Photograph of downtown near the Erie Depot. Photo dated from Sanborn Insurance Map of Dec. 1884 which shows Roe's Hall separate from the barn to the left. Later maps show one continuous building.
On p. 4 of Breed's 1902 Nyack Directory is this photograph of Gaynor's Grocers on Franklin Street. Here Nyackers could buy flour, feed, hay, and straw, as well as spades, shovels, and garden tools. The business was established in 1869.The location...