Spread the loveBuilt around 1801, the North Plank Road Tavern in Newburgh is one of the oldest buildings to exist in the municipality. Starting out as a hotel along the
Spread the loveOn March 31, 1884, the then Village of Newburgh became the second municipality in New York to receive electricity. The power originated at a generating plant put in
Spread the loveThe 1875 Beers Map of Orange County and the 1864 Farm Map of Newburgh by Michael Hughes both were works of art by themselves. The earlier Atlas’ of
Spread the loveAs a native of the area and someone who attended Fostertown School (I still have a class picture out front at the end of the fourth grade), I
Spread the loveNothing but a Chimney remains at the site of Gidneytown and the old Gidney Grist Mill built in the Early 1800s by Eleazer Gidney the 3rd. I grew
Spread the loveThe two-and-a-half story stone house that sits along Forge Hill Road, just southeast of its intersection with Blooming Grove Turnpike (Route 94), in Vails Gate, Orange County was
Spread the loveDuring the Revolutionary War, Gen. George Washington maintained his headquarters in Newburgh, Orange County, from April 1782 through August 1783. There, he oversaw the Continental Army, created and
Spread the loveLocated on the east side of Route 9W just north of Interstate-84 in Balmville, a hamlet in the Town of Newburgh, the Powelton Club is a prestigious golf
Spread the loveLake View House opened in the mid-19th century, adjacent to the south shore of Orange Lake in Newburgh. It still operates today as a barroom and fine dining
Spread the loveThe house on North Street in Newburgh likely had a similar reason for the fountain’s presence, which was connected to a former homeowner named Dominick Petrilli, a mob
