Rhinebeck Post Office Mural. Some Rhinebeck Buildings

Sixth Panel over Window in Rhinebeck Post Office. From "Murals in the Rhinebeck Post Office:" "Some outstanding Rhinebeck buildings--Foreground from left to right:--The School, designed and built in 1869 by Peter M. Fulton, burned in 1939; The Rhinebeck Gazette building from 1890-1904; the former Town Hall, known as "Virgil Traver's Folly," built 1873, torn down 1938 to make way for the new Post Office; the Adams Building, known as the "White Corner," built 1816, torn down 1940 to make way for a gasoline station; the Fire House built about 1860; and a dormer window from the DeGarmo Institute,... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Dows, Olin, 1904-1981
Dokumenttyp: Still Image
Erscheinungsdatum: 1940
Schlagwörter: Rhinebeck (N.Y.)--Buildings / structures / etc. / Local history--New York (State) / Architects / Architecture / Churches / Schools / murals / Rhinebeck Gazette Building / Adams Building / DeGarmo Institute / Starr Institute / Old Stone Church (Rhinebeck) / Church of the Messiah (Rhinebeck) / Ellerslie / Ankony / Teller House / Ambrose Wager House / Dutch Reformed Church (Rhinebeck) / Livingston / Maturin / 1769-1847 / Hoppin / Francis L.V. / 1867-1941 / Miller / William Starr / 1793-1854 / Lewis / Morgan / 1754-1844 / Hunt / Richard Morris / 1828-1895 / Morton / Levi P. (Levi Parsons) / 1824-1920 / Rhinebeck Post Office / Rhinebeck / NY / Arts & Entertainment / Education
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Sixth Panel over Window in Rhinebeck Post Office. From "Murals in the Rhinebeck Post Office:" "Some outstanding Rhinebeck buildings--Foreground from left to right:--The School, designed and built in 1869 by Peter M. Fulton, burned in 1939; The Rhinebeck Gazette building from 1890-1904; the former Town Hall, known as "Virgil Traver's Folly," built 1873, torn down 1938 to make way for the new Post Office; the Adams Building, known as the "White Corner," built 1816, torn down 1940 to make way for a gasoline station; the Fire House built about 1860; and a dormer window from the DeGarmo Institute, built 1840, owned and managed by James M. DeGarmo as a coeducational college from 1870 to 1890. Background from left to right:-- The Woman's Exchange, probably designed by Stephen McCarthy, built shortly after 1846; the law office of Ambrose Wager and A. Lee Wager, now the Woman's Exchange, where food and clothing made locally are sold under the direction of Miss Laura Delano; the Thompson House Hospital, founded 1901, moved to the north entrance of the Village; Miss Elizabeth Lown's house, built about 1850 by Peter M. Fulton; the former Methodist Church, built in 1822 by Freeborn Garretson, burned down 1899; the Starr Institute, built about 1862, given by Mrs. Miller in memory of her husband William Starr Miller and used as a library and meeting place. Above the trees can be seen the steeples of the Old Stone Church, built 1730, the steeple designed by Stephen McCarthy in 1850; the Church of the Messiah, built 1896, designed by Francis L.V. Hoppinl and the Church of the Good Shepherd, designed by George Veitch, built 1853, remodeled 1901, formerly the Episcopal Church. On the hill, "Ellerslie," built 1809 by Maturin Livingston, son-in-law of Governonr Morgan Lewis, and torn down by Governor Levi P. Morton about 1887 to make way for the present mansion, designed by Richar Morris Hunt; the Wager house, built about 1860 from plans by G.B.Croff; "Ankony," built about 1820; the Teller house, built 1789, remodeled 1856 by George ...