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A plaque at the bottom of the tower reads as follows: Castle Craig Dedicated October 29. 1900 Castle Craig Tower stands 32 feet (9.8 m) high on 976-foot (297 m) east peak in Meriden's Olmsted designed Hubbard Park. It has the distinction of being the highest point within 25 miles (40 km) of the coast from Maine to Florida.
Dundas Castle, also called Craig-e-Clair, is a neo-Gothic house near Roscoe in Sullivan County, New York. It was built between 1910 and 1924 for Ralph Wurts-Dundas. It was built between 1910 and 1924 for Ralph Wurts-Dundas.
East Side Historic District in Catskill, Greene County, New York is an area roughly bounded by Catskill Creek, Hudson River, and River, Harrison, Day, and Gardner Streets. . It includes 530 contributing buildings and one contributing site over a 200 acres (81 ha) a
Located in Kiamesha Lake, New York, United States, the Concord was the largest resort in the region and was also one of the last to finally close in 1998, long after the others closed. (A primary competitor, Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel , closed in 1986.) [ 1 ] At the Concord, there were over 1,500 guest rooms and a dining room that sat ...
The New Studio. Cole painted numerous scenes of the Catskill landscape around Cedar Grove, including such well-known paintings as Lake with Dead Trees, and Kaaterskill Falls. Cedar Grove continues to offer views of the Catskill mountains, and Cole expressed his feelings for the site and its proximity to the wilderness in poetry and letters.
The Catskill Mountain fire towers were constructed to facilitate forest fire prevention and control in the Catskill Mountains of New York. 23 towers were built between 1908 and 1950. The towers fell into disuse by the 1970s as fire spotting from airplanes became more effective, and were gradually decommissioned. The Hunter Mountain Fire Tower ...
The Abercrombie & Fitch cofounder built a real-life castle just over an hour north of New York City — and now it's listed for $3.7 million (ANF) Lauren Lyons Cole Updated August 17, 2017 at 6:16 PM
Balsam Lake Mountain, the westernmost of the Catskill High Peaks, was the site of the first fire lookout tower in New York in 1887, when a nearby sportsmen's club built it to protect their lands below the mountain. [2] [3] It was later taken over by the state, which built several towers culminating in the current one. The tower was staffed ...