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The Haunted Barn — 13th Edition
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Photography by Jon Dogar-Marinesco
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After jokingly forecasting "dark and scary" weather for October 29 — the initial date for the Haunting Barn event — the Recreation and Community Department re-scheduled the 13th Haunted Barn for November 4, because of the snow storm!
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Abby's first scarecrow...
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Photography by Kandy Santosky
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Halloween 2011. Meet Abby and Sierra, a/k/a Strawberry Shortcake and Ballerina Butterfly. |
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Trick or Treat?
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Photography by Manuela Michailescu
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Organized by the Recreation and Community Department, the annual Children's Halloween Party took place on Friday, October 28, right before the snow storm. |
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Roaring Twenties Luncheon
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Photography by Jon Dogar-Marinesco
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October 13, 2011 — Town of Rochester's Recreation and Community Department organized a Roaring Twenties luncheon graced with an Olde Memory Lane perfomance by the pianist Jimmy "Jazz" Flanigan.
Mr. Jimmy Flanigan inherited his musical talent from his grandfather, James J. and his father Eddy D., who toured with his dance band across America in the 1920's. As a drummer, Jimmy sat in with the bands of Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarten, and performed with popular bands in England and Germany. Jimmy honors the memory of his father through his focus on music of the 1920s and 30s.
The performance was enjoyed by the enchanted audience in the packed Community Center; Town Supervisor Carl Chipman, Town Councilwoman Manuela Michailescu — Liaison to the Youth Commission, Recreation Department Director Carol Dennin, Assistant Director Valerie Weaver, Youth Commission Chair Jessica Knapp and Vice Chair Pam Stocking were also present.
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Rochester Archives' Day
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Photography by Manuela Michailescu
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October 8, 2011 — Treasures of our local history displayed at the Town of Rochester Town Hall. |
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Fifth Annual Christian Heritage Day
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Photography by Manuela Michailescu
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October 8, 2011 — Children reciting The Pledge of Allegiance during the Fifth Annual Christian Heritage Day at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Kerhonkson.
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Heritage Day and Pumpkin Festival
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Photography by Manuela Michailescu
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October 1, 2011 — Despite the wether, the Heritage Day and Pumpkin Festival — organized by Friends of Historic Rochester — was a success.
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Seventh Annual Jennie Bell Festival
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Photography by Manuela Michailescu
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September 24, 2011 — Seventh Annual Jennie Bell Pie Festival took place at Kelder's Farm in Accord. One of the highlights was the
Youth Talent Show — organized by the Town of Rochester's Recreation Department.
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Olde Memory Lane Concert
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September 16, 2011 — At the Accord Firehouse, Friends of Historic Rochester Annual Meeting featured a special program — "Olde Memory Lane Concert" — offered by Jimmy "Jazz" Flanigan.
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Palentown Schoolhouse Museum
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Photography by Jon Dogar-Marinesco
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August 27, 2011 — Chick Logan and Gary Miller shared their love for history with Town of Rochester Councilwoman Manuela Michailescu during her visit to the Palentown Schoolhouse Museum (located on Palentown Road — off Samsonville Road — in Kerhonkson).
A schoolhouse may have been built on this site, as early as the 1830s. A deed dated 1851 refers to the property as Philip's Meadow and leases it to the common school district #10. According to family members, the present building was constructed by Horace Dymond in the mid 1860s on land donated by the family. In September 1988, the schoolhouse was designated a State and National historic landmark. The 300-pound school bell, still remains in place on the roof. The window shutters replicate the design of a shutter found in the woodshed attic.
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A Memorable Ceremony
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May 30, 2011 — The Historic Preservation Commission of the Town of Rochester held a short ceremony at the Veterans Park (down from the Town Hall) on Memorial Day.
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New Legislative Districts
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After contentious meetings and some eight versions of the map, the Reapportionment Commission adopted the new legislative districting plan (below).
Town of Rochester and East Wawarsing now constitute
Legislative District 21.
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Earth Day 2011
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Photography by Jacob Chipman
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Dr. Diana Puglisi-Cilenti, Councilman Tavi Cilenti, Councilwoman Manuela Michailescu, Councilman Tony Spano and Town of Rochester Supervisor Carl Chipman celebrated Earth Day 2011 by cleaning Lucas Avenue in Accord.
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Caturday, April 16, 2011
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Photography by Jacob Chipman
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Town of Rochester, Caturday, April 16, 2011 — Under the close supervision of Dr. Diana Puglisi-Cilenti (left), Town Board members Tavi Cilenti, Manuela Michailescu, Tony Spano and Carl Chipman rescued the big yellow cat lost in thoughts on Lucas Avenue in Accord.
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Rochester Historic Farmstead Survey
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Commissioned by the Historic Preservation Commission, the survey of ten historic farmsteads in the Town of Rochester is the most in-depth document ever produced about town’s 330-year history of farming.
On April 15, preservationist Neil Larson (above) presented his findings in a very successful illustrated talk at the Rochester Reformed Church in Accord.
By following the links below (click on photos or the farms' names), you can download the ten Historic Farmstead Inventory Forms, each a useful reference for understanding the significance of our historic farms and agricultural history.
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1) Thomas S. Schoonmaker Farm — 607 County Route 6
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This farmstead is an example of an early 19th-century farmstead with an intact wood frame house decorated in the Greek Revival style, a compound of farm buildings including a barn and attached cow house and granary, wagon house, poultry house and other secondary buildings, as well as a lock tender’s shanty moved from a nearby site on the Delaware & Hudson Canal. The farmstead contains more than 100 acres of land on the floodplain on the north side of the Rondout Creek that has been in continuous cultivation since the 18th century, if not earlier. The property maintains physical integrity from its historic period (1750-1920) and meets National Register criteria A and C for its association with the agricultural history of the town and for its distinctive 19th-century buildings. It appears to be individually eligible for the National Register but is also a component of a potential rural historic district with other historic farms in the Kyserike neighborhood including the hamlet of Alligerville.
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2) Alliger-Davenport Farm — 10 Garden Lane
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This farmstead is the only one of the ten properties documented that no longer retains any of its associated farmland, which has been absorbed into the neighboring Joachim Schoonmaker Farm (#3) or subdivided into residential building lots. The stone house, built c. 1800 is a distinctive late example of the type with its dressed stone walls and symmetrical facades. Among the remaining farm buildings are an important model barn
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erected in 1911 and a large poultry house. The surviving farmstead has physical integrity from its historic period (1800-1950) and meets National Register criteria A and C for its association with the agricultural history of the town and for its distinctive buildings. It appears to be individually eligible for the National Register but is also a component of a potential rural historic district with the neighboring Joachim Schoonmaker Farm (#3) and other farms in the Accord neighborhood.
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3) Joachim Schoonmaker/Saunderskill Farm — 41 Garden Lane
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This 300-acre farmstead located on the south side of the Rondout Creek is an active farm that has been in continuous cultivation by nine generations of the same family for nearly 300 years (as such, it has been recognized as a Century Farm by the New York Agricultural Society). The earliest building is a two-story brick-fronted stone house constructed in 1787, replacing an earlier house. There is a barn and secondary buildings dating in the 19th century, as well as early 20th-century features, such as a model cow barn and poultry houses. Numerous greenhouses and other buildings have been erected more recently. The historic period spans from 1730 to 1960, or within 50 years of the present. The property maintains physical integrity from its historical period and meets National Register criteria A and C for its association with the agricultural history of the town and for its distinctive domestic and agricultural buildings. It appears to be individually eligible for the National Register but is also a component of a potential rural historic district with the neighboring Alliger – Davenport Farm (#2) and other historic farms in the Accord neighborhood.
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4) Appeldoorn Farm — 4938 Route 209
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This 140-acre farmstead on the north side of Route 209 east of Accord is comprised of two 18th-century farms (one in ruins) that were combined in the 1930s to create a country retreat for descendants of the Schoonmaker family who founded one of the farms in the 18th century. The earliest building is a story-and-a-half stone house constructed in 1756 for Benjamin and Catrina Schoonmaker, which was renovated and enlarged in 1937 by Kingston architect Myron S. Teller, a master of Colonial Revival ―restorations‖ of historic stone houses. Teller also designed a Game House for his client, Howard C. Sykes, a big game hunter. It was a replica of an 18th-century stone house using stones salvaged from the DeWitt homestead that stood in ruins on the adjacent property, which Sykes had bought to enlarge his holding. A working barn, poultry house and other farm buildings also exist on the site, along with meadows and pasture land providing a picturesque setting. The historic period spans from 1720 to 1960, or within 50 years of the present. The property maintains physical integrity from its historical period and meets National Register criteria A and C for its association with the agricultural history of the town and for its distinctive domestic and agricultural buildings and for the masterful design work of architect Myron S. Teller. It appears to be individually eligible for the National Register but also may be a component of a potential rural historic district with other historic farms north of Accord, such as the Alliger – Davenport Farm (#2) and the Joachim Schoonmaker Farm (#3).
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5) Krom-Rosenkrans Farm — 234 Airport Road
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This farmstead is an example of a mid-18th-century farmstead with recently restored stone house, an expanded Dutch barn with attached cow house and 90 acres of land on an upland plateau on the north side of the Rondout Valley. The property maintains physical integrity from its historic period (1750-1960) or within 50 years of the present and meets National Register criteria A and C for its association with the agricultural history of the town and for its distinctive buildings. It appears to be individually eligible for the National Register but is also a component of a potential rural historic district with other historic farms in the Whitfield neighborhood. Some of the houses in this neighborhood, such as the Hornbeck and Depuy stone houses on Whitfield Road, already are listed on the National Register and would be contributing components of a larger rural historic district.
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6) Kelder-Rider-DeWitt / Domino Farm — 244 Airport Road
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This farmstead is an example of a mid-18th-century farmstead with a late-19th-century wood frame house, an expanded Dutch barn and 100 acres of land on an upland plateau on the north side of the Rondout Valley. The property maintains physical integrity from its historic period (1750-1960), or within 50 years of the present and meets National Register criteria A and C for its association with the agricultural history of the town and for its distinctive buildings. It appears to be eligible for the National Register as a component of a potential rural historic district with other historic farms in the Whitfield neighborhood (see #5 above).
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7) Osterhoudt Home Farm — 167 Lower Whitfield Road
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This farmstead is an example of an early-18th-century farmstead containing one of the oldest stone houses in the town. It was the home farm of the Osterhoudt family and probably was the site where Teunis Osterhoudt established his homestead in the 17th century. The farm contains an altered Dutch barn and 37 acres of land on an upland plateau on the north side of the Rondout Valley. It was one of at least four lots divided and distributed among the heirs of Cornelius Osterhoudt in 1794. The property maintains physical integrity from its historic period (1720-1946) and meets National Register criteria A and C for its association with the agricultural history of the town and for its distinctive buildings. It appears to be individually eligible for the National Register but also is a component of a potential rural historic district with the Schoonmaker – Rider Farm (#8) and the Kelder Farm (#9) as well as other historic farms in the Mettacahonts neighborhood.
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8) Schoonmaker-Rider Farm — 161 Lower Whitfield Road
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This farmstead is an example of a late-18th-century farmstead with a small, story-and-a-half stone house, early 19th-century barn with attached cow house, and 60 acres of land on an upland plateau on the north side of the Rondout Valley. The property maintains physical integrity from its historic period (1780-1960), or within 50 years of the present and meets National Register criteria A and C for its association with the agricultural history of the town and for its distinctive buildings. It appears to be eligible for the National Register as a component of a potential rural historic district with the Osterhoudt
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Home Farm (#7) and the Kelder Farm (#9) as well as other historic farms in the Mettacahonts neighborhood.
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9) Kelder Farm — 12 Pine Tree Lane
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This farmstead is an example of a late-18th-century farmstead with a small, story-and-a-half stone house, substantial masonry poultry house, and 65 acres of land on an upland plateau on the north side of the Rondout Valley. The property maintains physical integrity from its historic period (1780-1960), or within 50 years of the present and meets National Register criteria A and C for its association with the agricultural history of the town and for its distinctive buildings. It appears to be eligible for the National Register as a component of a potential rural historic district with the Osterhoudt Home Farm (#7) and the Schoonmaker – Rider Farm (#8) as well as other historic farms in the Mettacahonts neighborhood.
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10) Hornbeck-Davis / Arrowhead Farm — 5941 Route 209
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This 350-acre farmstead located on the north side of the Rondout Creek is an active farm that has been in continuous cultivation since the early 1700s. It comprises two historic farms and part of a third. The earliest building is a story-and-a-half stone house with portions dating at least to the 1760s. There is an 18th-century Dutch barn and other farm buildings erected in the 19th century, as well as 20th-century features, such as cow houses, poultry houses, machinery sheds, and tenant dwellings. The historic period spans from 1760 to 1960, or within 50 years of the present. The property maintains physical integrity from its historical period and meets National Register criteria A and C for its association with the agricultural history of the town and for its distinctive domestic and agricultural buildings. It appears to be individually eligible for the National Register but is also a component of a potential rural historic district with other historic farms stretching across the Rondout Creek south of Accord.
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Rochester's Annual Valentine Luncheon
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Photography by Jon Dogar-Marinesco
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Accord, February 11, 2011 — Town of Rochester's Annual Valentine Luncheon honored Mary Lee, who is retiring from the Youth Commission after many years of dedicated service to the community.
In the group photo, Mary Lee is surrounded by members of the Youth Commission and Youth Department. From left: Councilwoman Manuela Michailescu (Town Board Liaison to the YC), Pamela Stocking (Vice Chair, YC), Juliette Graham-Hayes, Susan Matson, Mary Lee, Susan Bruck, Jessica Knapp (Chair, YC), Valerie Weaver (Assistant Director, Youth Department), Carol Dennin (Director, Youth Department).
Town of Rochester Supervisor Carl Chipman and Rondout Valley School District Superintendent Rosario Agostaro attended the luncheon.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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The First Thanksgiving – painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
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Fifth Annual Christmas Tree Lighting
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Photography by Manuela Michailescu
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Accord, November 19, 2010 — Everyone was invited to the Christmas Tree Lighting at the Town Hall. All enjoyed the carols, cookies and hot chocolate.
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Veterans Park Dedication
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Photography by Jon Dogar-Marinesco
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Accord, November 11, 2010 — The Historic Preservation Commission and the Rochester Town Board hosted the new Veterans Park dedication on Veterans Day. After the ceremony, all participants were invited at the Town Hall for refreshments.
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Kids' Halloween Party
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Photography by Manuela Michailescu
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Accord, October 29, 2010 — Lots of Halloween fun at the Community Center...
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The Haunted Barn
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Photography by Jon Dogar-Marinesco
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Accord, October 23, 2010 — The Youth Department produced the event that scared the wits out of the Town of Rochester.
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Veterans Park Is Taking Shape
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Photography by Manuela Michailescu
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Accord, October 14, 2010 — The future Veterans Park is located down the hill from the Town Hall. The Historic Preservation Commission and the Rochester Town Board are inviting all residents to the Veterans Park dedication on Veterans Day, November 11, 2010 at 1:00 pm. Refreshments will be served. |
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Bewitching Italian Luncheon
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Photography by Jon Dogar-Marinesco
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Accord, October 14, 2010 — Special guests at the luncheon held at the Town Community Center were Ed and Doris Lamon — celebrating their 60th Anniversary!
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Barley Store Is History
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Photography by Manuela Michailescu
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Accord, October 7, 2010 — The dilapidated building at Main Street and Scenic Road was demolished.
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Heritage Day and Pumpkin Festival
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Photography by Manuela Michailescu
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Accord, October 2, 2010 — Friends of Historic Rochester hosted a day of fun and entertainment on the Museum's back lawn.
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The 6th Annual Jennie Bell Pie Festival
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Photography by Manuela Michailescu
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Accord, September 25, 2010 — Organized by the Kerhonkson-Accord Chamber of Commerce, the 6th Annual Jennie Bell Pie Festival took place — from noon until dusk — at Kelder's Farm on Route 209.
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Fourth Annual Christian Heritage Day
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Photography by Manuela Michailescu
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Kerhonkson, September 25, 2010 — Town of Rochester Supervisor Carl Chipman speaks at a celebration of our Christian heritage.
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Accord-Kerhonkson >> Archives
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Busy Rochester? You bet! |
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