Fite's sculpture "Flame" stood at the center of his sculptural landscape prior to Fite's decision to replace this with the enormous uncarved monolith which stands on the site today.
This photograph of a sculpture entitled "Seclusion" was taken by the artist, Robert Bassler, class of 1957, shortly after her installation in the fountain at Blithewood garden. The sculpture was created as part of his senior project, and at the...
Several men and children stand in front of a four-story building. In the sidewalk area are hung the carcasses of many animals, large and small. In the 1950s, this was a Whelan's Drug Store.
A letter to James Starr Clark informing him that he had been elected to the position of Missionary of Annandale in 1854. This provided an official title and stipend to Clark for the work that he had already undertaken with the financial support of...
This early twentieth century house has not been changed much. The wide front porch has four simple pillars and the two-story bay window has fish-scale shingles. In the 1980s and 1990s it was the home of Geroge and Leslie Hearn. George is remembered...
The yellow shingles with blue and white trim add to the appeal of this late-nineteenth century home. This house was one of several on this street built for railroad workers when the railroad was first extended into Nyack.
This tiny salt box house retains many of its original elements: narrow clapboards, shutters, tiny windows on the second story. It is a very early nineteenth century Nyack house.
The elegant Ross-Hand mansion was built in 1864 by Azariah Ross. It was later bought and renovated by William Hand. The Hand family lived there until the latter part of the 20th century. William Henry Hand was a colleague of Thomas Edison.The stone...
This late nineteenth century house has had few changes over the years, although the porch has been replaced. There are double brackets under the eaves, the windows are very plain, and the roof slopes steeply in the back. Its history is not known.
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.
Located uphill from South Franklin Street, the Barner House has undergone many changes: the porch, the windows, the siding, and probably the stoop are replacements. It is an example of Nyack's many mid-nineteenth century working-class residences....
This is an example of a modest, working class Nyack house built in the mid-nineteenth century. Michael Ross, an Irish immigrant, bought the land from Peter DePew in 1859. He and his wife, Catherine,were the owners until 1900. The east addition was...
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...
Little Tommy, Leah's son, is very ill and is being treated by a Dr. The Dr. thinks that Tommy is suffering from a derangement of the bile & bowels and treats him with calomel. Leah closes by asking for strength from above.
The small windows of the low second story of this dwelling indicate early nineteenth century construction.Stairways to the porch and lawn show the elevation of Summit Street, well above the main part of the Village of Nyack. Although this is an...
This lovingly restored nineteenth century house was featured on the 2004 Blue Rock School tour of renovated houses. Helen L. Powell, the librarian at Nyack Library for about six decades, lived here in 1906.
This nineteenth century mansion was named Pretty Penny by its most famous owner, actress Helen Hayes. Built around 1804, its low flanking wings, fine porte-cochere and fine detailing call attention to this unique house.
This house, obviously of the nineteenth century, has some convincing architectural elements such as the balustrade and portal decoration on the porch, but the square tower and the portion on the right have different architectural elements.
