Designed by Hoppin & Koen, Blithewood was built for Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Zabriskie, and completed ca. 1901. Their son, Christian Andrew Zabriskie, transferred the Blithewood Estate to Bard College in 1951 for one dollar.
Photograph of the Hambletonian Monument located on Hambletonian Ave., at intersection with Oakland Avenue.
“Hambletonian, "The Father of Harness Racers" owned by entrepreneur Wm Rysdyck. Rysdyck's horses "Long Island Black Hawk" and "New York...
Church schools; Churches; Clippings;Cycling; Farm life; Floods; Homicides; War;
Newspaper clipping with stories of the first one hundred years of the Chester Presbyterian Church and its ministers. Clipping also includes other short unrelated articles of local interest.
Forts & fortifications; Group portraits; Military personnel; Panoramic photographs; Soldiers
Sixteenth Recruit Troop, Fort Ethan Allen, Vt. Photo by McAllister, Burlington, Vt. Men from Chester are believed to be among the recruits. Fort Ethan Allen was a U.S. army installation in Vermont, named for American Revolutionary War figure...
Clippings; History; Historical societies; Historians; Land grants; Taverns (Inns);
Newspaper clipping reporting on a Historical Society of Middletown and Wallkill Precinct meeting featuring Frank Durland’s paper on the importance of Chester in history. Apparently, this was clipped from Dr. Wesley Wait's copy of the newspaper.
Photo postcard:
2:12 Class Trotting
"Al Mack" (Brook Farm, Chester) breaking the World "Half Mile" Three H&A Trotting record Time 2:08 3/4, 2:09 1/2, 2:10 1/2
"Historic Track, August 15, 1916
Goshen, N. Y.
The Meadows a stone house, which may have been designed by Alexander Jackson Davis, was built in the Gothic Revival style for Mr. and Mrs. William P. Wainwright. The house was extensively remodeled and renamed Leacote by Douglas Merritt. The house...
Ferncliff Mansion on River Road was built by William B. Astor and occupied by his descendants, John Jacob Astor and Vincent Astor before being demolished after World War II.
Two men are sitting in an open air car on Mill Street in the Village of Rhinebeck. The car is parked on the snow covered road in front of the Rhinebeck Hotel. This photo was taken before 1917 when the Rhinebeck Hotel became the Beekman Arms Hotel.
This house was located on Forge Hill Road, New Windsor, New York. Forge Hill Road runs between Highway 9-W and Highway 32. In front of this house was a forge used by Mr. Brewster to make parts of the chain that went across the Hudson River during...
Postcard reads Greetings from Ellenville in block letters. The word "Greetings" has pictures of women and the word "Ellenville" has pictures of streets and historic buildings from Ellenville area. Handwritten note on the front dated August 9,...
Picture of 9 postcards; showing buildings and outdoor scenes from the Ellenville area. Pictures include Canal St. in Ellenville and Reformatory in Napanoch. Postmarked 1906.
