Historical Marker Program: Its History
The Historical Society of Rockland County
A total of 75 cast aluminum historical markers on posts plus 3 plaques on boulders have been
erected since the historical marker program began in 1980. An earlier marker was installed in 1967.
A notebook containing the text of each marker as well as photographs and further information
about the sites is in the Historical Society’s library. Many of the markers may be seen at
www.hmdb.org. Below is a list of all the markers.
Local historian and Historical Society member John Scott was, for many years, the driving force
behind the historical marker program. In 1979, John was appointed chairman of the newly
established historic sites preservation committee. By the next year he had established the historical
marker program. Markers went up in front of the old sandstone homesteads along Western
Highway in Blauvelt and at the Clarksville Inn in West Nyack, the Hopper House in Nyack, the Dr.
Davies Farm in Congers, Torne Brook Farm in Ramapo, Pig Knoll School in Pomona, Bogertown
in Piermont. When John resigned as chairman of the committee in 1995, fifty of the brown cast
aluminum markers had been erected throughout the county.
Before John Scott began the current marker program, the Society had erected a marker in 1967. It is
the Treason House marker in front of Helen Hayes Hospital on Route 9W in West Haverstraw.
The marker replaced one that had been erected by the New York State Department of Education in
the 1930s and was damaged. We now know, through exhaustive research done by historian Richard
J. Koke, that the marker is improperly placed. The Treason House stood further south on the site
where an early 19th-century house currently stands but is poor condition.
The Tappan Zee Historical Society, a predecessor to the Historical Society of Rockland County,
erected a marker at the Onderdonk House in Piermont in 1958 to commemorate the 175th
anniversary of the meeting of General George Washington and British General Sir Guy Carleton at
the end of the American Revolution. In 1983 a second plaque was dedicated at the DeWint House,
Tappan, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the meeting. This marker was co-sponsored by
the Historical Society of Rockland County and the Tappantown Historical Society.
Another predecessor of the Historical Society of Rockland County, the Rockland County Society,
placed 13 bronze plaques from 1921 to 1938. These are listed in Cornelia Bedell’s book, Now and
Then and Long Ago. All plaques remain in place except for three: two that were placed near the
Arnold/André meeting place in Haverstraw and are now located in Emeline Park in Haverstraw,
and one that was placed on the Salisbury House in South Nyack The house was razed in 1959. The
fate of this marker is unknown.
Except for the recently erected markers, the Rockland County Planning Department has entered the
locations and names of the markers into its GIS (Geographic Information System), which links
geographic data to computerized maps. We are pleased that the county is enhancing the awareness
of our historic places and considers their importance within the framework of county planning.
mbl:revised2013.04.16
Historical Markers
Erected by
The Historical Society of Rockland County
Marker, address, sponsor(s), date of dedication -- erected since 1980
1. Treason Site, Route 9W, Haverstraw; Town & Village of Haverstraw, north of the intersection with Route 303 -- Sept. 15, 1980
(marker whereabouts unknown since put into storage years ago after knocked over by a car)
2. Blauvelt House, HSRC, 20 Zukor Rd., New City; Dellwood Country Club -Oct. 19, 1980 (post severely damaged by possibly a snowplow 2009; marker removed; replaced by #73)
3. Clarksville, West Nyack Rd. & Sickletown Rd., West Nyack; West Nyack Rotary Club -- May 30, 1982
4. Clarksville Inn, 1 Strawtown Rd., West Nyack; West Nyack American Legion Memorial Post #1519 -- May 30, 1982
5. Colonial Clarkstown, 135 Strawtown Rd., West Nyack; Nanuet Bank, Bank of New York, and Dr. & Mrs. Louis Korngold -- May
30, 1982
6. Clarkstown Reformed Church, 107 Strawtown Rd., West Nyack; Edwin & Georgia Kretschmar -- Apr. 24, 1983
7. The Old Parsonage, 106 Strawtown Rd., West Nyack; Charlene & Edward Dixon -- May 30, 1983
8. Washington and Carleton Meetings, 200th Anniversary, DeWint House, Livingston St. & Oak Tree Rd., Tappan; jointly with the
Tappantown Historical Society -- May 15, 1983 (plaque on boulder)
9. Nyack Turnpike, West Nyack Rd. & West Nyack Way, West Nyack; West Nyack Lions Club -- May 30, 1983
10. Johannes J. Blauvelt Homestead, 514 S. Western Hwy., Blauvelt; Mr. & Mrs. Emil Pedersen -- Sept. 5, 1983
11. Jacob J. Blauvelt Homestead, 525 S. Western Hwy., Blauvelt; Mr. & Mrs. Ben F. Jackson -- Sept. 5, 1983
12. Johannes Perry House, 49 Elizabeth St., Pearl River; Mr. & Mrs. Harold Kennedy -- Oct. 13, 1984
13. Johannes Isaac Blauvelt House, 820 Western Hwy. N., Blauvelt; Mr. & Mrs. David Egan -- Dec. 29, 1984
14. Pye's Corner, 145 Strawtown Rd.; West Nyack, Mr. & Mrs. Edwin P. Kretschmar -- May 27, 1985
15. Sneden House, 38 Paradise Ave., Piermont; Edward H. Brown -- June 30, 1985
16. Hopper House, 82 N. Broadway, Nyack; Rotary Club of Nyack -- July 21, 1985
17. Montebello, 75 Montebello Rd., Montebello Park, Montebello; Gary Goldberg -Oct. 6, 1985
18. Blauvelt-Norris-Burr House, 608 Western Hwy., Blauvelt; Mr. & Mrs. Garton
Del Savio -- Apr. 26, 1986
19. Haring Homestead, 606 S. Pascack Rd., Chestnut Ridge; Mr. & Mrs. Gerard Saybold -- June 14, 1986
20. Dogwoods, 24 DeBaun Ave., Airmont (Ralph Borsodi Residence); Richard & Linda Harvey -- June 21, 1986
21. Dr. Davies Farm, Dr. Davies Rd., Congers; Mr. & Mrs. Niles M. Davies, Jr. -Aug. 10, 1986
22. Shady Side Farm, 670 New Hempstead Rd., New Hempstead; Pauline H. Sherwood -- Oct. 25, 1986
23. Torne Brook Farm, Torne Brook Rd., Ramapo; George Demas -- Nov. 2, 1986
24. Kakiat Lodge, 680 Route 202 (Opp. Grandview Ave.), Montebello; Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Katz -- May 9, 1987 (Kakiat Lodge
demolished Sept. 2000; marker removed by owner)
25. Clausland Cemetery, Greenbush Rd. at Mountainview Ave., Orangeburg; World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. -- May 20, 1987
26. Kings Highway, Kings Hwy. and Lake Rd., Congers; Congers-Valley Cottage Rotary Club -- May 30, 1987
27. Snedeker Farm, 74 Endicott St., Congers; Mr. & Mrs. Martin E. Holbrook and Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Holbrook -- July 26, 1987
28. Rockland County Court House, New City; Rockland County Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution -- Sept. 17,
1987
29. Van Houten Fields, Van Houten Fields and Sickeltown Rds., West Nyack; Van Houten Fields Assoc. -- Oct. 24, 1987
30. First Reformed Church, 18 S. Broadway, Nyack; First Reformed Church -- May 21, 1988
31. St. Charles A.M.E. Zion Church, 127 Valentine Ave., Sparkill; African-American Historical Society of Rockland County -- June 18,
1988
32. Old Clarkstown Reformed Church Cemetery, 254 Germonds Rd. near Huested Ln., West Nyack; American Legion Memorial Post
#1519 -- June 26, 1988
33. Shanks Village, Orangetown Town Hall, 26 Orangeburg Rd., Orangeburg; Orangetown Tricentennial Committee -- Nov. 6, 1988
34. Camp Shanks, Camp Shanks Memorial, Independence Ave., Tappan; Orangetown Tricentennial Committee -- Nov. 6, 1988
35. Cuyper-Van Houten House, 66 Sickeltown Rd., Nauraushaun; James Bradford
Van Houten and James Blauvelt Van Houten -- Nov. 20, 1988
36. The First Courthouse, Tappan Green, Tappan; Orangetown Tricentennial Committee -- Apr. 29, 1989
37. Pig Knoll School; Pomona Cultural Center, 76 Route 306, Pomona; West Pomona Community Center Assoc. -- Apr. 23, 1989
38. Gravesite of General John Charles Fremont, Rockland Cemetery, 201 Kings Hwy., Sparkill; Friends of Fremont -- May 20, 1989
(bronze plaque on boulder)
39. Mount Moor Cemetery, southwest entrance to Palisades Center mall, West Nyack; African-American Historical Society of
Rockland County and Mount Moor Cemetery Assoc. -- June 17, 1989
40. Colonial Orangetown; Veterans Memorial Park, Orangeburg Rd. & Hunt Rd., Orangeburg; Orangetown Tricentennial Committee
-- June 2, 1990
41. Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Church & S. Airmont Rds., Airmont; Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church -- June 15, 1990
42. Snedekers Landing, Rt. 9W & Long Clove Rd., Congers; Charles E. Holbrook -- Aug. 19, 1990
43. Congers Station, Lake Rd. & Burnside Ave., Congers; Charles E. Holbrook -- June 13, 1991
44. Viola United Methodist Church, Viola Rd. near College Rd., Suffern; Viola United Methodist Church -- Dec. 29, 1991
45. Bayard Lane, Rt. 202, Montebello; Bayard Lane Assoc. -- Oct. 1992
46. School of Living, 21 Bayard La., Montebello; Bayard Lane Assoc. -- Oct. 1992
47. Martinus Hogenkamp Cemetery, S. Little Tor Rd., New City; Martinus Hogenkamp Cemetery Assoc. -- Nov. 21, 1992
48. Washington's Encampment, 134 Strawtown Rd., West Nyack; Rabbi & Mrs. Abraham Krantz -- Aug. 1, 1993
49. Michael Salyer House, 213 Blue Hill Rd., Pearl River; Town of Orangetown -- Nov. 6, 1993
50. Bogertown, 102 Paradise Ave., Piermont; Marjorie Smith and Paul Palen -- April 22, 1995
51. Treason Site, Hook Mountain State Park, Town of Clarkstown (off Riverside Ave., Dutchtown, Haverstraw); Palisades Interstate
Park Commission -- Sept. 21, 1995
52. Soldier's Monument, Lafayette & Washington Aves., Suffern; Suffern Chamber of Commerce -- Apr. 16, 1996
53. Carson McCullers House, 131 S. Broadway, S. Nyack; Mary E. Mercer, M.D. -- Sept. 29, 1996
54. Paul Farmhouse, c. 1810, Gilchrest Rd., Congers; Town of Clarkstown -- June 14, 1997
55. Congers Lake Dam, Gilchrest Rd., Congers; Town of Clarkstown -- June 14, 1997
56. Kings Highway and the Long Clove; Old Haverstraw Rd. near Rt. 304, Congers; Town of Clarkstown -- 1998
57. Collyer Farm Pond and New City Park, Collyer Rd. & Lake Dr., New City; New City Park Club, Inc. -- 1998
58. Suffern's Depot, 1841-1941, 41 Erie Plaza, Suffern; Suffern Centennial Committee -- Nov. 15, 1998
59. Rochambeau's Encampment, 1781-1782, Washington Ave., Suffern; Suffern Chamber of Commerce -- 1998
60. Suffern Grammar School, 41 Wayne Ave., Suffern; Sycamore Estates, Inc. -- 1998
61. Hickory Hill Cooperative, Hickory Hill & Old Tappan Rds., Tappan; Hickory Hill Cooperative -- June 2000
62. Scotland Hill Burial Ground, Carriage Ln., Nanuet; Town of Clarkstown -- 2001
63. Memorial Park, July 26, 1920, Nyack Memorial Park, Piermont & DePew Aves., Nyack; C. R. & R. O. Blauvelt Post 310, Nyack -May 28, 2001
64. Couch Court, 46 South Broadway, Nyack; Karen E. Acker -- 2001
65. Cobblestone Farm, Viola Rd. & Cobblestone Farm Ct., Montebello; Cobblestone Farm, Inc. -- August 2002
66. Oak Hill Cemetery, 140 N. Highland Ave., Nyack; Board of Trustees, Oak Hill Cemetery -- October 2002
67. Congers Elementary School, 9 Lake Road, Congers; Town of Clarkstown, sponsor -- June 18, 2003
68. West Nyack's Last Horse Trough, West Nyack Free Library, 65 Strawtown Rd., West Nyack; Rotary Club of West Nyack and
Friends of the West Nyack Library, sponsors -- June 12, 2005
69. King’s Ferry Site, Battlefield Road, Stony Point (private property; no admission without permission); Eric Emanuel, sponsor -August 26, 2006 (bronze plaque on boulder)
70. Rockland Lake and Hook Mountain, Rockland Lake State Park, corner of Landing Rd. and Collyer Ave. (across from
Knickerbocker Fire Engine Co.); The Friends of Rockland Lake and Hook Mountain, Inc., sponsor -- October 4, 2008
71. Stephen Rowe Bradley, Sr., Park, Bradley Hill Road (Co. Route 38) at Park Rd. [aka Tweed Blvd. (Co. Route 5)], South Nyack;
Benson Blake, Jr., sponsor – June 30, 2009
72. Rockland Brink's Robbery, at the Brinks Memorial, Mountainview Ave., just south of entrance to New York State Thruway
entrance, Central Nyack; Rockland County Patrolmen's Benevolent Association and the Police Chiefs Association of Rockland
County, sponsors - October 20, 2009
73. Jacob J. Blauvelt Homestead, 20 Zukor Road, New City; Marjorie Hornblower Johnson, sponsor -- erected August 2010 dedicated November 20, 2011
74. Ladentown United Methodist Church, 14 Ladentown Road, Pomona; Joni Anger, sponsor -- erected October 2010 - dedicated
August 27, 2011
75. Grand View-on-Hudson, Birthplace of the Modern Women's Movement, Grand View Village Hall, 118 River Road, Grand Viewon-Hudson; Rockland Chapter of NOW, sponsor - November 10, 2011