Following an apprenticeship in milling, Charles Sewell Gilbert immigrated from England in his young twenties--initially to Rochester and Penfield. He relocated to Avon in 1855 and purchased an existing mill. His sons later followed him into the…
A popular location for receptions and community events, Wally's was located between Avon and Lima--therefore a convenient gathering place. As this notice of sale elaborates, the building was equipped with a dining room, bar, and outdoor barbecue pit.…
East Avon gasoline station with modest cabins for travelers was located on the Avon-Lima Road beginning in the early 1930s. Later it was expanded and renamed Wally's Inn, then eventually Foster's Inn after its new owner John Foster. It was a popular…