Russell Nephew Started Collecting Batavia's History when He Was a Paperboy, Now It Fills His Basement

Russell Nephew started collecting Batavia's history when he was a paperboy, now it fills his basement

Russell Nephew holds a picture by Batavia's legendary artist Roy Mason that Mason created when he was 15 years old. It's part of Nephew's collection of Batavia artifacts and historical items in his 2,000 square foot basement in Batavia.Photo by Howard Owens. In a town where a common refrain is that it relishes forgetting its history, Russell Nephew has dedicated years, and a lot of his own money, to preserving it.Not everyone gets it.“I do get s…

Preserving Burlington History of the Union School

The Burlington Historical Commission recently took a farewell tour of the soon to be demolished Burlington Police Station. Originally built as the Union School in the late 1800’s the commission going to preserve parts of the historic building.