About Us
Cindy and Ronda at Heritage Day 2007
PHPS is located at 17 Maple Avenue,
Portville
, N.Y.  We are co-located with
the Chestnut Hill Cemetery Association.
However, we h
ave closed our office for
the season and will not reopen until
May 2009
.  

The best way to reach us between
October and April is to send us a
message.  
Please Contact Us or email
contactus@portvillehistory.org with
your contact information
.  All inquiries
will be promptly answered.
2007-2009 Officers
Cindy Keeley, President
Gail Feuchter, Vice President
Ronda Pollock, Secretary
Bob Fairbanks, Treasurer
Terri Batt, Curator
Bill Anderson
Terri Batt
Ruth Bixby Bray
Tom Chaffee
Anne Dusenbury
Charles Eshelman
Bruce Holcomb
Robert Johnstone
Ronda Pollock
Philip Smith
Board of Trustees
Gail Feuchter, VP and Town Historian
The Portville Historical and Preservation Society
17 Maple Avenue
Portville, NY 14770

www.portvillehistory.org
Portville, New York
The Portville Historical and Preservation Society is a non-profit organization that was established in
1986, in response to a renewed interest in the preservation of Portville's past.  The Regents of the State
of New York acknowledged our organization with a Provisional Charter on December 11, 1987, and
later, with an Absolute Charter in 2000.

Our Society seeks to promote an awareness and pride in the community's heritage that will insure its
preservation for future generations.   Our main focus is collecting, preserving, and exhibiting historic
materials, pertinent to the social and cultural development of the Town and Village of Portville, New
York, and surrounding areas.  We also sponsor programs of historical relevance, maintain an office for
research assistance and displays, and produce our own publications.  In 2001, we added the
preservation of local historic sites to our Charter.  

Ultimately, our hope is that we can assist others in the understanding of the customs, traditions,
attitudes, and lifestyles that shaped our rural community from 1800 to the present.  
Officers and Trustees