Northgate Old Cornish Estate Day-Hike September 8
Northgate / Old Cornish Estate Day-Hike
Join the Putnam Valley Historical Society for a visit to the remnants of another time – with a promise for the future…
Sept. 8, 2018
$10 per person
One of the most mysterious ruins in the Hudson Valley is the Old Cornish Estate or Northgate, located nearby in Cold Spring, NY, in the shadow of Breckneck Ridge and part of the Hudson Highlands State Park. For many years there were no known photographs of the site prior to its destruction by fire in 1958, and there was little information available. After publication of the book Hudson Valley Ruins (Rinaldi and Yasensac 2006), descendents of Sigmund Stern, the estate’s first owner, and Edward Cornish, who purchased it in 1917, came forward with both photographs and a more complete history of the site.
Today, while only ruins remain of the once-great estate, the location’s early history, the records of its initial construction, the identity of the many structures built on the site and their varied uses, the story of its sale and the devastating fire, and even the promise of the estate’s future remain a fascination for local historians, researchers, nature-lovers, preservationists, and artists of all types.
The Putnam Valley Historical Society
PO Box 297 ♦ 301 PeekskilL hollow Rd.
Putnam Valley, NY 10579
(845) 528-1024 ♦ PutnamValleyHistory@gmail.com
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