DescriptionJacob and Franklin Goetz Stave Factory and Cooperage, Amherst, New York - 20200717.jpg
English: The Jacob and Franklin Goetz Stave Factory and Cooperage, 1-7 Center Street, Amherst, New York, July 2020. The two eldest sons of the pioneer farmer who gave the hamlet of Getzville its name, Jacob (1824-1880) and Franklin Goetz (1827-1897) took up the industry of barrelmaking after their father Joseph's death in 1852, building and operating a cooperage (left) and stave factory (right) on a plot of land directly alongside the Canandaigua and Niagara Falls Railroad (the New York Central's so-called "Peanut Line"). Jacob Goetz moved to Buffalo in 1861; Franklin continued operating the business until his own move to Niagara County in about 1880. By 1909, the property is recorded as being in the possession of George Wolf, and had been converted into a cider mill (former cooperage, left) and flour mill (former stave factory, right). The buildings are now home of Port of Entry, an antique shop of long standing, and are a Designated Historic Property of the Town of Amherst.
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