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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OIU_a-strategic-location_Highland-Falls-NY.html
Built near the southern end of the Hudson River Highlands, the Bear Mountain Bridge is approximately 40 miles north of New York City and 90 miles south of Albany. Here, at Anthony's Nose and Bear Mountain, the river narrows and the terrain becomes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LFP_kurt-weill-and-lotte-lenya_Haverstraw-NY.html
Composer Kurt Weill (1900-1950) and his wife, singer-actress Lotte Lenya (1898-1981) are buried here. Born in Germany, Weill achieved fame with The Threepenny Opera in 1928. After fleeing Nazi persecution, Weill and Lenya settled in New York in 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L69_montebello_Suffern-NY.html
The country estate of
financier Thomas Fortune Ryan
and his wife Ida Barry Ryan
was built in 1901, replacing
an 1860s structure of
stockbroker David Groesbeck.
This 44-room mansion
contained a private chapel,
two bowling alleys and
electr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L68_cuyper-van-houten-house_Blauvelt-NY.html
In 1731 Tunis Cooper built
the main section of this
sandstone farmhouse which
was inherited by his
son Abraham. Circa 1812
Rulof C. Van Houton purchased
the homestead and nearby
saw and grist mill. The
roof was raised and stone
east wing …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L67_pig-knoll-school_Suffern-NY.html
Architect Walter Robb Wilder
designed this one-room
schoolhouse in 1915
for Ramapo District Eleven
in which he owned
a farmstead. Attended by
neighborhood children
for 16 years, the school
later became the West
Pomona Community Center.
S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L66_christ-evangelical-lutheran-church_Airmont-NY.html
This congregation, originally
Ramapo Lutheran, was founded
by Palatine Germans on
June 14, 1715. For economic
reasons they had left the
Lower Rhine in Germany for
the mid-Hudson Valley, and
in 1713 about fifty finally
settled on th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L65_jacob-j-blauvelt-homestead_Blauvelt-NY.html
Jacob J. Blauvelt built the
main section of this sand-
stone home ca. 1780 on
the farm of his father,
Johannes J. Blauvelt. The
east wing was added soon
after. A west unit was
replaced by the present
frame structure ca. 1830.
By the 1806 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L4N_camp-shanks_Tappan-NY.html
Camp Shanks
This Memorial Erected In Memory
Of The Millions Of Men And Women
Who Passed Through This Port Of
Embarkation, The Last Stop U.S.A.
January 1943 - July 1946
A.D. 1967
To Honor The Camp Shanks Memorial Committee
John D. La…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L42_piermont-pier_Piermont-NY.html
This monument is dedicated to the many thousands of men from Camp Shanks who left this port to fight on foreign soils in defense of their country during World War II. Their dedication and sacrifice have made America the proud and safe nation it is…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L41_watchfires_Piermont-NY.html
The Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 333, Rockland County observes Memorial Day every May 30th at Piermont Pier
An annual event at several locations in our country; the "Watchfires" are lit at midnight with full military honors. A …