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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/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/HM1KYS_dogwoods_Airmont-NY.html
In 1924 author, economist,
philosopher, Ralph Borsodi
and family designed and
began construction of this
homestead, utilizing native
field stone, their own
and semi-skilled labor.
By 1934 they completed
"Dogwoods" and an enclave
of five b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYO_viola-united-methodist-church_Suffern-NY.html
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
…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYH_sufferns-depot-1841-1941_Suffern-NY.html
As the gateway to the Ramapo
Pass, Suffern became an
important stop after the Erie
Railroad laid its tracks from
the Piermont Pier in 1841.
In 1848, rails were extended
from Jersey City to Suffern.
From this period to the mid
20th century…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYG_suffern-grammar-school_Suffern-NY.html
A one-room schoolhouse,
Suffern's first, was erected
nearby circa 1853. In 1880
a five-room schoolhouse
was built on this site. By
1901 a brick school was
constructed for $25,000
to accommodate a growing
student population. As
more studen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KYD_cobblestone-farm_Suffern-NY.html
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 Feen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KXS_bayard-lane_Montebello-NY.html
Bayard Lane (named after
Blandina Bayard, an early
Ramapo settler) was the first
of the back-to-the-land
homestead communities
formed by Ralph Borsodi, the
economist who established
The Independence Foundation
to promote and finance th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KXR_school-of-living_Montebello-NY.html
In 1934 Ralph Borsodi
founded the School of
Living to teach and
demonstrate his principles of self-sufficient living.
In 1937 this building was
erected to house the School,
with space for resident students
and for seminars and lectures
…