#piermont

[minister-erik]

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT - Composition Thursday

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[thephotographerattempt]

Piermont Marsh, New York

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[robertpallesen]

Passing Car, Piermont, NY © Robert Pallesen

[wanderingnewyork]

Houses in #Piermont, #NY.

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[rocklandhistoryblog]

2007 RCEHPMA Recipient 352 South Piermont Avenue “ Freedom House”, Piermont, NY Using period tools and artisan pro­cedures, Grisha Davida lovingly restored this 1780 Dutch Colonial house on South Piermont Avenue near the Sparkill Creek. The Erie Railroad once ran on a high bed behind the house and caused extensive damage to the stonework over the years. Mr. Davida restored the northern wall and fireplace chimney, which had almost collapsed. He also restored the sandstone facade using old mortar techniques of mixing sand, lime and horsehair. He pulled up termite-rotted floors, exposed ceiling beams and installed antique radiators, using New York State historic preservation guide­lines. It was a struggle to balance his­tory with all the regulations of modern building codes. The house was painted inside and out using historic colors, and tastefully decorated with furniture appropriate to the 1700s. Artifacts, including old bottles, pottery shards and oyster shells found during the restoration, are on display. Descendants of those who lived in the area two centuries ago have passed on stories that Aaron Burr hid out in the house after the 1804 duel in Wee-hawken, NJ, that killed Alexander Hamilton. This piece of local lore has persisted for generations. In the 1960s, 352 Piermont belonged to Carlotta Petrina, whose illustrations of Milton’s Par­adise Lost won her two Guggenheim fellowships. John Crawford, one of Jim Henson’s puppet makers, sold the house to Mr. Davida. Grisha Davida’s loving restoration required years of dedication and is a testament to his determination to keep this “Freedom House” a living piece of history in Rockland County. It was built about 1780, and is a 2 1/2-story, side-gabled, sandstone Colonial period residence. A two-story frame addition was built about 1970. The house features a two-story, full-facade replacement porch. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

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