This page from the booklet,"Glimpses of Nyack" shows two buildings of the Alliance Institute, which became the Nyack Missionary College and later, Nyack College. The upper picture is of the huge frame, multi-storied building which still stands and...
These buildings are on the present-day campus of Nyack College. The Alliance Institute was the original college building,constructed in the late 1800s. Berachah has at different been a private home and part of the campus.
The front of the house at 1059 Route 9W has an unusual turret and a ground level wrap-around porch. On the back are a sun room and a deck, both with views of the Hudson River.
Known as the Sweets, this house was bought by Kenneth and Cora Sweet in 1924. There is a history of their family and the Derven family in Terry Talley's book, "Gems of the Hudson." The turreted Victorian was built about 1868 on the site of the...
