Although this house was built before 1920, its history has been lost and it has been altered. The windows on all three levels are new, as is the door and possibly the upper balustrade on the porch. A note on the back reads, "S. Broadway, s.w....
Near Route 9W in Upper Grand View, Tweed Boulevard narrows to almost one lane. Locals call this spot "Fat Man's Agony." The boulevard was named for New York City's Boss Tweed, who planned to build a hotel atop Hook Mountain.
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...
The older, 1730 stucco portion of the Reilly house is featured in this photo. This part of the house was built before the Revolutionary War. The higher portion was constructed in 1862. Captain Wilson Defendorf bought the 14-acre property in 1859....
The L-shaped stucco and frame house appears to have been constructed in two sections. Three chimneys are visible, and there is a cupola on the right end. The last owners were the Reillys. The house was razed in 1997. It stood on the shore of the...
Eber Lane has gray curly hair and a wispy beard. He was the Liberty Street School principal from 1857 to 1862. This portrait of Eber Lane was taken later in his life. In "Families in Nyack before 1900", Vol. 2, Carl Nordstrom says that Lane was...
A road winds along a lake; in the background on the right is a boathouse or covered dock. A frame building is hidden in the trees on the left; there is a flagpole in the center. A one horse carriage is approaching the photographer. This may be the...
Larch trees once lined the road at the north end of Broadway, where the state park entrance is today. The area was called Larchdale. The lane that led uphill to the west in now called Larchdale Avenue. This is the property purchased by the Sisters...
Discussion includes Virgil Cross, his work at Mohonk Mountain House and the family business which included a coal yard, a grocery store and the Cross Lumber Company, and rationing during World War II.
