Sunday Walking Tour Highlights 1880s History

WORCESTER—Otsego 2000 will offer a walking tour, “Worcester: Stepping Back to the 1880s,” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, October 6. It will be led by Dr. Cindy Falk, assistant dean of Graduate Studies at SUNY Oneonta and professor of material culture at the university’s Cooperstown Graduate Program. The Worcester Historic District boasts a well-preserved example of a late 19th century small town commercial center.

“Like many upstate New York communities, the Town of Worcester reached its peak population in the 1880s with 2,741 residents when the 1890 census was taken,” Falk said. “Through this tour we will learn what downtown Worcester was like in the last decades of the 1800s and what factors led to the demographic decline in subsequent years.”

The tour begins at 4 Decatur Street in Worcester and will travel about a mile over the course of two hours. It costs $10.00. To register, visit otsego2000.org or call (607) 547-8881.