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On Strawtown Road at Samantha Way, on the left when traveling north on Strawtown Road.
Worship services in this hamlet were held as early as 1740 in a log meeting house at the old burial ground northwest of historic Pye’s Corner. The First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church was organized there in 1750. Initially services were in Dutch . . . — — Map (db m44204) HM
On West Nyack Road at Strawtown Road, on the left when traveling west on West Nyack Road.
The Nyack Turnpike Toll Road c. 1825 crossed the Oblenis Farm here, creating a busy intersection knows as Oblenis Corners at Strawtown and Sickeltown roads. The first post office named Nyack Turnpike was established in the New Oblenis Store in 1834. . . . — — Map (db m21381) HM
On Strawtown Road (County Route 23) at West Nyack Road (County Route 59A), on the right when traveling south on Strawtown Road.
This historic inn built by Thomas Warner in 1840 was a stopping place for stage coaches and travelers to and from the Port of Nyack. It was a center of social life for more than a century and the scene of farewell balls for recruits during the . . . — — Map (db m15351) HM
On Strawtown Road at Germonds Road (County Route 27), on the left when traveling north on Strawtown Road.
Ancient Indian trails intersected at this place adjoining a large Indian village which extended to the Hackensack Creek. Early in the 18th century the De Clark family built a gristmill on these premises, scene of the last witchcraft trial in New . . . — — Map (db m44200) HM
Near Palisades Center Drive, on the left when traveling east.
This "Burying ground for Colored people", was deeded on July 7, 1849 by James Benson and Jane Benson, his wife, to William H. Moore, Stephen Samuels and Isaac Williams, trustees. The cemetery has provided burial space for colored people, including . . . — — Map (db m21378) HM
On Germonds Road (County Route 27), on the right when traveling west.
A Dutch meeting house and burial ground occupied this site ca. 1740. The First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church was organized here in 1750. A sandstone building replaced the old wooden structure in 1826. This cemetery, in use for almost two . . . — — Map (db m44201) HM
On Strawtown Road at Germonds Road, on the left when traveling north on Strawtown Road.
In 1798 Hendrick Van Orden, owner of a sandstone house on this site, sold the house and surrounding farm to Dr. Abraham Cornelison, who lived here 51 years. He became the first president of the Rockland County Medical Society in 1829. Isaac Pye . . . — — Map (db m26199) HM
On Germonds Road (County Route 27), on the right when traveling west.
Site of the First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of New Hempstead Organized Jan. 12, 1750 First consistory Chosen Apr. 22 1750 First Stone Laid Jun. 11 1751 Dedicated . . . — — Map (db m44322) HM
On Germonds Road at Duke Lane, on the left when traveling north on Germonds Road.
This dwelling, constructed in multiple phases from ca. 1791 to ca. 1880, represents the distinctive tradition of sandstone vernacular domestic architecture of Dutch-settled Rockland County, NY and adjacent Bergen County, NJ. The first owners were . . . — — Map (db m125289) HM
On West Nyack Road (Alternate New York State Route 59) near West Nyack Way, in the median.
Dutch farmers first settled here early in the 18th century on land purchased from Indians who had occupied this region for millennia. Under mounting pressure for a cross-county road between the port of Nyack and Ramapo a turnpike was built. The . . . — — Map (db m15352) HM
On Strawtown Road just north of New York State Thruway (Interstate 87), on the right when traveling north.
For almost a century the Clarkstown Reformed Church shared the services of its pastor with the church at Tappan. In 1834 a full-time pastor was called and this building, on a site across the road, was purchased for him. It was enlarged in 1835. . . . — — Map (db m26196) HM
On Sickletown Road at Vanhouten Fields, on the right when traveling south on Sickletown Road.
In 1937 Ralph Borsodi, author, economist and philosopher, organized a group for the purchase of this 106-acre Dutch farm to be divided into leased acreage plots. This became the largest self-administered, back-to-the-land community in Rockland . . . — — Map (db m44203) HM
On Germonds Road south of Duke Lane, on the left when traveling north.
Pre-eminent Rockland County historian George H. Budke Jr. (1868-1948) grew up in this farmhouse. Situated on land originally owned by the Vanderbilt family, the house was expanded on multiple occasions and now largely represents the Colonial Revival . . . — — Map (db m125290) HM
On Strawtown Road near Old Mill Road, on the right when traveling north.
This property on lot 13 in the 1727 division of the Kakiat Patent was part of the DeClark farm from which the name Clarkstown originated. In August 1780 General Washington and his troops encamped here on an ancient Indian village site. In 1880 the . . . — — Map (db m54842) HM
On Strawtown Road south of Samantha Way, on the left when traveling north.
In commemoration of the men in the World War who entered the armed service of their country during 1917 – 1918 from West Nyack, N.Y. Arthur R. Conklin • John Conklin • Leroy A. Crumley • Edmund L. Galvin • Melvin H. Green • Hans C. Gronager • . . . — — Map (db m44319) HM
On Strawtown Road, on the right when traveling south.
This trough was built at a time when horses provided the basic means of transporting people and their possessions in Rockland County. It was fed by an underground spring that provided clean water for any thirsty animal in the neighborhood. Using . . . — — Map (db m21379) HM