1876
- The Hall’s Opera House is erected and the village limits are extended.
- C.J. Shuttleworth builds a millpond of 4.7 acres by raising South Buffalo Street to form a dam.
- H.G. Leland purchases the Springville House and renames it the Leland House.
- Springville and Sardinia Railroad is organized in May and construction is started in July.
- Last stagecoach comes to Springville.
- Leland House is rebuilt.
- Griffith Institute graduates 10.
- The Hook and Ladder Company is officially reorganized as the Independent Engine Company.
- All buildings between Buffalo Street and the Blakeley House (opposite Leland House) burn, including Hall’s Opera House.
- The Springville and Sardinia Railroad is providing daily passenger and freight service.
- S.B. Gaylord’s new hall, the largest in the county outside Buffalo, is completed with seating for 1200.
- A telegraph lime is strung from Springville to Sardinia.
- Semi-Centennial celebration of the Springville Academy is held at the school.
- The Springville Public Library is established in the Journal office.
- The American Hotel, located at the corner of Main and Buffalo Streets, is sold to Peter Nenno for $6,500.
- Matthew Metzler, a wagon maker on Pearl Street, ships a brewster road wagon to California in November.
- The LOCAL NEWS begins publications under the management of J.H. Melvin.
- Census shows Springville’s population at 1227.
- Shuttleworth and Morse Manufacturing patents new milling machinery – Patent Bolt, New Process Steam Exhauster and Meal Cooler.
1881
- Village charter, as amended, is approved by the legislature and signed by the governor.
- The “Little Darling” locomotive of the Springville and Sardinia Railroad, found inadequate to handle Springville snow, is sold to a railroad in Iowa.
- A post of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) is organized in August.
- Former Vice President Colfax, appears at the Opera House on Dec. 28.
- Grand Mask Ball is help at the Opera House on April 1.
- American Rapid Transmit Company sets up telegraph operations in the village.
- Springville holds a memorial service for President Garfield at the Opera House.
- Workers strike at the canning factory for higher wages. An advance of 15 cents per 100 cans was granted.
- Leland House awning is broken down by a run-away team with a load of barrels.
- Messers, Woodward and Myers complete construction of six houses on Woodward Avenue and start on two more.
- A new fire company – Fountain Hose Company – is organized. Village orders “hand fire engine” for $650.
- Charles Thurber opens a blacksmith shop on Pearl near Main.
- Bodies from the Franklin Street cemetery are removed to the Springville Rural Cemetery (Maplewood).
- The Farmer’s Bank of Springville is organized and opens in October.
- The Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad completes a branch line from Ashford to Buffalo passing through Springville.
- Two new streets are laid out at the West End – Albro Avenue and Forest Street.
- George Engel begins a jewelry store in the village.
- Village renames West Street and Central Avenue.
- Village request residents to help construct a park at the corner of Franklin and Central Avenue.
- Bell Telephones are installed in the village.
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A $6 prize is offered for a 5 mile roller skating race in the village.
Winner finished in 24 minutes.
1885
- A liberty pole is raised on the corner of Main and Pearl Streets under the supervision of C. J. Shuttleworth.
- A small portion of Main Street is first to be supplied with running water using wooden mains.
- An 1886 directory proudly enumerated 114 area businesses including: thirteen general stores, seven hotels, four saloons, three livery stables, four billiard saloons, two cigar manufactories, seven blacksmith shops, three wagon shops, four millinery shops, three tailoring shops, two coal yards and a marble shop.
- Street name signs are installed and house numbering is started.
- Village board approves the lying of a gas line in the village.
- Glenn S Warner graduates from Griffith Institute.
- J.H. Borden commences a tanning business in Springville.
- Peter A Weismantel enters into business operating the Blacksmith, Wagon and Sleigh Building Shop.
- The Monday Club of Springville is formed by a group of local women.
- Great balloon ascensions take place from Dygert’s Driving Park (on corner of Elk and Cattarugus Streets) This is one of the first ½ mile tracks in the state.
- The Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad holds excursions to Buffalo, wild west shows and the Bradford-Kinzua Bridge.
- John McGraw (later of the New York Giants baseball team) plays two games for the Springville Semi-pro team. The game at Gowanda draws over 2,000 fans.
- Dr. Ralph B. Waite creates the Antidolor Manufacturing Company, which soon began the production of a “local anesthetic” for the painless extraction of teeth.
- The monument donated by David S. Ingalls to honor the the Civil War dead, is erected in Fiddler’s Green Park.
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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is organized.
1892
- J.P. Meyers donates land jointly to the Fire Company and the Civil War Veterans. Construction of a fire station soon follows on this South Buffalo Street site.
- George D. Conger, N.H. Fiske, Nelson Washburn, George Hess, J.P. Meyers and H.P. Spaulding attend the reunion of the New York veterans of the Battle of Gettysburg at the battlefield in June.
- The village water works erects poles for the distribution of electricity generated at their S. Buffalo Street building. Among the first places to use electric lights are the Leland House, Presbyterian Church, and the fireman’s building.
- Firemen’s Ball at the Opera House attracts 127 couples.
- Glenn S Warner of Springville accepts a football coaching position at the University of Georgia for a salary of $35 per week.
- 500 residents of Buffalo accept invitations from the Springville Board of Trade and the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad to be their guest on a tour of Springville.
- Census of the village places the population of 2,280.
- New arc lights are placed on Main Street.
- Poverty Ball is held at the Opera House to benefit the poor of Springville.
- A new industry – The Springville Manufactory – locates in the Herbold & Kessler Planning Mill.
- An extreme dry spell in October causes numerous forest fires in areas surrounding Springville.
- An earthquake shakes the village on June 3rd.
- New Universalist Church is dedicated on December 16th.
- Construction of a village power dam commences on Cattaraugus Creek. Once completed, the dam proves to be short lived, as it burst one day after it was closed. A stronger replacement was erected in 1899.
- Corporal J.D. Rhodes of Springville is wounded in Cuba while serving with the Rough Riders.
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Glenn S. Warner is chosen head football coach at Cornell University.
1899
- Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad establishes Cascade Park on a site overlooking Cattaraugus Creek.
- 20th Century Club is founded at a meeting held at the home of Marion Dunbar.