Halcyon Hall is the main building on the Bennett School for Girls property, and the one that is photographed here. The building was originally a hotel, built in 1890. In 1907, the Bennett School For Girls occupied the building until it closed in 1978. The building has remained vacant ever since.
Map: Location on Bing Maps Bird’s Eye view
The Dennings Point Brick Works formerly operated on this property on Dennings Point, in Beacon, NY. The building photographed here is the last remaining manufacturing building from the brick works. The area is now being used by the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries.
Map: Location on Bing Maps Bird’s Eye view
Link: Dennings Point Brick Works
This building, located at 2284 South Road (Route 9), Poughkeepsie, was, according to the EPA, formerly the M&N Manufacturing building, which produced concrete block and bricks. It now sits abandoned along a main road in the town.
Map: Location on Bing Maps Bird’s Eye view
Link: EPA information
The Gomez Mill House is the oldest Jewish dwelling in North America. It was built in 1714. The site is now a museum.
Map: Location on Google Maps
Link: About the site
The First Presbyterian Cemetery in Highland, NY was established in 1792. The cemetery was overgrown when I visited, but I have been told it is normally well-kept.
This beautiful stone barn falls in the middle of the spectrum of “building” and “ruin”. According to the online property card, and confirmed by my observations, it was a dairy barn. The card indicates the barn was built in 1890. I otherwise know nothing about this property.
The Boyce Thompson Institute was established by William Boyce Thompson with the goal of being able to improve world food supply through plant research. The Institute in Yonkers was constructed in 1924 but was moved from the Yonkers campus in the 1970s. The building was used for other operations until 1999. The property has been vacant ever since, although there is the possibility that it will be redeveloped.
Link: Wikipedia
Map: Location on Google Maps
This structure was originally residential and then converted to have a commercial bottom floor. The filed map at the Dutchess County Clerk is dated July 26, 1900 that shows the area along Collegeview Avenue subdivided, so that is likely the approximate time that the building was constructed. The building was demolished in November 2013.
This car junkyard was formerly located along Old Post Road in Wappingers Falls, NY. The junkyard was removed in 2010 during redevelopment of the property into the Wappingers Falls location of Adams Fairacre Farms.
