John Burroughs was buried at his "boyhood rock" on the mountainside where he spent much of his life. This red sandstone boulder was one of his favorite places to rest. Here, in the shade of an ironwood tree, he could observe nature and appreciate . . . — — Map (db m218058) HM
In 1852, John B. Gould purchased a "tin shop” in this original structure built in 1840. His son, Jason "Jay” Gould, born in Roxbury in 1836, became a partner with his father in the shop at age 16. The younger Gould was sent to New York . . . — — Map (db m133799) HM
The Life of a Natural Philosopher
John Burroughs (1837-1921), one of the country’s best-loved naturalists/philosophers, was born the seventh of ten children on a farm that included this field. He called the farmhouse the “old home.” He . . . — — Map (db m221259) HM
Helen Gould, daughter of the financier Jay Gould became enchanted with the village of Roxbury where her father was born and raised. In 1894 she purchased the property next to the Gould Family church which she had helped to build. Ms. Gould . . . — — Map (db m180669) HM
The Roxbury Historic District is a concentration of buildings chronicling the
evolution of a rural Catskills village and is listed on the National Register of Historic
Places. The District includes Greek Revival and Italianate residential . . . — — Map (db m180678) HM
The Dutch Reformed Church in Roxbury was organized in 1802. In the following years, two church buildings were destroyed by wind and
one by fire. In the 1890s Jay Gould promised aid for a stone church but died before any agreement had been made. So . . . — — Map (db m180671) HM
A prominent Greek Revival style building in
the Main Street Historic District, the Methodist church was built in 1858. In
1869 the church society built the present commodious parsonage on the lot adjoining the church.
The church building was . . . — — Map (db m180673) HM
The Roxbury Central School (RCS), is a Tudor Revival style building symbolizing the period of centralization in the development of the New York educational system. The facility was designed by Albany architect Harold O. Fullerton. Built as a . . . — — Map (db m180677) HM
Nature writer John Burroughs
spent summers from 1910-20
in this 1860s farmhouse.
Famous visitors included
Henry Ford and Thomas Edison.
National Register of Historic Places — — Map (db m218055) HM
