Pullman Memorial Universalist Church).

Many buildings are the work of local architect William V.N. Barlow, with contributions from Solon Beman and Andrew Jackson Warner.



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