This impressive structure and the Presbyterian Church has been a Wellsville landmark for a long time. When this lot located at 525 Riverside Avenue was first developed it was a private home. Without doing a lot of digging we believe it was the home of one the children of our town's founder, William Wells. We read that somewhere. The Wells family were quite generous donating many pieces of land to various Christian denominations to erect places of worship for their members.
The present day building of the Riverside Presbyterian Church has been in place for many years but it wasn't their first church building in that spot. This stone and mortar structure was built after a disastrous fire. The corner stone on the church list four or five dates that it was rebuilt. It is the only building that we have known in our memory.
From the far shoreline you would think it is a castle if you didn't know what it is.
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