In the 1950’s, a section of Sodus Point was a heavily industrialized area once known as Macyville, named after Sylvanus J. Macy, who built a bank there around 1874. The scene was dominated by the Coal Trestle, where ships such as the Fontana were loaded with coal for Canada and various places on the Great Lakes. First constructed in 1852, the trestle was expanded over the years until it reached 800 feet in length and 60 feet in height, with Route 14 passing under it. Coal arrived from Pennsylvania on the Pennsylvania Railroad, which acquired the Sodus Point and Southern Railroad Company in 1884 after that company experienced financial difficulties. The coal trestle ceased operation in 1967 and burned down in 1971. For 34 years, Henry Zerbe worked on the “Pennsy” railroad, many of those years as an engineer, and he was a long-time resident of Sodus Point. The Custom House was originally built as a bank in 1874 by Sylvanus J. Macy, later served as both a Custom House and a Post Office, and was eventually torn down in 2001; it was noted for its American Federal architectural style. Above it stood the Sodus Point Malt House, originally built in 1880 and locally owned and operated by Colonel E. Bloss Parsons, receiving barley by small ships through Sodus Bay and supplying malt to breweries around the Lake Ontario shoreline. In 1938, a new malt house opened, and in 1956 the old Parson Malt House was purchased by the Genesee Brewing Company of Rochester, whose use of locally grown barley benefited hundreds of Western New York farmers. The malt house supplied malt for Genesee Brewing Company beer until it ceased operation in 1986, and today it is used for boat storage by Katlynn Marine. The Coal Trestle, Pennsylvania Railroad, Custom House, and Malt House provided jobs for generations in the community and recall a hard-working, blue-collar era in the town.