New York, Rockland County, Blauvelt
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The main section and south
kitchen of this Dutch
sandstone homestead were
built c. 1790-1800, the
north addition c. 1840, on
land earlier owned by
David Bogert. The first
known occupant was
Garret I. Blauvelt. In 1853
the farm was acquired by
John S. Norris, a prominant
architect and constructor
of fine buildings. In 1885
it was purchased by the
Burr family who owned it
more than half a century.
(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
The main section and south
kitchen of this Dutch
sandstone homestead were
built c. 1790-1800, the
north addition c. 1840, on
land earlier owned by
David Bogert. The first
known occupant was
Garret I. Blauvelt. In 1853
the farm was acquired by
John S. Norris, a prominant
architect and constructor
of fine buildings. In 1885
it was purchased by the
Burr family who owned it
more than half a century.(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
In 1826 Gilbert and Phebe
Johnson, prominent Ramapo
landholders, deeded five
acres and a small
farmhouse, rear wing of
present house, to their son
Daniel. He added the two
and one-half story east
section in 1836. His son,
Erastus, completed the house
in 1868. Johnsons served
in numerous positions in
local and State government
and continuously occupied
the farm until purchased
by the Harold T. Sherwood
family in 1946.
On this site many of
the Camp Shanks barracks
were converted into
housing for World War II
veterans and their families.
Providing living quarters
for about 4,000 people,
it became the largest
veterans' student housing
complex in the nation.
The community became
a self-contained unit
with its own elected
government and
its own newspaper.
The Methodist Episcopal
Church of Mechanicsville, an
outgrowth of the Wesley
Chapel, was built in 1856 and
derived its name from the
community, known for the
mills and industry which
thrived in the area. In 1882
the first post office was
established and the hamlet
was renamed Viola. The
church was rededicated in
1968 as the Viola United
Methodist Church.
This late 18th century home-
stead stands on lot no. 10 of
the 1727 Kakiat Patent. Mary
Salyer, daughter of Michael
Salyer and Elizabeth Mabie,
inherited the house and 9
acres in 1811. Among other
early owners were DeClark,
Aymar and Blauvelt families.
In 1966 the Spring Valley
Water Co. acquired the
premises adjacent to the
new reservoir and in 1992
donated the house to the
Town of Orangetown for
use as a museum.
This small early 19th century
community of ten houses
assumed the name of its
prominent colonial Dutch
residents, the Bogert family.
C. 1824 this road, Paradise
Ave., was lengthened through
the salt marshes to a 500-
foot pier on the Hudson
to accommodate steam vessels.
The adjoining creek had
been deepened and rerouted
c. 1740, becoming the first
water level entry to this area
then called Tappan Landing.
First called "The Slote"
(Dutch for "ditch"), the
stream became known as the
Spar Kill.
This park was deeded to the
Village by the Tappan Zee
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
Park Association in 1935.
The 9 trees around the
perimeter of the Park are in
memory of the 9 Nyack families
whose sons were killed in
World War I.
The cobblestone barn, carriage
house and huge dairy barn were
the centerpiece of the 200-acre
country estate of Henry von L.
Meyer Sr., founder and vice
president of White Laboratories,
which manufactured nationally
known drugs such as Feenament
and Aspergum. The working farm
supported a dairy herd while its
produce was donated to charity.
Mr. Meyer and his wife, Laura,
were well-known philanthropists.
Among the beneficiaries of their
work were the State Charities Aid
Association, the Nyack YMCA, the
Boy Scouts, Rockland County
Conservation Association and the
Suffern Free Library, among
others. Ardent supporters of the
Rockland County SPCA, they established a branch shelter for homeless animals on their farm.
This road was formerly Main Street
in the Hamlet of Rockland Lake.
Shortly before his death, community
leader and benefactor Stephen Rowe
Bradley, Sr. (b. 1836; d. 1910)
expressed his intent to donate 212
acres of his land to the Palisades
Interstate Park Commission. His
heirs implemented his wishes and
stated that the land "shall be deeded
for a natural park, to be held for the
benefit and enjoyment of the public
at large." That land is now the
Blauvelt State Park. Some ninety
years later Mary Bradley Blake, his
granddaughter, made available 40
additional acres for "open space"
acquisition, in keeping with her
spirit of generosity and preservation.
That acreage is today the Stephen
Rowe Bradley, Sr. Park, so named
by Mary Bradley Blake in memory
of, and in gratitude to, her grandfather.
Built in 1865, this church was an outgrowth of the Wesley Chapel, located a few miles to the south. In
1862 a group of residents felt the
need for their own church and were
sent their first pastor, the Rev.
George D. Carmichael, in 1863. His annual salary was $450, plus a horse. Church members Mr. & Mrs. John J. Secor gave 8.5 acres on which to
build the church.
Ladentown was named after Michael Laden, who established a store and tavern in 1816 to serve the mountain residents as well as teamsters
hauling between the Ramapo iron works and Haverstraw.
The church has been placed on
the State and National Registers of Historic Places.
Southern Railway's Normal Depot was completed in time for the dedication of the West Tennessee Normal School on September 10, 1912. A brick Craftsman-style building with a tiled hip roof, it was a commuter station with separate white and "colored" waiting rooms. Baggage of arriving Normal School students was hauled to their dormitories via mule-drawn wagon. During World War II, trainloads of wounded personnel arrived at Normal Depot for transport to the nearby Kennedy Army Hospital. The Depot was decommissioned in December 1949, purchased by Memphis State College for $200 and dismantled.
In Grand View Betty Friedan wrote
The Feminine Mystique. Its publication
in 1963 and the birth of the
National Organization for Women (NOW), which Friedan co-founded and headed
in 1966, helped reduce gender discrimination for millions of
women and girls worldwide.
On a 116-acre tract here stood the model farm created 1857-67 by this agricultural reformer. Watts was the first president of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Society, 1851; a founder of the Farmers' High School (now Penn State); and U.S. Commissioner of Agriculture, 1871-76. The farm remained until 1988. Its site selection, layout, and building designs reflected Watts's pioneering ideas on farm efficiency
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