Erie Railroad station built in the 1800s in Cornwall, New York, in the hamlet of Firthcliffe. The railroad station was originally named the "Montana" station. On June 5, 1886, it was re-named "Firthcliffe".
The south side of Main Street, just west of Broadway, has buildings of different styles. The Tractenberg Building on the left, is quite ornate. Next is a simple one story structure housing the Long Island Drum Center. The two three-story buildings...
The Lydecker Building (Lydecker Real Estate and Insurance) occupies the southwest corner of Main Street and Franklin Street. The upper two stories are of the 1800s brick construction, with evenly placed windows and wooden trim. The lower story,...
Spring flowering trees are in bloom as the photographer snaps the row of three-story brick buildings on the west side of South Broadway in Nyack.These buildings were constructed in the late 1800s.
The Wayside Chapel is on the River Road in Grand View. It was built as a small place of worship in the 1800s but is now a private home. It is just south of the Tappan Zee bridge.
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Everett "Smoky" Wanamaker talks about Empire Hook and Ladder Company in Upper Nyack and the role of the Wanamkaer family in the department. The origins of "The Goosetown against the World" slogan of the department are discussed as well as some of...
Additions on the right and in the rear have enlarged this tiny Summit Avenue dwelling, which was built in the 1800s. The railing and shutters - and possibly the windows - are replacements.
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.
Prospect Street has many mansard style houses, which were probably built about the same time in the 1800s. Most have been modernized. On this house, faux brick siding covers up the original clapboards.
Rockland Lake, a spring-fed lake about 150 feet above the Hudson River, is in the distance.When Rockland County was first settled, it was called Quaspeck Pond. In the 1800s the lake was renowned for its ice, harvested in the winter and stored until...
Rockland Lake ice, harvested almost every winter in the 1800s, was considered the best in the world. The inclined elevator would have been used to lower blocks of ice from the store houses along the edge of Rockland Lake. Gondola-like cars would...
35 Main Street is a neat, one-and-a-half story house that has survived well. A solid gate on the right side leads to an alley. Like #13 and #33, this house was one of the first residences in the hamlet of Nyack in the early 1800s. This picture was...
This compact two-story dwelling has a basement level built into the hillside and accessible under the front porch. The basement is used as the kitchen, as it was when built in the late 1800s.
These buildings were just west of Cedar Street on Main Street in Nyack. The grocery or meat market on the left, #113 Main, was owned by Benjamin DeJong. Next was the liquor store of Charles De Martini. Koehler's Market, with an awning over the...
A family has gathered in the yard for a photograph. The mother sits in the center, surrounded by six children. The oldest son may be a teenager and the youngest child, about five years old. All of the outfits indicate the late 1800s.
The Polhemus Mill in West Nyack was an important business in the 1800s, and many pictures were painted of it, and even more photographs were taken of it. This photograph appears to be older than the one reproduced in "Portrait of West Nyack."
