"A lot has happened to this building in the last 100 years" is the caption on this picture. At the street level, a doorway has been bricked-up and a window inserted. A brick hood in the upper story shows the size of an earlier window.
"Hubbard looks forward to his trek into the wilds of Labrador" is the caption written in "Rockland County: Century of History". Beneath the Nyack Library's photograph is the quote "Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!" On...
"In Memory of Quentin McAdam and Anna Booth" reads the inscription over the fireplace in the Carnegie Room. The picture was taken for the centennial of the Nyack Library in 1979. McAdam and Booth were brother and sister and both were active in the...
"Pretty Penny," the home of actress Helen Hayes MacArthur in 1984, was built around 1850 by Eli Gurnee. The horizontal lines of the house are augmented by single and double brackets and sawtooth detailing over the central, second story windows....
"Rockland Female Institute," From The Tourist's Guide through the Empire State. 1871. Artist unknown. Opened in 1856, the institute provided higher education for women. It was located in South Nyack between Piermont Avenue and the Hudson River,...
"Shadow Cliff" was the Upper Nyack residence of Mrs. Eleanor M. Ford. The large mansion was placed on a wide expanse of lawn, facing the Hudson River.The picture is from the book "Nyack and Vicinity in Pictures."
#189 is the home of Kimmel's, makers of flags and awnings and one of the oldest businesses in Nyack. The building was once a shoe store and has patterned brick over the windows and two styles of brackets. The high steps of 193 Main are visible in...
#36 - the house - is on the Dripps 1873 map of Nyack. H. Purdy is printed in the location. #38 - the store- is on the 1876 map and the name Hiram Purdy is printed over it.
#38 Glen Byron Avenue, South Nyack, New York. Built c. 1872, this dwelling displays great visual energy with its footloose fling of jigsaw whimsy. Also, the original slate roof has a lovely rosette pattern.
(Left to right) Betty McGoldrick, Isabel Knipe, and Anne Weishaar read a Good Housekeeping magazine. All lived in or near Nyack. The occasion of the picture is not known.
1 mile Marker erected by Rockland Co. Society to commemorate the opening of the Nyack Turnpike. Between Nyack and Suffern. The first direct highway across the county of Rockland and the first important public work undertaken by private...
