The mission of the Charles Burchfield Gardenville District is to encourage visitors to the Town of West Seneca through promotion of its many artistic, cultural, environmental and historic assets, with a focus on the works and legacy of American painter Charles E. Burchfield, the Seneca Indians and the Ebenezers. This walkable tourism destination is home to at least nine significant landmarks:
📍Charles Burchfield Home and Studio
📍Burchfield Nature & Art Center
📍Burchfield Park
📍Christian Metz House
📍Fourteen Holy Helpers Church
📍St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
📍St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
📍Ebenezer Cemetery
Finding the grave of Charles E. Burchfield and paying our respects… We have spent two years researching Mr. Burchfield and diving into his complex web of journal entries and paintings. This man has left the world a true legacy. He lay at rest 15 minutes from his West Seneca home and studio at Oakwood Cemetery in East Aurora. Charles and family were known to travel often to East Aurora during his lifetime.
We included a custom tombstone map locator below for anyone who wants to pay their respects.
“On two occasions recently my clock has stopped in the middle of the night. I would wake up and hear the clock steadily ticking—suddenly without warning it would stop—it had an ominous character all out of proportion to the fact. After all, I had simply forgotten to wind it. A heart could stop beating like that.” Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, August 25, 1947
We are so excited to be apart of the The Charles Burchfield Gardenville District! Congratulations to our partners: The New Charles E. Burchfield Nature & Art Center, Ebenezer Cemetery, St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church & Cemetery, 14 Holy Helpers, The Christian Metz House and especially Joe Kirchmyer, Executive Director of West Seneca Chamber of Commerce, for making this possible! You can read about The Robert T. Coles Award for Neighborhood Conservation by clicking on the picture below!
Check out the new Martha Burchfield Richter Atrium located at 1300 Union Rd. West Seneca, NY 14224. For more information on Martha, click here.
