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If You Go ...
Genesee Country Village and Museum, 1410 Flint Rd., Mumford, N.Y., 585/538-6822, www.gcv.org. May-Oct.: Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sat.-Sun. and holidays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Mondays except Sept. 6. Adults $12.95.
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Just outside the town of Mumford, New York,
Genesee Country Village and Museum offers a look at a beautifully preserved 19th-century American village, complete with a town square.
Encompassing 175 acres, the village contains 59 buildings that were moved to the site from towns scattered across upstate New York.
Costumed guides provide detailed tours. Two popular stops are the Octagon and the Hamilton House. The Octagon typifies a minor trend in 19th-century architecture: the eight-sided dwelling. Legend says its original owners held séances and now haunt the place. The Hamilton House also sends shivers; its iron fence, bay windows and tall chimneys — classic examples of Victorian Italianate style — suggest Hitchcock's "Psycho" house.
Tour the open-hearth kitchen of the Jones Farm, Flint Hill Pottery or the Tinsmith Shop.