The Alfred Dolge Mansion was built in 1893-1895. It was located on the Fulton County side of Dolgeville. Unfortunately, the mansion burned in 2014.

Skylight that was in one of the ballrooms on the first floor.

Plastered ceiling on the 2nd floor of the mansion.

Ballroom 1st floor..



Home of Clinton Brockett

Gravestone of Clinton Brockett

Clinton Brockett bought the property where the Dolgeville United Methodist parsonage is today from Alfred Dolge on May 3, 1893. Clinton died in 1898. On December 21, 1899 the Clinton’s wife Ruth A. Brockett sold the property to Henry Staley and his wife Sarah.  Henry and Sarah were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Henry died in 1918.  Sarah sold the house to Ermon Sweet March 16, 1920 and on December 1, 1920 Ermon Sweet sold the house for $1.00 to the First Methodist Episcopal Church for use as the parsonage.

Town of Manheim

The Town of Manheim was settled about 1755 by Jacob Timmerman and Johann Jost Snell. Henry Rhemensneider and Johannes Boyer settle on "Glen's Purchase" prior to the Revolution. The Town was Formed March 3, 1797, as part of Montgomery County and twenty years later was annexed to Herkimer County.

Map Brockett's Bridge 1868

This map shows where the Methodist Episcopal Church  and the Free Methodist Church were located on Main Street in Brockett's Bridge.

Historical Marker - Francis Asbury

Bishop Asbury's Visit

Bishop Francis Asbury come to visit Brockett's Bridge (today it is called Dolgeville) in 1809. He preached at John Faville's Barn on what is today's Peckville Road near Faville Falls. His sermon inspired the people of Brocketts Bridge to start a Methodism. They first met in peoples homes. In 1811 they built a church on Main Street (where GPO Federal Credit Union is located). It was known as the Methodist Episcopal Church.