NEWSTEAD, N.Y. (WBEN)…..To Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz allocating $86,000 in county funds goes beyond helping with much-needed renovations to the historic Limerick Hall in Newstead.
“We need to keep these type of historical landmarks going,” Poloncarz said.
Limerick Hall is one of the few remaining one classroom school houses that remain in the county. The current building, located on Cummings and Clarence Center Roads in Newstead, was constructed in 1869 but its roots as a one-room schoolhouse date back to 1838…