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The Jolls House: Orchard Park’s Italianate Treasure Celebrates its Sesquicentennial

By Christine Gibbons - October 14, 2020

Built by Ambrose Johnson in 1870, the house occupied for decades by Dr. Williard Jolls became the center of the Orchard Park community and is a fine extant example of Italianate architecture.  A collaborative arrangement between the town and the Orchard Park Historical Society is helping to preserve this important piece of local history.

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