• Home
  • About
    • About Us
    • Mission
    • Membership
    • Speakers
    • Contact
  • Exhibitions
    • Permanent Exhibits
    • Past Exhibits
    • New Exhibits 2021
  • History
    • Historic Sites
    • Historic Preservation Awards
    • Movin' Energy
    • D & H Canal Park at Lock 31
    • Historical Links
  • Museums
    • Main Museum
    • Bethel School
    • D & H Canal Park at Lock 31
    • Old Stone Jail
    • J.B. Park Farm Museum
    • Adam Jubinsky Building
  • Happenings
    • Calendar
    • News
    • Archive
  • Research
    • Research Library
    • Index Search
    • Vital Records
    • Historic Topics
    • Township Histories
    • Genealogy in Wayne County
  • Donate Today!
  • Online Gift Shop
  • Home
  • About
    • About Us
    • Mission
    • Membership
    • Speakers
    • Contact
  • Exhibitions
    • Permanent Exhibits
    • Past Exhibits
    • New Exhibits 2021
  • History
    • Historic Sites
    • Historic Preservation Awards
    • Movin' Energy
    • D & H Canal Park at Lock 31
    • Historical Links
  • Museums
    • Main Museum
    • Bethel School
    • D & H Canal Park at Lock 31
    • Old Stone Jail
    • J.B. Park Farm Museum
    • Adam Jubinsky Building
  • Happenings
    • Calendar
    • News
    • Archive
  • Research
    • Research Library
    • Index Search
    • Vital Records
    • Historic Topics
    • Township Histories
    • Genealogy in Wayne County
  • Donate Today!
  • Online Gift Shop

Eugene Dorflinger House

Eugene Dorflinger HouseWhite Mills Eugene Dorflinger was born in France in 1847 and came to America in 1860 to work for his first cousin, Christian Dorflinger, in his Greenpoint, Long Island glass factory. Eugene came to White Mills in 1866 when the Dorflinger factory was being established there. The earliest dated pieces of glass from the new factory are a pair of cologne bottles engraved "Clotilde C King, Dec. 25, 1868." They are on display in the Dorflinger Glass Museum in White Mills. Eugene and Clotilde were married in 1869 and raised ten children in the house built for them on Charles Street. Eugene Dorflinger ran the Dorflinger and Hankins General Store, which is still standing on the corner of Charles Street and the present Rt.6. He was also the White Mills Erie Railroad Station agent and was Colonel of the Dorflinger Guards. He died in April of 1901 after being struck by an Erie train. A photograph of the house taken in the late 1800s depicts a very snowy day with horse and cutter coming down the hill. At the time the house had a large porch across the front and west side, with a circular domed corner. The lovely Victorian gazebo was closer to the house than now and an iron fence surrounded the property. The porch has since been removed, but the steep roof. front facing gable, and decorative vergeboards are typical of Gothic Revival architecture. In 1978, Eugene's grandson, Robert Beilman was successful in listing the property on the National Register for Historic Places as part of the former Dorflinger Estate.

From 1993 through 2008 the Honesdale National Bank published an annual wall calendar, each featured 13 historic sites. The sites were chosen and researched by a committee of the historical society and artwork was commissioned to Judy Hunt and William Amptman by the bank.

This page was one month of the calendar and was made possible through the Wayne County Commissioners and a Tourism Promotion Committee’s Tourism Grant.

 

 

Previous

Ephraim W. Hamlin House

Next

Eugene Dorflinger's General Store

Up

Navigation
#
D & H Canal Park at Lock 31
The D&H Canal Park at Lock 31 has 16 beautiful acres to explore. The site features the historic…
#
Historic Preservation Awards
The Wayne County Historical Society may give recognition on an annual basis to individuals,…
#
Historic Sites
About the Wayne County Historical Society
#
Historical Links
Historical Links
#
Movin' Energy
Movin' Energy: The History of the Delaware and Hudson Canal 1828-1898 exhibit is housed in the 1993…
News and Events
#
Bethel School Open House June 12, 2022
Jun 12, 2022, 1:00 PM
All Bethel School Open Houses are from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m on Sunday, June 12, 2022, Sunday, July 10,…
#
Bethel School Open House July 10, 2022
Jun 12, 2022, 1:00 PM
All Bethel School Open Houses are from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m on Sunday, June 12, 2022, Sunday, July 10,…
#
Bethel School Open House August 14, 2022
Jun 12, 2022, 1:00 PM
All Bethel School Open Houses are from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m on Sunday, June 12, 2022, Sunday, July 10,…

About us   

Welcome to the Wayne County Historical Society, home of the full-size replica of the Stourbridge Lion, the first locomotive to run on commercial track in the United States.

Our main museum and museum shop are housed in a building built in 1860 as headquarters of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company....click here for more information.

  • Facebook
  • Instagram

News and Events

#
Calendar
Calendar of Events at Wayne County Historical Society
#
News
News the Wayne County Historical Society

Historic Sites

#
The Poor Farm
Berlin Township In 1863 Texas Township and Honesdale Borough purchased a…
#
Edward Schlager & Brother
519 Church Street. Hawley This two-story commercial building remained in…

Research Library

#
Genealogy in Wayne County
Genealogical records WCHS Research Library at 810 Main Street, Honesdale…
#
Historic Topics
Research materials at the WCHS Research Library, your best source for the…

Copyright 2022. All Rights Reserved. Trademarks are of their respective owners.
Website Designed and Hosted by: SDM WPS Technology Services Company.

  • Home
  • About
  • Exhibitions
  • History
  • Museums
  • Happenings
  • Research
  • Donate Today!
  • Online Gift Shop