Worcester Walking tour, image by Otsego 2000.

Worcester Walking Tour to focus on life in 1880s

The Worcester Walking Tour to focus on life in 1880s takes place at 3:00pm on Sunday, October 6, 2024 beginning at 4 Decatur Street, Worcester, NY.

Otsego 2000 will offer a walking tour “Worcester: Stepping Back to the 1880s” on Sunday, October 6 at 3 pm. The tour 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 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 because of its well-preserved example of a late nineteenth-century, small town commercial center.

Worcester Waling Tour Focus

The tour will focus on life in upstate New York in the late Victorian era and focus on Worcester’s Main Street. The tour was researched and developed by students Tatum Hoff, Ethan Ryan, and Calliope Hoogenboom in Dr. Falk’s Historic Preservation class at the Cooperstown Graduate Program.

Tour Cost

The cost for the walking tour is $10. Register in advance at otsego2000.org or by calling 607/547-8881.

The walking tour, which begins at 4 Decatur Street in Worcester, will last two hours and include walking on uneven surfaces with a route of about a mile.

About Otsego 2000

Otsego 2000 is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1981 to ensure the Otsego Lake region remains a masterpiece of nature by protecting and supporting its environmental, scenic, cultural, historic, and agricultural resources and its economic well-being. Otsego 2000 accomplishes its mission through programs like the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Otsego Outdoors, Glimmerglass Film Days, historic preservation initiatives, and environmental stewardship.