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 program for a select concert of vocal and instrumental music given at the M. E. Church, Middletown on Thursday evening, December 12, 1872 for the benefit of the church. There is a list of the performers, the types of performances, the titles...
A poster advertising a concert of vocal & instrumental music, for the benefit of District School No. 7, Orangetown, given at the M. E. Church, Middletown, September 30, 1871. The concert was held at the Methodist Episcopal Church which stood on...
At the foot of Burd Street stands one of the few remaining factory buildings in Nyack. Built in 1877 as a shoe factory, it became a hat manufactory in 1884. In 1984, it was home to two firms, Schofield & Colgan, Architects and Lawler, Matusky, and...
One block of Railroad Avenue was bought by the Pavion Company for parking and use by the manufactory. When the plant folded years later, it left an empty space in Nyack's business district.
This brick mill building is one of a few surviving industrial sites in the Village of Nyack. Shoes were made here. There is an extensive history in the 1988-89 Neiweg and Reimann "Survey of Historic Buildings Village of Nyack, New York," pp. 1 and ...
Colorized postcard of bird-eye view of Red Hook, NY. Note three story building with mansard roof, flag pole, lampposts, horse and carriage, mounting block near flag pole. Building on far right, Tobacco Manufactory
This is an account by Alice Haagensen of the involvement of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and the Standard Oil company in the Palisades and Sneden's Landing area. Several sentences concerning a pier are highlighted in yellow.
