A stone wall along Seneca Street in East Aurora, New York, welcomes
visitors to Knox Farm State Park with its charming buildings, woodlands,
and open fields. The farmland was purchased by Seymour H. Knox, an
entrepreneur from Russell, New York. Successful in the five-and-dime
store industry with his cousin F.W. Woolworth, Knox expanded his
business interests to include raising horses and developing a
self-sustaining farm. Following his death in 1915, his family maintained
and expanded the property, gracing it with architectural features
reflecting their interests. In the 1990s, with the passing of Seymour
Knox II and sons, the family's desire to preserve the beloved property
was fulfilled with the establishment of Knox Farm State Park.