Early U.N. Leader summered in Southeast
Dag Hammarskjold, the second Secretary General of the United Nations, was from Sweden, but for a while he spent his weekends at his home on Foggintown Rd in Brewster. It’s a white house, on a...
Fanny Crosby Birthplace Historical Marker
Fanny Crosby was was born on Foggintown Road in Southeast on March 24, 1820. If you are driving west on Foggintown (from Rt 22 towards Farm-to-Market), just up the hill from the Bog Brook Multiple...
Old Toll House on Route 301 in Nelsonville
This tiny 722 square foot building was originally a toll house on the Cold Spring and Patterson Turnpike. It was built in 1890 and was operated by one Caleb Hustis.
Gristmill Stone in the design of Mahopac National Bank
A few years ago I came across a brochure titled Putnam Rocks: Restoring Our Cultural Kinship, put together by the Putnam County Historical Preservation Advisory Committee. I don’t recall where I found it. But I...
Halloween Fun at Smalley’s Inn
My kids love Halloween. So do I. So since it is now October, we headed over to Smalley’s Inn at 57 Gleneida Ave in downtown Carmel. Smalley’s has been around, in one form or another, since...