Origin of East Rochester's Eyer Park
On Memorial Day in 1926, as a result of an appeal by village officials, a large crowd of village residents gathered in Edmund Lyon Park. The reason was a special announcement of a gift from
Origin of East Rochester's Eyer Park
On Memorial Day in 1926, as a result of an appeal by village officials, a large crowd of village residents gathered in Edmund Lyon Park. The reason was a special announcement of a gift from a prominent village citizen. There was an outburst of cheering as the secret was revealed.
Harry Eyer, who came here as head of the selling organization called "The Vanderbilt Improvement Co." and who had been primarily connected with the development and growth of East Rochester (then called Despatch), announced he was donating 10 acres of land on the eastern edge of the village as a park. This parkland was bounded on the north by the Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern trolley tracks, on the east by Irondequoit Creek, on the south by the Worthing property and on the west by the high banks. It was situated entirely within the village limits and of easy access to residents.
Eyer continued by saying, "Twenty-nine years ago today, our village was officially started with a celebration including a barbecue, held near where we stand now. At that time, as many of us remember, our streets were represented by furrows 