St. Peter's Lutheran Church, known as Stone Church was built in 1786 with a door facing the main road. In 1824 the steeple and new entrance were added. The congregation, organized before 1730 disbanded c. 1940.
When Iona Island was used to store munitions for the United States Navy, the area was a bustling community with over 100 buildings. A few of those can be seen: a large storehouse on the left, a guard house in the center, and a residence on the...
The Lone Star Fire Company was formed in 1885 in West (now Central) Nyack and was admitted to the Nyack Fire Department in 1886. It was disbanded in 1904 and reorganized as the Central Engine Company #6 with Andrew Sidoli as chief.
The keyboard, bench, and foot pedals of the Tallman organ were built into the First Baptist Church. When the Baptist congregation disbanded, the organ was moved to the Chautauqua Institute in Western New York.
In 1904, the First Baptist Church had a fiftieth anniversary celebration and the sanctuary was bedecked with flowers. Behind the pulpit stood the pipes and the organ built by Francis John Newton Tallman, who had an organ factory on Third Avenue....
Fire stations; Fire engines & equipment; Horses; Fire fighters; Lintels; Bricks;
This is a sheet of paper which includes two captioned images (transcribed below). The top image is a line drawing of two horses at full gallop pulling a fire fighting pumper cart. The cart has large wooden wheels. There is a single fireman driving...
Pickup trucks; Rivers; Land; Smokestacks; Water towers;
An early model pick-up truck is parked on a street adjacent to a vacant lot. The lot is lined on two edges near the road with an overgrown hedge. There is other debris on the lot. The far side of the lot borders a river. There is a two story,...
