On the left, the brick King's Daughters Library, the public library of Haverstraw, NY, stands on the corner of Main Street and Allison Avenue. The Allison family owned a major brick manufacturing company in Haverstraw.
Sky Island on South Highland Avenue in Nyack, NY, was built by Emma Wertheim, whose daughters, Viola and Diana, were devotees of Pierre Bernard of the Clarkstown Country Club. From 1939 to 1945, the mansion served as a transitional hostel for...
An unknown mother and her three daughters posed for photographer George W. Hoffer. Hoffer is listed in the Nyack directories from 1894 to 1910. He had a shop on DePew Place and another at the corner of Cedar Hill Avenue and South Broadway. He lived...
Hegner's Cafe at 87 Main Street, Nyack, was next door to a local carting company, Nyack Express. Here men from both establishments pose for a photographer. Mr. Hegner is the second man on the left, with a moustache. A note on the back says, "A very...
Erastus Johnson and his wife were photographed in their living room or parlor. Fanny Lucretia Brundage was Johnson's second wife. The furnishings are typically Victorian: piano, settee, wall sconces, oil lamps, marble top table, and many portraits.
This stucco dwelling incorporates elements of the Colonial Revival architectural style: leaded glass, bay windows, gambrel roof lines, and a wide front porch with a portico. It's a large, airy residence once owned by Minetta and Edward Townsend....
152 DePew Avenue, the dark house on right, was once owned by the Pugliese family. 154 DePew, on left, is only partly visible and was built by Patrick and Elvira Bridgewater in 1977. The couple was from Trinidad and had four sons and daughters.
Jeannie Beveridge Dunlop (center) sits with four of her daughters, posing for a photographer. Left to right are Elsie, May, Jessie, and Agnes. The picture probably was taken in Paris in the spring of 1908, when the family traveled to England and...
Inventory form for building located on Continental Rd; near intersection of Clubhouse Rd. recording the following information: Daniel Dobins (owner at time of inventory). 2 1/2-story; gambrel roof; stucco; shingles in gambrel; 8/1; casement...
Inventory form for building located on East Lake Stable Rd. recording the following information: Wm. McNeil Rodewald, Jr. (owner at time of inventory). 2-story; juxtaposed gable roof; 8/2; brackets; soffit; belt course; casement windows; dormers....
