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bay from Croton Landing, a station on the New York Central Railroad. This Horseshoe Beach of fine sand is an ideal bathing spot. The river itself and Croton Bay make ideal sailing waters. The breezes coming across Haverstraw Bay are…
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Robert Havell (1793-1878) View of Croton Point from Sing Sing, New York oil on canvas 38 x 50 in. (96.5 x 127 cm.) Painted circa 1845. Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to…
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Couple on Croton Point Pier
A black and white photograph of a man and woman standing on a pier or deck with a railing, overlooking a body of water. The woman wears a long white dress and hat, while the…
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Family on a Boat at Croton Point
A family of six poses on a boat deck. A man in a suit and hat sits on a railing, with a woman in a long dress and hat seated beside him. Three…
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Rum-running Submarines off Croton Point?
A 1924 aerial photograph taken by a Manhattan map-making firm purports to document evidence of submarine activity in the Hudson River near Croton Point. According to Ellen NicKenzie Lawson's book Smugglers, Bootleggers…
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Family on Croton Point Pier
A black-and-white photograph of a man and a young girl sitting on a pier railing, with a woman partially visible to the left. They are dressed in formal attire from the late 19th…
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Negroes. Area newspapers expressed a different view saying, “Officially or not, agitation from nearby residents was given heavy consideration.” For $360,000 Croton Point became a Westchester County public park. 1930 map of Croton Point. In 1926 an
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international planning conference was held at Croton Point Park where county officials stated: Croton Point is destined to become one of the greatest inland bathing beaches and recreation centers in the state. To say that parks provide places of
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Commission at Croton Point in 1923. In 1923 negotiations by two groups began with the Detroit, Michigan, real estate company that owned Croton Point, a 350 acre property. The first group was the newly formed Westchester Park Commission which visited
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history of the Point begins 200 years ago. In 1804 Croton Point was purchased by a Quaker gentleman named Robert Underhill (my great-great-great-great- grandfather, but whos counting). Along with his brothers Joshua and Abraham, he operated…
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…1923 photograph of Croton Point. In view of the fact that we have nowhere to go for amusement where we will feel free from objections and restrictions, Croton Point lends itself for this great movement. We endeavor to make a…
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…The better I get to know the Point, the more I appreciate its unique natural and human history. Croton Point has many stories to tell, and one of them an ongoing one is ours. Located in
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…A little west of the cemetery, at the neck of land which connects Croton Point
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following years it obtained prizes at the New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Horticultural Societies and other grape exhibitions, attracting marked attention. The late H. E. Hooker, of New York, said: “The Croton succeeds very well indeed in
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…1802, the vintner and proprietor of the southern part of Croton Point, had discontinued his medical practice in New York City to take up residence out on the tip of the Point. He built an Italianate villa there in 1846…
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…Underhill brickyard on Croton Point. By 1883, 13 brickyards were operating in the area, producing 64,000 bricks daily.
Date: c. 1890-1910
Location: Croton Point, Croton-on-Hudson, NY
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License: Historical…
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into the cemetery of the Van Cortlandt family, upon a beautiful point of land, commanding an extensive view of the Hudson southward. A little west of the cemetery, at the neck of land which connects Croton Point with the main…
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…Underhill Brick Company on Croton Point, with surrounding streets and properties of the brickyard village.
Date: c. 1867
Location: Croton Point, Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Source: brickcollecting.com — https://brickcollecting.com/croton.htm
License: Public domain map
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Americans 2 when they brought the cannon down to the point. Vouched for by S. W. Underhill, who lived there for sixty years. Dotted shore is low and sandy. Where the shore has declivity marks it is high and rocky…
Westchester County Archives, Park Commission Collection
Boy Scouts 1924B
Photograph of Boy Scout activities at Croton Point (1924). From the Westchester County Park Commission Photograph Collection.
Date: 1924
Location: Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Type: photograph
Subjects: Boy Scouts, tent, Croton Point
Source: Westchester County Archives, Park…
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…New Croton Dam, circa 1906 Double Arches Promenade View from Quaker Bridge Share this: Print (Opens in new window)
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…This was the first large vineyard in the country.” Underhill’s hybrid grapes. “Croton” (above) and “Senasqua” (below) were described in