Stafford Village Four Corners Historic District
Stafford Village Four Corners Historic District sits at the junction of NY Route 5 and Route 237 in Stafford, New York, about midway between Batavia and Le Roy. The 5.7-acre area includes six 19th-century wooden buildings: two houses, two stores, a church, and a seminary. The oldest house in Genesee County, the Marvin-Radley-Diefendorf House, was built in 1809 on the southwest corner.
Key structures include Walther’s Inn (built in 1804 near an old Iroquois trail), the Radley-Worthington House (1831) on the southeast corner, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (1841) in Carpenter Gothic style, the Greek Revival seminary (1848) next to the church (now used as a parish house), and Sanders Store (circa 1850). The newest contributing building is Odd Fellows Hall (1890) on the northwest corner. The junction was previously called Transit and was renamed Stafford Four Corners in 1841 as the town center grew.
Walther’s hotel burned in 1922; the site is now a small park with memorials. One of the stores was later turned into the town hall. No modern buildings have been added within the district, helping preserve its 19th-century look.
The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 15:14 (CET).