Changes in the character of the Town of Richmond and Honeoye Lake Watershed over the past half century have been significant. The growth in the use of private automobiles and the construction of good roads in the 1920s and 1930s added to the desirability of Honeoye lakefront cottages. By the mid-twentieth century, undeveloped lake frontage had mostly disappeared and summer cottages filled the shoreline.
ChangES in tHE cHAraCteR of tHE tOwn of richmond anD hoNeOYe LakE wAtershEd over The past haLf CEnTURy hAVE BEEn sIgnificanT. the growth in tHE uSe Of prIVate automobILeS and The conStructiOn Of gooD roaDS in the 1920s aNd 1930s aDDeD tO The desirabiLitY of hOneOye LakeFroNt coTtAges. by the MId-twentIeTH ceNtuRY, uNdevelOPeD lAke fRoNtAge Had MostLY Disappeared aND sUmmer CottAges fillEd the ShoreliNe.