Shown here at age 74, John Bard was a member of a distinguished family of doctors and educators. His grandfather and great-grandfather, Drs. Samuel and John Bard respectively, were preeminent physicians who practiced both in New York City and from...
Posing here as a young man, John Bard was born in 1819 to a distinguished family of doctors and educators. His grandfather and great-grandfather, Drs. Samuel and John Bard respectively, were preeminent physicians who practiced both in New York...
Harvey Fite working with students in Orient Hall, which at that time housed the art and theater departments. Students are identified from left as: Sally Martin, Guy Robinson, and Nancy Levin. Orient was destroyed by fire in April of 1955.
Photographed in the ground floor gallery of Orient Hall(destroyed by fire in April of 1959); several individuals are identified from left to right as follows: Else Rogo, William Frauenfelder, Tony Hecht, Harvey Fite, and Stefan Hirsch. Four...
Photographed in the ground floor gallery of Orient Hall (since destroyed by fire), this photograph depicts another angle of an exhibit of sculpture by regional artists.
Chester High School postcard. The school was located on Oakland Ave., built in 1906 after the fire that consumed the 1842 Chester Academy.
This building was later destroyed by fire in 1948, when owned Chester Cable Corp.
These plans & specifications call for the J.B. Tuthill Building to be constructed of fire resistant brick construction. Following the fire of July, 1876 that destroyed most of downtown Chester, many of the buildings were built using brick...
Public utility companies; Waterworks; Administrative agencies;
Walton Lake Water Rules and Regulations for the Chester water system which opened 1892, after much of downtown Chester was destroyed in the fire of 1876.
The disastrous fire of 1876 destroyed downtown Chester. To protect the village from future fires, the citizens of Chester under took to build both a water system and a fire company. This advertisement was sent to Joseph Durland, a founding member...
The disastrous fire of 1876 destroyed downtown Chester. To protect the village from future fires, the citizens of Chester under took to build both a water system and a fire company. This advertisement was sent to Joseph Durland, a founding member...
Advertisements; Fire engines & equipment; Fire extinguishers;
The disastrous fire of 1876 destroyed downtown Chester. To protect the village from future fires, the citizens of Chester under took to build both a water system and a fire company. This illustrated advertisement was sent to store owner Joseph...
Clippings; Water supply; Lakes & ponds; Actions & defenses; Lawyers;
This article reports on a lawsuit concerning the conflict between the Village of Chester's use and control of Walton Lake as its water supply and the surrounding property owners.
Hector St. John (Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur) formally sells his Pine Hill Farm, which he bought in 1769, to Thomas Moffatt.
During the American Revolution, he refused to take up arms against the British. Therefore, he was suspected of...
