• Home
  • About
    • About Us
    • Mission
    • Membership
    • Speakers
    • Contact
  • Exhibitions
    • Permanent Exhibits
    • Past Exhibits
    • New Exhibits 2021
  • History
    • Historic Sites
    • Historic Preservation Awards
    • Movin' Energy
    • D & H Canal Park at Lock 31
    • Historical Links
  • Museums
    • Main Museum
    • Bethel School
    • D & H Canal Park at Lock 31
    • Old Stone Jail
    • J.B. Park Farm Museum
    • Adam Jubinsky Building
  • Happenings
    • Calendar
    • News
    • Archive
  • Research
    • Research Library
    • Index Search
    • Vital Records
    • Historic Topics
    • Township Histories
    • Genealogy in Wayne County
  • Donate Today!
  • Online Gift Shop
  • Home
  • About
    • About Us
    • Mission
    • Membership
    • Speakers
    • Contact
  • Exhibitions
    • Permanent Exhibits
    • Past Exhibits
    • New Exhibits 2021
  • History
    • Historic Sites
    • Historic Preservation Awards
    • Movin' Energy
    • D & H Canal Park at Lock 31
    • Historical Links
  • Museums
    • Main Museum
    • Bethel School
    • D & H Canal Park at Lock 31
    • Old Stone Jail
    • J.B. Park Farm Museum
    • Adam Jubinsky Building
  • Happenings
    • Calendar
    • News
    • Archive
  • Research
    • Research Library
    • Index Search
    • Vital Records
    • Historic Topics
    • Township Histories
    • Genealogy in Wayne County
  • Donate Today!
  • Online Gift Shop

Lock 31 House

Lock 31 HouseRoute 6, Palmyra Township This historic property started life as a frame house called "New Castle" when it was built on a property purchased by Jason Torrey, Abisha Woodward, and Moses Killam early in the 1800s. In 1821 Moses Killam sold the house and about 260 acres to Russell Daniels. It was then called the Daniels Farm. When the Delaware & Hudson Canal with Lock 31 was built directly behind the house in 1827, the value of the property increased greatly. Phineas Goodrich, in his History of Wayne County (1880) says, "Daniels... became a noted lumberman" and in 1860, Daniels estimated the value of his real estate at $10.000, a large amount at that time. Russell Daniels died in 1863 and his third son, Ira Daniels, bought the property from the other heirs. In 1878 Ira Daniels lost the property in a Sheriffs Sale to Thomas V. Taft. who sold it to Ernst A. Hintze. a grocer from Brooklyn. Mr. Hintze extensively remodeled the house, received a liquor license, and opened for business as a hotel fronting on the canal. The door on the canal side still bears the name "Hintze's." His obituary in 1901 notes that he "erected a small store where he did considerable business in groceries with the boatmen on the canal." After Hintze's death and several different owners, Mrs. John Selberg of Queens, NY, bought the property in 1910. Anna Selberg's children, Frederick, Anna, Mae, and William, lived there until their deaths. In 1996, after William's death. Robert Olsen. a cousin, and his wife Debbie inherited the property. Robert Olsen died in 1997, and in 2001 The Wayne County Historical Society purchased the house and ten acres from Debbie Olsen. It was her wish that the historic property be preserved. The Society, which already owns a mile of the canal, plans to restore the building as a living history museum with a walk along the old towpath and canal. This long-term project will preserve a very important part of Wayne County history and a beautiful section of the D&H Canal.

From 1993 through 2008 the Honesdale National Bank published an annual wall calendar, each featured 13 historic sites. The sites were chosen and researched by a committee of the historical society and artwork was commissioned to Judy Hunt and William Amptman by the bank.

This page was one month of the calendar and was made possible through the Wayne County Commissioners and a Tourism Promotion Committee’s Tourism Grant.

 

 

Previous

Liberty or Masonic Hall

Next

Major Elisha P. Strong House

Up

Navigation
#
D & H Canal Park at Lock 31
The D&H Canal Park at Lock 31 has 16 beautiful acres to explore. The site features the historic…
#
Historic Preservation Awards
The Wayne County Historical Society may give recognition on an annual basis to individuals,…
#
Historic Sites
About the Wayne County Historical Society
#
Historical Links
Historical Links
#
Movin' Energy
Movin' Energy: The History of the Delaware and Hudson Canal 1828-1898 exhibit is housed in the 1993…
News and Events

About us   

Welcome to the Wayne County Historical Society, home of the full-size replica of the Stourbridge Lion, the first locomotive to run on commercial track in the United States.

Our main museum and museum shop are housed in a building built in 1860 as headquarters of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company....click here for more information.

  • Facebook
  • Instagram

News and Events

#
Calendar
Calendar of Events at Wayne County Historical Society
#
News
News the Wayne County Historical Society

Historic Sites

#
Jennie Brownscombe's Homestead
Cliff Street - Honesdale Jennie Brownscombe is best known for her oil…
#
I.O.O.F. HALL
Sterling Township The Independent Order of Odd Fellows, also known as…

Research Library

#
Genealogy in Wayne County
Genealogical records WCHS Research Library at 810 Main Street, Honesdale…
#
Historic Topics
Research materials at the WCHS Research Library, your best source for the…

Copyright 2023. All Rights Reserved. Trademarks are of their respective owners.
Website Designed and Hosted by: SDM WPS Technology Services Company.

  • Home
  • About
  • Exhibitions
  • History
  • Museums
  • Happenings
  • Research
  • Donate Today!
  • Online Gift Shop