Heart Of The Park

Heart Of The Park. A Community Reshuffled. One community waş disassembled, but another was created anew., Tahawus - We Have To Move You! , When National Lead realized that the location of the community of Tahawus would interfere with mining a deposit of valuable titanium ore, the entire hamlet was relocated in 1963 and reestablished in a newly planned community named Winebrook Hills., Tahawus - A Company Town , Remoteness required that all community services be provided near the tight-knit residences. Commercial and institutional establishments were owned by the company, and grouped along Main Street, similar to many mining villages., Winebrook Hills - A Residential Neighborhood , Since community services were already available in Newcomb, the new layout was primarily a residential neighborhood, with the exception of the two relocated churches and a store., Newcomb , Traditional hunting grounds of Mohawk and Algonquin peoples , First Permanent Settlement - 1808 , Township Incorporated 1828 , Land Area - 233.2 Square Miles, [ Left Map Legends and Photo Captions, clockwise from top right: ] , -to the mine , - duplexes , - school building , - apartment buildings were owned by the company , - single family residences were owned by the company , - Crane Cottage, oldest building moved, the second move for this building , - St. Therese Church , - YMCA - this concrete block building, a social nucleus, was demolished not moved , - St. Barbara’s Church, [ Right Map Legends and Photo Captions,clockwise from top right: ] , - St. Barbara’s Church , - Single family residences at Winebrook Hills. Residents were given the option to buy their houses. The location of this house is shown on the map by this symbol: 🟥 , - single family residences , - apartment buildings ( demolished in 1995) , - St. Therese Church , - Sweet Store ( burned in 2015) , - Crane Cottage, [ Bottom Photos, left then right ] , - The Tahawus community, before the move, was nestled in a bowl between Sanford Lake (the Hudson River) and the mountains., - The new Winebrook Hills community was located at the former Finch Pruyn Farm, a wide open agricultural landscape.