Catskill Walking Tour

Catskill Walking Tour (HM2EQP)

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Beattie-Powers Place

James Powers (1782-1868) was a life-long resident of the Village of Catskill, where he lived as a prosperous lawyer, land developer, and gentleman farmer. He served as eighth president of the village and as state senator (1836-39). His father-in-law, Orrin Day, was the first president of the village. From his father-in-law, Powers purchased a tract of land which ranged from approximately present-day Broad Street to the Hudson River, bounded by Harrison and William Streets. By 1839 Powers had built his Greek Revival house overlooking the river. The structure is derived from plans by Minard Lefever, whose pattern books were widely circulated and used by local carpenters as building guides. Lefever was praised as one of America's finest architects by Calvert Vaux, the architect whose work includes New York City's Central Park, and who collaborated with the artist Frederick Church for designs at Olana - directly across the river from Beattie-Powers Place.
By bequest of Mary Deane Beattie, whose family home this was for many decades, the house and its land became a Village park in 1991. It is included in Catskill's East Side Historic District.

Richard N. PhillipVillage Historian, 2007
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Date Added Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 at 10:03am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 594248 N 4674675
Decimal Degrees42.21856667, -73.85806667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 13.114', W 73° 51.484'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 13' 6.84" N, 73° 51' 29.04" W
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