35 Main Street is a neat, one-and-a-half story house that has survived well. A solid gate on the right side leads to an alley. Like #13 and #33, this house was one of the first residences in the hamlet of Nyack in the early 1800s. This picture was...
A full basement adds height to 59 Third Avenue in Nyack. The stairway which curves up to the porch is unusual, and it has a railing matching the balustrade on the porch.
A heavy, overhanging cornice tops this unusually tall building which was once the Everett Hotel of Nyack. Cast iron columns mark the entrance. This was one of many buildings featured in a Hopper House display on Nyack residences and businesses that...
Just above the corner of Cedar Hill Avenue and Franklin Street is this large house. The long side was once the front, with a long veranda. Now two parking lots occupy the front lawn.
Nyack's #148 Main Street has been altered; the decorative bands were added when the building was stuccoed. #152 has retained its century-old appearance.
The decorative elements of these brick buildings are typical of the architecture on the north side of Nyack's Main Street, west of Broadway. #86 was originally a bakery built by Oswald Luleich and is the last building with the name of the builder...
The First Presbyterian Church was built in 1839 in the Greek Revival style. The interior has unusual curvilinear pews. This was one of several churches featured in a Hopper House display on Nyack residences and businesses that were in existence...
The red brick First Reformed Church is distinguished by a huge stained glass window and the tall clock tower. The clock is the official clock for the Village of Nyack. First Reformed was one of several churches featured in a Hopper House display on...
The simplicity of this nineteenth century Nyack house - the roof, the window and door frames, and the siding - is reflective of the time when it was built, before the Victorian period.
The three story, turreted house at the corner of South Broadway and DePew has long been called "Couch Court." It was the family home and later office of Natalie Couch, Rockland County's first woman lawyer. It was bought by Natalie P. Couch in May...
The tower doorway of the First Reformed Church is of heavy wood, supported by iron hinges which expand into a decorative floral motif. This was one of several churches featured in a Hopper House display on Nyack residences and businesses that were...
Buildings; Business & finance; Jewelers; Restaurants;
These small Main Street buildings began as houses and were converted to businesses. They're squeezed between two multi-story structures. Holliday Jewelers was a Nyack business for over fifty years, as was the Office Restaurant, a jazz club.
This 1839 structure, known as the Vanilla Factory, was the first brick commercial building of any size in Nyack. It's on the southeast cormer of Main Street and Piermont Avenue. The hoist located on the left was added about 1880. This photograph...
This block of North Broadway, the east side, has a variety of building styles, a number of different bracket designs, and various pediments including one that is Greek revival. The building on the corner once had a corner tower. This image was...
This dwelling at 257 South Broadway was a typical Victorian house with a Queen Anne tower and a veranda until the 1920s. Then it was transformed with brick and grillwork. This house may have been a speakeasy during Prohibition.
This dwelling is one of several small, one-and-a-half story houses that line both sides of Piermont Avenue in Nyack. It's reported that these workmen's cottages were moved around as needed. Most were built about 1820. Some have windows that slide...
This family dwelling at 148 South Broadway is a classic mansard style with a rosette tile roof, hooded windows, and a paneled cornice. Although fairly small, it is rich in details.
This gorgeous house, originally built in 1839, has a pleasing asymmetrical aspect. The foundation is red sandstone, and the cellar has cedar floor boards. The original portion had 4 fireplaces and 6 more were added in the 1880s. Other additions...
This house was the last Nyack home of the DePew family. Elsa (Elsie or Elsey) DePew became mistress when she married Dr. William Stephenson. The house was moved from across the street to make room for the Nyack Post Office. Over the second-story...
