Author and economist Ralph Borsodi built this homestead just north of Suffern, NY, over a ten-year period, 1924-34, and then developed a "School for Living." His enclave led to his Bayard Lane and West Nyack's Van Houten Fields and other...
This is a continuation from the front page of an article about the play "Nothing But the Truth," published by the "Pawling School Weekly" on February 5, 1921. (second column, second paragraph). It lists those who were responsible for the scenery,...
Women; Health; Food; Water; Correspondence; Religion; Religious education; Religious services; Methodist churches;
Leah will be leaving NY and is making plans to arrive in Newburgh. She mentions that she has had little benefit from bathing and gives details of a sermon she has just heard. She writes of the kindness Maria and Jonathan have shown her.
This appealing Carpenter-Gothic building is on the east side of South Broadway, just past Cedar Hill Avenue. It was built as the sanctuary for the Universalist Unitarian church of Nyack and then became the home of the First Church of Christ,...
This tiny saltbox cottage has a single door on the left front and two shuttered windows on the lower floor. The upper half story has two half windows just beneath the roof line. A picket fence frames the tiny front yard. The house is on the east...
This apartment building is unique in Nyack. There is no other structure with this layout and design. It is located on the north side of high Avenue, just past Franklin Street.
This mansard style residence had just been restored when the photograph was taken for the 1984 centennial. The windows in the roof are deeply hooded. The bay window on the second floor and the partly enclosed porch were probably later Victorian era...
These three houses on High Avenue, located just above Gedney Street in Nyack, are of similar construction. Each is a two-story frame dwelling with three windows facing the street on the second floor. The photograph was created for the 1984...
Soldiers; War; Patriotic envelopes; Civil service reform; Civil wars;
Having been detached from his company to the Navy in Mississippi, Meeker describes his new surroundings. He is concerned that he is yet to receive his boots or box of provisions that he had previously asked for. He is worried about his father's...
James writes to his friend Phil about the difficulties of army life. He has been marching for three weeks straight though serious weather conditions. One night the troops had to camp right down in the snow. He mentions that there are strong Union...
This is a very chatty letter to Rachel from her father. Friends and family visited each other regularly and often stayed overnight or for a few days. Since he has just returned home from such a visit, he reports the latest news about social events...
Letter from Rachel to her parents acknowledging receipt of some things from home. She worries about how they will resolve their dispute, and confirms to her father that Mr. Wright might be in need of money at the moment as he’s just had a major...
These flat-roofed houses appear on the 1884 Burleigh map, "Nyack on the Hudson," and do retain some of the architectural elements of that era - the stone lintels, the bay windows, and the double brackets just below the roof. Their appearance,...
Women; Health; Correspondence; Medicine; Death; Dead persons; Religion; Christianity;
Leah writes to Maria's three children about the ways of the world, especially to Nathaniel and Kitty who are about to enter school. She knows that Andrew is too young for school but hopes that he will assist in the care of baby Maggie. She...
A note indicates that the original use of this building was as a stable. The building is gabled on the front and sides of the building and the roof shingles are diamond shaped. The siding in the front gable is fish-scaled, the siding on the rest of...
This simple frame dwelling is located on lower Burd Street, below Piermont Avenue. On the 1884 map, "Nyack on the Hudson," it is located just west of the multi-story Smithsonian Hotel, which faced the Hudson River. The house was recently restored.
