This image is the only known photograph of the interior of the Bard Home. Taken after Margaret Bard's death, the house was not regularly occupied by John Bard and his second wife Annie Belcher at this time. The room appears to be well appointed and...
In this image taken in the summer of 1945, the Zabriskie family still owned Blithewood and much of the land adjoining Bard College. As evidenced by this image labelled 'Zabrisky's (sic) Falls', a good deal of student trespassing transpired before...
Young Men's Christian associations; Buildings; Parapets;
Built in 1927, the brick and stone YMCA was designed by the Henry Emery of Nyack. Of Tudor design, the Y building is similar to a castle or fortress with a crennelated parapet. The bricks are accented with light-colored cast stone, the colors of...
Located on Huguenot Street in the village of New Paltz. "This house, built by Daniel Hasbrouck, son of Abraham Hasbrouck and his wife Maria Deyo Hasbrouck, represents a more typical type of Hudson Valley Dutch-style architecture than most of the...
Al Tretta's Blue Flame Restaurant in South Nyack had awnings with BF printed on them. This local business disappeared when the New York State Thruway was built.
Al Tretta's Blue Flame Restaurant faced Chase Avenue (one of the streets that disappeared when the Thruway was built). The railroad ran behind the building. This was a speakeasy in 1932.
Four photographs of houses in Suffern. The first photograph was taken in 1965 on Wayne Avenue. The second photograph is Paul Auger's house on Mile Road and was taken in 1948. The third photograph is the Christian house at 52 Prairie Avenue. The...
Settlement from the Estate of Cornelius T. Jansen to the Estate of Thomas Jansen, dated July 7, 1787. The document lists two enslaved Africans, Rose and Frink (Frank). The two were separated and sold to different individuals, Rose to Johannis...
The Village of Nyack spreads below the grounds of Nyack Missionary Institute, as it was known then. Highland Avenue angles across the foreground; the Hudson River forms the background. The stone house on the right is Berachah Hall. The message,...
This view of Blithewood from the southeast depicts the expanse of the building. After acquiring the property from Christian Zabriskie in 1951, Bard renamed the house 'Zabriskie Hall,' and used it primarily as a conference center until it was...
This photograph of the north lawn of Blithewood was probably taken soon after Bard College acquired the estate in November of 1951. At that time, and on the death of his mother, Christian Zabriskie donated (in exchange for $1) the property to...
