This building known as the Whaleback has been owned twice by Bard. Early in the 20th century, it was a student dormitory, (see: http://www.hrvh.org/u?/bard,212). In 1965 Bard purchased it for use as faculty apartment housing. Originally, this...
In the fall of 1929, the Athletics Department of St. Stephen's announced that baseball would replace Lacross as the official spring sport. It was felt that to be competitive, St. Stephen's should promote sports that didn't require a steep learning...
Sixth Panel over Window in Rhinebeck Post Office. From "Murals in the Rhinebeck Post Office:" "Some outstanding Rhinebeck buildings--Foreground from left to right:--The School, designed and built in 1869 by Peter M. Fulton, burned in 1939; The...
From "Murals in the Hyde Park Post Office": "July 24, 1835. Dr. David Hosack and Miss Harriet Martineau drive a gig past Bard's Rock where the crew of a whaler roll casks of spring water to their ship. Dr. Samuel Bard's store and two dwellings face...
Panel 5 of Hyde Park Post Office Mural. From "Murals in the Hyde Park Post Office": "July 24, 1835. Dr. David Hosack and Miss Harriet Martineau drive a gig past Bard's Rock where the crew of a whaler roll casks of spring water to their ship. Dr....
Map of the Village of East Chester
Filed Oct 11, 1841
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After the Erie Railroad came throught this section was know as "Chester at the Depot" for a time. Now known as Downtown Chester. Most of the depot grounds became...
This is the only known photograph of the 1915 Chester Erie Station agent’s office taken while the station was in operation. It was taken in October, 1922 for use in the Erie Magazine. L-r: Robert Marvin, Station Master & John I. Edwards.
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Photograph of Don Barrell, smartly dress, in a doorway with a basket eggs. Tthe occasion of which is not known.
Don lived and worked on the Bairdlea Farm in Sugar Loaf, New York.
Photograph of the Holbert Farm, Sugar Loaf as seen from Mine Hill looking north-north-west.
Note: Buildings on the right foreground are on Hen Lane, now known as Well Sweep Lane.
Photograph of Edward & Ida Kronk Littell in their horseless carriage. Edward was Greycourt Postmaster and kept a general store on “The Lane.” Note: In 2003, “The Lane” is known as Greycourt Avenue.
Edward & Ida Kronk Littell family photograph. Childern (order not known) Lizzie, Harry M., Harriet L., Edward, William G., Andrew H., Ida M., Alfred K.. The Littell's resided on Walnut Avenue, which in 2006, is known as Lehigh Avenue.
Edward & Ida Kronk Littell family photograph taken at the Littell Residence on Walnut Avenue, Greycourt, N.Y. Children (order not known): Lizzie, Harry M., Harriet L., Edward, William G., Andrew H., Ida M. and Alfred K.
Framed Ferrotype James Henry Conklin taken during the Civil War. Following the war, he lived with his wife, Marry Ann, on the Goshen road in West Chester, the little house that would late become Conservo's Real Estate office. Now, 2004, known as 93...
Group photograph of 7 children sitting on a rail and 5 adults standing in front of the Weekly News, “Fine Jobs Printing” shop, known as the Old Bank Building on Main Streets.
Now, 2004, the site is Clayton Delany's parking lot.
Photograph of the recently paved Monroe-Chester Road, looking west, coming into Greycourt. Later to be known as New York State Route 17.
Note: A small section of this paving survives on both sides of the Seely Brook crossing.
