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...
Plans; Building construction; Basements; Cells (Rooms); Courtrooms; Engineering drawings;
Drawing plan for the Basement of the new Corporation building to house the Village of Chester Court, Jail, Village offices, and Fire Company. Shows layout with: Trustees Room, in which the Chester Village Board met; Court Room; Two cells to hold...
Plans; Engineering drawings; Building construction
Elevational cross-section drawing of the new Corporation building to house the Village of Chester Court, Jail, Village offices, and Fire Company. Basement housed court room, two cells and Village Trustees meeting room. Walton Hose Company occupied...
Engineering drawing showing the proposed Passenger Station, the rearrangement of tracks and elimination of grade crossing at Meadow Ave. in downtown Chester, N.Y.
A physics demonstration involving a tank of liquid, a lensed instrument, and measuring tools. There are three men around this device. One person (possibly a student) is making adjustments, and appears to be looking through the lens of the...
Postcards; Military academies; Military facilities; Monuments; Monuments & memorials;
A woman standing at the monument and looking out over the Hudson River. This is the Battle Monument. Perhaps the most prominent and majestic monument at the Academy is the Battle Monument. It was dedicated in 1897 "in memory of the officers and...
Postcards; Military academies; Military facilities; Monuments;
Looking up at Battle Monument from the base, seven sphere surround the monument. It was dedicated in 1897 "in memory of the officers and men of the American Army who fell in battle," specifically the Regular Army casualties of the North during the...
Postcards; Military academies; Military facilities; Sculpture;
The statue of a man, mounted on a square elevated foundation. The statue is a military person with a cape. Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer (June 9, 1785 - September 7, 1872) also known as "the Father of West Point" was an early superintendent...
Three men and in a rowboat - two sitting, one standing, are seen on the still water of the Hudson River. In the background, there are cranes working alongside pilings in the river off of the shore. A small construction raft is anchored some...
This photograph depicts the residences of Miss Lillie O. Estabrook and Frank Estabrook, located at 202 and 204 Montgomery Street in Newburgh, NY. An older woman is seated on the porch with a younger woman standing by her side and holding a small...
