Historic Brighton 2025 – Special Event
“The History of the Brickyard Trail”
- Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025 – Noon – 1 p.m.
- Brighton Memorial Library
- Friends of BML Learning Center
- 2300 Elmwood Avenue
- Presented by: Mary Jo Lanphear
- Free and open to the public
You are invited to attend a presentation on the history of the land that became the Brickyard Trail, part of the town’s newest park, The Sandra L. Frankel Nature Park. The multi-use trail provides a direct pedestrian and bicycle connection between Town Hall on Elmwood Avenue and Buckland Park on Westfall Road. It extends 0.8 miles through a publicly owned parcel of land that once served as the source of much of Brighton’s raw clay – fueling the former brick manufacturing industry.
The talk, co-sponsored by Historic Brighton and the Brighton Memorial Library, will be presented by Mary Jo Lanphear, Brighton Town Historian and Historic Brighton Board member.
For over 20 years Historic Brighton has offered programs and published quarterly newsletter/journals on our mission to explore our town’s history and educate our community about Brighton’s past.
Our organization includes professional historians, researchers, librarians, architects, long-time Brighton residents, and many others who possess a strong curiosity about their surroundings.
We have covered the Seneca Indians, our neighborhoods and sites, local cultural and religious institutions, historic personages, architectural history, historic preservation and many other subjects.
Our archive of journals on Brighton history is here. Specific topics may be searched through our comprehensive index.
