Photos

Old photographs, postcards and new pictures of Sodus Point. Each photo links to the page it belongs to.

Nowadays, the one remaining outer pier light is one of the most photographed spots in Sodus Point.Courtesy of Edith FarringtonThe Story of the Pier Lights →
1906 Passenger Train departing Sodus Point and going by the Bunk House.Courtesy of Edith FarringtonRailroad Y and Bunk House →
Old Postcards →
Courtesy of Bruce FarringtonBay Shore House →
Sodus Point Bait Shop (late 1970s) during 1st ESLO Derby.Courtesy of Bob Chase Jr.Sodus Point Bait Shop – late 1970s →
Coal Trestle / John J. Rammacher – 1941 →
Team Apache washed up on shore after sticking the wave.Courtesy of Tom Plantz1986 Powerboat Race off of Sodus Point →
The Harris House Circa 1910 with its distinctive Windmill. Photo courtesy of John Powell from his book "Old Postcards & Photos of Sodus Point" page 167Courtesy of John PowellHarris House →
Smelt at the Point. 1962 Photo courtesy of Bob Chase, Jr, From left to right: Oscar Fuerst, Bob Chase Sr., John DeVey and Bill Koush.Courtesy of Bob Chase, JrSmelting – 1950s and 1960s →
British Invasion of Sodus Point Reenactment (1994) →
Courtesy of Bob Chase, Jr.Looking over the Bay →
Photo from the Collection of Naomi Sill TaylorE A Button General Store – 1907 →

Photo sets

The 2024 Solar Eclipse

Photos · 2024

Sodus Point Automobile Club – 1919

Photos · 1919

Camping Near Charles Point Circa 1914

Photos · 1914

Old Postcards

Photos

Trolley in the Snow

Photos

The Day an Airplane Crashed Into Sodus Bay

Photos · 1951

Coal Trestle / John J. Rammacher – 1941

Photos · 1941

Coal Trestle Reconstruction – 1927

Photos · 1927

Then and now

Every photo, newest first

May DoVille's ice cream stand, a small roadside stand with signs for homemade cones and ice cream — May DoVille’s Ice Cream Stand at Sodus Point. Today, this is used as Hot’s Point’s ice cream window.…Happy DaysCourtesy of Kelly Grey

Sands Point Amusement Park: a children's ride with small cars under a peaked canopy topped by pennants — Sands Point Amusement Park.Happy DaysCourtesy of Glenn Proseus

Sodus Point Water Ski Club skiers forming a three-tier human pyramid behind a boat on open water — Sodus Point Water Ski Club. Photo courtesy of Greg SwitzderWinter Racing on Sodus BayCourtesy of Greg Switzer

Two women and a man outside Frank's Grocery beside a black car; Doris Shirtz, in white, holds a grocery bag — Hanging out at Frank's Grocery. Doris Shirtz is the lady in white.Happy DaysCourtesy of Greg Switzer

Hand-drawn fishing chart of Sodus Bay from Jerry's Bait & Tackle, marking fish species with letter codes — Fishing Charts (1930 – 1950)

Google Books snippet from 'Inland Seas' on Coast Guard plans to disconnect Great Lakes foghorns, Sodus Point among them — Fog Horn and Pier Light

Newspaper photos of Deannie and Jerry Newby at a dining booth, and Deannie behind a bottle-lined bar — The above photos taken from August 16, 2015 edition of Times of Wayne CountyJohnson House (Bay Street Hotel)Courtesy of Edith Farrington

Johnson House (Bay Street Hotel), a three-story building with a rooftop cupola and a long front porch — Johnson House (Bay Street Hotel)Courtesy of Edith Farrington

Newspaper article headed 'Finn's Hotel' with a photo of the large cupola-topped building and parked cars — Above photo and article taken from June 24, 1982 edition of Wayne County StarJohnson House (Bay Street Hotel)

Advertisement for The Johnson House: comfortable rooms, home-like meals, shuffleboards; Gus and Carrie Radel, owners — In 1982 Ray and Phyllis Finn become the new owners and rename it "Finn's Hotel.Johnson House (Bay Street Hotel)

Souvenir program page with an ad for the 'New Johnson House', offering rooms with running water and a garage — In 1953, the Johnson house has new owners: Gus and Carrie Radel. They will soon rename it Radel's…Johnson House (Bay Street Hotel)

Advertisement for The New Johnson House, Sodus Point, under new management by Mrs. H. B. Stone — In 1930, John J. Conners becomes the proprietor of the New Johnson HouseJohnson House (Bay Street Hotel)

Johnson House about 1905: a three-story hotel with double porches, a rooftop cupola and men standing out front — Photo of Johnson House circa 1905 courtesy of John Powell from his book "Old Postcards & Photos of…Johnson House (Bay Street Hotel)Courtesy of John Powell

Advertisement for The Johnson House, 'Largest and Best Hotel at Sodus Point', Lyons Republican, Sept. 7, 1865 — Johnson House (Bay Street Hotel)

Transcribed 1858 newspaper advertisement headed 'Johnson House -- Sodus Point', offering fishing parties and boats — Johnson House (Bay Street Hotel)

Transcribed 1845 advertisement headed 'To the Travelling Public!' for a stage line from Sodus Point to Geneva — Johnson House (Bay Street Hotel)Courtesy of Richard Palmer

Trolley car number 70 lettered 'Rochester, Irondequoit Bay & Ridge Road, Sodus Bay', standing on the tracks — TrolleyCourtesy of Ned Ludd

Newspaper advertisement for the American Hotel, Sodus Point, by P. Johnson, dated August 1845 — The above advertisement was found in "The Western Argus, Lyons, New York; Wed, Oct, 29, 1845"Johnson House (Bay Street Hotel)

Postcard 'Johnson House, Sodus Point, N.Y.', a two-story hotel with a long porch and rooftop cupola, behind trees — Photo of Johnson House circa 1905 courtesy of John Powell from his book "Old Postcards & Photos of…Johnson House (Bay Street Hotel)Courtesy of John Powell

Lit Christmas tree topped with a star, reflected in a window against a pink and purple sunrise — Sky over Sodus Bay

Postcard of Lake Crest, Sodus Point, a large gabled Victorian house with wraparound porches above shrubs — Lake Crest

'Highland View,' home of Miss A. E. Mackenzie: large Victorian house with a wraparound porch and tall evergreens — Lake Crest

Lake Crest, a yellow Victorian house with a tower and a wraparound porch ending in a gazebo-like pavilion — Lake Crest

Two printed 1792 tickets for 'Peregrine Fitzhugh's Property and Cash Lottery', numbered and signed — Fitzhugh to Washington (Letter 4)

Studio portrait of Charles Fowler Garfield, a man with a mustache and pince-nez glasses, in a dark suit — Photo of Charles Fowler Garfield courtesy of Rosa Fox Town of Huron Historian and Stephen E. Garfield who…Turkish Goats of Garfield (Eagle) IslandCourtesy of Rosa Fox Town of Huron Historian and Stephen E. Garfield

Long-haired goat with curly white ringlets and curved horns standing on bare ground — Turkish Goats of Garfield (Eagle) Island

Grassy hillside with a narrow paved path curving into woods in autumn color under a gray sky — Sodus Point on Video

Class photo of about fifteen students labeled 'Saltworks School District 23, Sodus Point, N.Y.', names below — Salt Works School HouseCourtesy of Phyllis Lent

Small white clapboard schoolhouse beside a blue 'Sodus Bay Boat Museum' sign naming Salt Works School House — Salt Works School House

Miss Alice Weiss in a floral print dress standing before a white building with tall windows — Miss Alice Weiss After 1943, the schoolhouse became a VFW Post and today it is owned by Ron…Salt Works School House

Schoolchildren lined up on the lawn outside a white clapboard schoolhouse with tall windows, black-and-white — Salt Works School House

Full moon rising over a marina and docks at dusk, with cattails and old pilings in front — Sky over Sodus Bay

Book illustration captioned 'Preston's Mill': a stone mill with a tall wooden upper story among bare trees in snow — Area Mills

Men in old-style baseball uniforms walking past an infield as youth players in green jerseys look on — Fire Fighters – Our Hometown Heroes

Printed article headlined 'Sodus Point Fire Department Assist Community Storm of 2003', with two photos — Not just Firemen (June 21, 2014)Fire Fighters – Our Hometown Heroes

Printed article headlined 'Sodus Point Firehouse Lost in $80,000 Blaze', from the Times Union, 12-26-53 — Fire Fighters – Our Hometown HeroesCourtesy of Ester Buys

Reprinted article titled '1990 Krenzer Marina Fire', subheaded 'Dog Helps Find Source of Marina Fire' — Fire Fighters – Our Hometown Heroes

Wooden boat hull burning amid heavy smoke and flames, a fire hose stretched across the ground — Fire Fighters – Our Hometown Heroes

Huge clouds of black smoke pouring from a burning dockside structure, a tugboat and crane barge in front — Fire Fighters – Our Hometown Heroes

Amphibious 'Duck' lettered 'Sodus Point Fire Dept' on grass, captioned 'June 13th 1963 – Bought the Duck' — Fire Fighters – Our Hometown Heroes

Firemen in white shirts and ties posed beside a fire truck outside the Sodus Point fire station, names below — Fire Fighters – Our Hometown Heroes

Night photo of a building engulfed in flames behind a bare tree, firefighters silhouetted in the foreground — Fire Fighters – Our Hometown HeroesCourtesy of Ester Buys

Newspaper clipping headlined 'Fire Hits Hotels at Sodus Point; Homes Menaced' with a photo of charred ruins — Fire Fighters – Our Hometown Heroes

Sketch of the 1918 Sodus Point Fire Department hall, doors open on an old fire engine, a tower alongside — Fire Fighters – Our Hometown Heroes

Portrait of Fireman John McMillin, a man in a suit and tie, printed with his name below — Fire Fighters – Our Hometown Heroes

Pink and purple sunrise sky reflected on rippling bay water, with a dark rocky shore in the foreground — Sky over Sodus Bay

Log blockhouse with an overhanging upper story beside a sign reading 'Blockhouse Circa 1722' — French Fort on Sodus Bay?

Circular stockade of upright pointed logs around a small log cabin, on a grassy field with woods behind — French Fort on Sodus Bay?