PITCHER SPRINGS
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NYS Historic
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Site
- Horton Road & Grewe Road, Pitcher, NY
- 42.599492, -75.819689
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Town of Pitcher
PITCHER SPRINGS
Inscription
PITCHER SPRINGSBY 1843 A VILLAGE WITH TWO
PUBLIC HOUSES, AN ACADEMY,
A STORE & 30 DWELLINGS GREW
NEAR SULPHER SPRINGS THOUGHT
TO HAVE HEALING PROPERTIES.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2013
The Pitcher Springs area was once a thriving village containing hotels, an academy of higher learning, a post office, stores, bowling alley, shoe manufacturer, and bath houses. The sulphur springs were believed to have healing properties.