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EVERETT HOLMES

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
People
Location
9689 Hwy 20, Bridgewater, NY 13313, USA
Lat/Long
42.878704, -75.246230
Grant Recipient
Route 20 Association of New York State
Historic Marker

EVERETT HOLMES

Inscription

EVERETT HOLMES
BORN 1908. WORKED AS
CARPENTER. SERVED AS VILLAGE
TRUSTEE 1960-1969. ELECTED
MAYOR 1974, ONE OF NY STATE’S
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MAYORS.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2019

Everett Holmes was a carpenter in the village of Bridgewater. He served three terms as a village trustee in the 1960s. His efforts to beautify the village included the erection of a soldiers’ monument in 1969. In 1974, as a result of write-in ballots, Holmes was elected mayor of the village. He was one of the first African American mayors in New York State and served for several terms. He died in 1982.