Author and economist Ralph Borsodi built this homestead just north of Suffern, NY, over a ten-year period, 1924-34, and then developed a "School for Living." His enclave led to his Bayard Lane and West Nyack's Van Houten Fields and other...
This unusual looking house was originally the farmhouse of John Van Houten. Van Houten owned land 280 feet wide from the Hudson River to the mountain on the west. He developed the landing and the boatyard, beginning to subdivide the property in the...
Law passed March 8, 1773 that made it illegal to fire guns from December 31 to January 2. If a white person is found guilty of breaking this law he or she would have to pay a fine of 20 shillings or serve 1 month in jail. If a slave is found guilty...
In the 1920s, this corner was quiet. The unpaved lane leading into Marydell Camp is now busy Midland Avenue. Just before the buildings, a lane led to the east; it is now Larchdale Avenue.
The plaque for Bayard Lane: Bayard Lane (named for Blandina Bayard, an early Ramapo settler) was the first of the back-to-the-land homestead communities formed by Ralph Borsodi.
This is a postcard of the Gothic building known as Boulderberg Manor. The house has two steep gables which interrupt the roof-lines. In addition, there are dormers with steep gables on the main portion of the house as well as a cupola. There are...
Bridge on Christmas Hill Road before modernized. Christmas Hill Road runs east/west through Monsey between New Country Road on the east and Cherry Lane on the west. An 1876 Atlas of Rockland County shows the Piermont Branch of the Erie...
Castle Heights Avenue was a dirt lane when this scene was photographed. The road leads downhill from Midland Avenue to the Broadway intersection, which was and is the center of the Village of Upper Nyack.The houses in the picture are still standing...
Photograph of Charles and Marie Barrell in simple one horse, sprung carriage, on lawn in front of Segal home off Hen Lane, Sugar Loaf.
Note: The name of Hen Lane was changed to Well Sweep Lane sometime in the mid-twentieth century.