Spencerport Depot and Canal Museum

The Spencerport Depot and Canal Museum is located at 16 East Avenue in the Village of Spencerport. The building is east of Union Street (Route 259) on the southeast bank of the Erie Canal.

Hours of Operation
Starting June 1; Monday 1-4 pm; Tue. 9 am- 3 pm; Wed. 1-8 pm; Thur. 12-8 pm; Fri. 2-8 pm; Sat. 11 am-7 pm; Sun. 1-5 pm
Beginning September 11, we will be open on Friday and Saturday only from 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm until the end of September

Mission
The Mission of the Spencerport Depot and Canal Museum is to establish and maintain a history museum, historical research and reference center, and visitor center relating to the history of the Erie Canal, Ogden Telephone Company, Village of Spencerport and Town of Ogden.

History
The depot was constructed around 1907 and was originally located at the corner of East Avenue and Water Street, just a few hundred yards away from its current location.

The depot served as the only stop in Spencerport on the Rochester Lockport Buffalo interurban trolley line from 1908 to 1931.
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Current Events
The Spencerport Depot and Canal Museum was officially opened on Saturday, May 12, 2007 with a grand opening celebration.

The depot houses a museum with many historical items from the Erie Canal, Ogden Telephone Company, Village of Spencerport and Town of Ogden along with a historical branch of the Ogden Farmer’s Library.
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Get Involved: Passport to Your National Parks ©

Visitors to the Spencerport Depot & Canal Museum , one of the selected cultural heritage sites in the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, can now record their experience with a special cancellation stamp similar to those stamped in a traveler's national passport. The free stamps are part of the Passport to Your National Parks © program, which enables visitors to collect stamps in a spiral-bound National Park Service Passport at national parks and NPS-affiliated areas nationwide as a memento of their visit. Please stop in at the Depot to have one of our volunteers stamp your Passport book. The cancellation lists the site and the date of visit for the holder. A Passport book may be purchased at the Spencerport Depot & Canal Museum as well as the historic Adams Basin Inn or the canal tour boat “Rose Lummis”.

Spencerport Depot and Canal Museum, Spencerport Swap stories while resting in the Depot’s rocking chairs, borrow books, browse local history exhibits, or enjoy a canal boat tour on the Rose Lummis www.roselummis.com and visit to historic Adams Basin Inn www.adamsbasininn.com

Erie Canalway Passport to Your National Parks C Stamp available here!