One of Oakfield's earliest newspapers was the Oakfield Reporter, which operated from about 1890 through the early 1900's. Darlene Warner, 1962 OACS alumnus and past president of the Oakfield Historical Society, has determined the newspaper was located near the location of her flower and gift shop at 21 Main Street. Here is a picture of the Reporter building (top) about 1900 and its location (bottom) as it looks today at 11-13 Main Street. A small frame building at 7 Main Street (to the left of the Reporter) may be seen in both photos, and still stands today. It is very old, village tax records date it to 1824. The Reporter plant burned in 1909 and the business was sold to the Batavia Times in 1910. The county tax records do not indicate when the current 11-13 Main building was constructed. The Reporter photo was scanned from the cover of the 2009 Oakfield calendar published by the historical society, and the lower photo is from the Genesee County online real property system.
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