This is a photograph of a page of Cole's "History of Rockland County, N. Y." Dr. Jacob Outwater Polhemus, a stern looking man with mutton chops, was a popular physician and founder of Nyack Hospital. At one time, he owned the house at 44 Fifth...
This simple one-and-a-half story house is a typical mid-nineteenth century residence for a family of modest means. The first owner was James Coates, who lived in the house until 1860. All these many years later, the house reflects the builder's...
This simple clapboard house was built about 1850, a time when life in Nyack centered around the Hudson River. Alfred Camp obtained the property from George and Hannah Gedney for $100.
The history of this charming house, known as the Tunis Smith house, is described in "Survey of Historic Buildings Village of Nyack, New York" by Nieweg and Reimann. All of the exterior building materials have been replaced, except for the...
This is the south side of #50 Piermont Avenue. See Nyack Library image #4534 for the front. The "Survey of Historic Buildings Village of Nyack, New York" by Nieweg and Reimann has a history of this house and the property. The house, know as "The...
The Italianate DePew or Hudson House is one of the most architecturally pleasing and historically significant houses in the village of Nyack. The Depew family owned much land in the village and were successful in business and real estate. This...
This mansard-roofed house is basically the same as when it was built, but the windows have been changed, the brackets are gone, and new siding has been applied. Originally known as the David Garner house, it was designed and built by James C. Wool...
This small house on Prospect Street has fallen on hard times. It faces west and has another porch on the east side. It's a typical dwelling of a Nyack working class family. At one time there were greenhouses in the yard on the south side. The owner...
What did this house look like originally? The roof and dormer windows appear to be original but the front entrance have windows on the lower floor have been changed. There was a porch on the back, designed to look out at the Hudson River. It was...
Could this house have more individual bits of roof than any other in Nyack? It is a "cross gable-on-hip roof with a projecting two story bay with a gable." When this picture was taken in 1996, a major restoration was underway.
This box-shaped, Italianate dwelling had a clapboard exterior when it was built in the late 1850s. The stucco was applied about 1919. William Mathews, a river pilot who later owned the Nyack Express Company, was the original owner.
This delightfully symmetrical house - every element, it seems, repeated on left and right - is highlighted by the snow and ice. Known as the William Dickey House, it was built about 1850 in the Carpenter Gothic style. Dickey is noted as the builder...
This small mansard Victorian, on the northwest corner of First Avenue and Gedney Street, was built about 1860 for Edward Burr. Burr was one of Nyack's shoemakers, a part owner of the second shoe-making factory in the village.The house remained in...
This superbly preserved residence, built in the Italianate style about 1855, has double brackets and unusual porch supports. It was built by the Nyack physician, Benjamin Davison, who lived in it for three decades.
The houses on Fifth Avenue have unique ways of dealing with the steepness of the slope. Here a garage has been built under the front porch. 94 has several original architectural elements: the stone foundation, decorative stained glass inserts on...
This rambling, wood-frame, Queen Anne style house is on the north side of First Avenue. It was the home of two prominent Nyack men, Horatio Prall and Enoch Bell. Built by Hagaman Onderdonk, it has been added to extensively, creating an increasingly...
The Edward Burr house was built about 1860. The Burrs were shoe manufacturers in Nyack. This well-maintained house has a lovely position close to the Hudson River.
On p. 4 of Breed's 1902 Nyack Directory is this photograph of Gaynor's Grocers on Franklin Street. Here Nyackers could buy flour, feed, hay, and straw, as well as spades, shovels, and garden tools. The business was established in 1869.The location...
This 1870 Gothic Revival house has board-and-batten siding, steep gables, and extensive decoration on the peaks and porches. Known as the Smith Gate House, it was at the entrance of a large property owned by steamboat magnate David D. Smith. After...
