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This article, clipped from the Orange County Post gives a abbreviated history of the Blooming Grove Congregation Church, from its begins in the eighteenth century. Architectural features, including acoustics, slave gallery, pews, modifications are...
The Ivanhoe was an exclusive boardinghouse in an era when Nyack was a prosperous summer resort. Three sections of the old boarding house are viewed from Fourth Avenue, just before the structure was demolished.
The original mansard roofed hospital building is on the right with proposed newer buildings on the left. Caption on front reads, "Proposed Buildings of the Nyack Hospital."
Pictured is an iron doorway, leading to the single cell of the South Nyack Village Jail. The inside of the room appears to be filled with miscellany.This building was destroyed when the Tappan Zee bridge and Thruway were built.
Looking east on Main Street at the corner with Franklin, the Nyack Food Center - Cut -Rate Delicatessen occupies the corner building. Next to it is a Launderama. A sign on the Franklin Street side reads "Nyack Urban Renewal Project Area." All of...
Patrolman Joseph O'Connor stands in the intersection of Main Street and Broadway. The occasion may be a parade as men, women, and children are standing on the corners. Cars line both sides of Main Street. Businesses that can be identified are Blue...
Several men and children stand in front of a four-story building on Main Street, Nyack, NY. In the sidewalk area are hung the carcasses of many animals, large and small. Henry Koehler was the owner of the meat market.
After removal from the Bell Memorial Chapel, three large bells sit on the floor. These chimes were used in the Bell Chapel for more than half a century and would be installed in Grace Church, Nyack. The largest bell, measuring 2900 pounds and 52...
This picture was taken at the main intersection in Upper Nyack. On the left is a band headed by a man in a bearskin hat. On the right are the fire department members in uniforms that have a large D on the chest. In the background is a shiny piece...
Pedestrians on Hudson Avenue pass by the fire at the Aniline Dye Company, 1919. A fire truck is in the street and a few firemen can be seen near the building. The upper story of the factory is ablaze. The train station is on the right.
A crowd has gathered on Main Street to watch firemen direct their hoses towards the Harrison and Dalley Department Store, one of Nyack's largest businesses. It was also one of Nyack's most famous fires. The building at 192 Main Street later became...
