HISTORY & MYSTERIES
Postcard showing the view from Sunshine Terrace. The land jutting out into the Hudson from the left is the northern tip of Croton Point. Text on the back reads: Ann Robinson's Sunshine Terrace Rest—Sunshine—Diet 120 Old Post North Croton-on-Hudson, New York Telephone Croton 1-3695
Postcard of Croton Point Beach, circa 1914. Publisher: Frank L. Simone, Croton-on-Hudson, NY
A 1931 map of Croton Point, drawn by Dalton Fowler.
A postcard circa 1909 of the Old Post Road Inn in Croton.
A Map of Property of Phillip C. Van Wyck Esq., surveyed by Thomas C. Cornell in August 1850. Below is a detail showing the Quaker meeting house and cemetery that was along what is now Grand Street, between South Mt. Airy Road and Church Street. The land was purchased in 1797 by Robert Underhill and … Continue reading Van Wyck Property Map, 1850
"Sing-Sing or Mount Pleasant" by Jaques Milbert A print from Milbert's 1828 book, Itinéraire pittoresque du fleuve Hudson et des parties latérales de l'Amérique du Nord, looking north from Sing-Sing. Croton Point can be seen jutting into the river from the right in the middle of the image. The French artist toured the Hudson River … Continue reading View from Sing-Sing by Jaques Milbert
Annotated detail from the survey "The Easterly shore line of the Croton River, from Deer Island to Crawbucky Point, Ward Carpenter & Sons, 1871". Click the images to enlarge them.
"View down Hudson from Hessian Hills Farm, summer home F.A.P. Gardiner at Croton on Hudson."
This manuscript map (meaning a hand-drawn map, rather than one which is printed) was made when the French army was camped in northern Westchester in 1782. It records in exquisite detail the roads, bridges, settlements and more between Croton in the southwest, Peekskill in the north and Yorktown in the northeast. The map is in … Continue reading Position des Armées Amériquaine et Françoise, 1782
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