The History Department is located in Henry House, a two-story frame building, at 606 South Main Street, on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

We’re between Delancey House and Kappa Alpha fraternity and across the street from Alumni House.

Henry House was built c. 1808, nearly two decades before the Erie Canal opened, when this part of upper New York State was still the frontier. One of our offices was originally a kitchen and has a fireplace that was used for open-hearth cooking and that also has a bread oven; some of the old implements are still there.
Long a private residence and much altered over the years, Henry House was donated to the Colleges in 1974 by David H. Henry ‘39, in honor of his parents, David M. and Dorothy B. Henry, who had bought it in 1936. Henry House was designated an historical building in 1965.

Our address is:
606 S. Main Street,
Geneva, NY 14456-3397.
Tel: 315/789-9069
Fax: 315/781-3861