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The Historical Society of Rockland County
Vol. 38, No. 3 July-September 1994
Tappan Reformed Church
1994 Preservation Merit Awards Tappan Reformed Church, 300 Years G.L. Tsoukatos & Co., Haverstraw IN THIS ISSUE
1994 Historic Preservation Merit Awards...... Page 3 Three preservation/restoration projects, an adaptive use project and two preser vation leaders were recognized at this year’s awards program on May 1.
Tappan Reformed Church Celebrates 300 Years of Service...... Page 11 The oldest church in Rockland County is celebrating its 300th anniversary this year. Warren Hafer, a member of the church, writes its history.
The Candy Palace: G.L. Tsoukatos & Co., Haverstraw...... Page 16 Margaret Struett vividly tells the story of two Greek gentlemen who successful ly ran a candy shop and ice cream parlor in Haverstraw.
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The Joseph Cornell House
1994 Historic Preservation Merit Awards The Joseph Cornell House...The Trenchard House... Tappan Reformed Church...The Stable... Danforth W. Toan...Arthur H. Gunther III
he Historical Society of Rockland The Joseph Cornell House, Sylvia County presented its fourth Roth, South Nyack. For over a Tannual Rockland County Exec hundred years a large shingle-style utive’s Historic Preservation MeritVictorian home has stood at the Awards at a Hudson Valley Early intersection of Piermont and American spring buffet, held on the Corneilson avenues. Built in 1889 grounds of the society May 1. The awards during Nyack’s heyday, the home was were presented by County Executive owned by the family of Nyack-born C. Scott Vanderhoef. County Legislator American artist, Joseph Cornell and is Harriet Cornell presented each awardee designated locally as an art historical with the Rockland County Distin landmark. guished Service Award. Guest speaker Sylvia Roth purchased the house for the evening was J. Winthrop in 1968 and, together with her son- Aldrich, deputy commissioner for his in-law, John Beerman, began an toric preservation, State of New York. enormous restoration effort that has Three awards recognized excel continued to the present. Assisting lence in the preservation or restoration Ms. Roth and her family was master by the owner of a deteriorated historic builder Jeremiah Hesse and his assis building or building component while tant Bedcy Laforest, front-porch maintaining its historic form, appear carpenter Gary Hecht and painter ance and materials. John Penkrat. 3 Louis Silver, vice-president of F.J. Tucek & Son, Inc., Sylvia Roth, and Craig Long, historian for the Town of Ramapo and Village of Montebello (1-r).
Sometime prior to 1930, a large heating system. Through her efforts, Victorian addition consisting of a two- new life has been brought to a part of story porch, a parlor and a second- South Nyack’s past. floor master bedroom was added. Due to years of neglect, the porch fell into The Trenchard House, William a state of disrepair and was replaced and Sue Walther, Palisades. The in the 1960s by an unsympathetic first recorded owner of the Trenchard modern porch and a redesigned House (in 1780) was Jesse P. entrance. Using a 1950 photograph, Trenchard, a blacksmith in Palisades. Ms. Roth was able to recapture the The original one-room house with appearance of the original. sleeping loft was moved to its present In the 1940s former owners had site on Oak Tree Road in 1820 onto a applied stucco surfacing over the origi stone-walled basement foundation. A nal cedar shingles on the first story room added to the right of the and had sealed off a prominent win entrance gave the house the look of a dow opening. Ms. Roth restored the central hall colonial. In the interven opening and resurfaced the exterior ing years, several more rooms were with a combination of cedar shingles, added to the back of the house, includ clapboard siding and wood trim. ing a kitchen and an unheated room Within the house, layers of black used as a garage. ened varnish covered wood trim, doors When the Walthers purchased the and a unique wooden fireplace mantel. house in 1983, it had been used peri They were carefully restored as were odically as a summer house and was six existing fireplaces to working order. in serious disrepair. The floors in the Following interior color schemes, Ms. kitchen and garage were little more Roth had the stained glass transoms than wood slats resting on the ground. replaced, and the authentic iron floor Several inches of water stood on the grilles continue to be utilized in the basement’s dirt floor. At the back of 4 msM •;:;rr'f1 MEetWaw mur-.
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the house, a lean-to was about to cave in. Only the living room and two bed rooms were habitable. Despite the drawbacks, the Walthers loved the place. They were attracted to the ornately carved front door, its original knocker, and lock and skeleton key; to the staircase, its worn handrailing and ten-inch risers; to the wide floor boards of heart pine; and to the beautiful fireplace with built-in wood cupboard to its side in replaced and painted. The paint color the living room. was chosen to match the original The Walthers cleared out the color. Extensive landscaping was weeds growing around and into the done to harmonize with the historical house and used a dehumidifier to dry nature of neighboring buildings in out the basement. A concrete slab Palisades. foundation was laid under the wood In 1989 the Walthers added a floors that were resting directly on the garage, a mudroom, a room for their soil. All the walls were plastered and son, and a master bedroom. The addi painted. The floors were sanded and tion was connected to the existing restored where necessary. The entire house by a bridge that can be seen roof on the lean-to was replaced. from the street but to the eye looks The house finally suitable to live in like a long bay of windows. Given after two years of work, the Walthers that the original Trenchard House concentrated on the house’s exterior. had been a composite of additions, the Broken clapboard was repaired or Walthers wanted the new addition to 5 UUnd < ««•«»> 1
Rev. & Mrs. James L. Johnson be part of the legacy, the house seen After he was installed as the as whole from every angle. church’s minister in 1982, the Rev. They find living in a house full of James L. Johnson became aware that history gives them great joy. “The fact the church had invaluable historical that the house is very comfortable to and archival documents and oversaw live in with all the modern amenities the construction of a fireproof vault that one could need,” says Sue for their safekeeping. In 1993 recon Walther, “is just icing on the cake.” struction of the badly deteriorated The house is listed on the National spire was started by the firm of La Register of Historic Sites within the Bozz, Design/Builders and completed Palisades historic district. by restoration carpenter George Turrell. The Tappan Reformed Church, All aspects of the restoration pro the Rev. James L. Johnson, pastor, ject were designed to insure the accu Tappan. The stately, late Federal-style rate recovery of the features of the structure of the Tappan Reformed original spire, including building the Church represents three centuries of spire five inches off center. In addi continuous public worship, from 1694 tion traditional tools and techniques to 1994. Built in 1835, the church is were used to shape the lumber, and the third sacred building to stand on the timber frame was rebuilt to fit the the site where British spy Maj. John existing exterior frame of the spire. Andre was tried. A preservation The eight finials reaching heavenward merit award was given to the church from the spire were refashioned, some for the preservation and restoration of of the old ones serving as guides. To its church spire. rebuild the wheel of the church bell, 6 The Stable, viewed from Oak Tree Road (above) and from Main Street (right). Paul & Betty Malone (below).
Mr. Turrell used oak sections overall and copper boat nails. The total cost of the work, includ ing interior painting of the church itself, was approximately $70,000. The congregation has made outstand ing efforts to maintain the historic form, appearance and materials of the spire, thereby preserving its historical and architectural value.
ne award was presented for adaptive use, the successful rehabilitation of a building for Oa new function. Historic architectural features of significance have been pre served and repaired, and all alter ations are sympathetic to the historic architecture.
The Stable, Paul and Betty Melone, Tappan. Listed on the National Register of Historic Sites, the two-sto ried, L-shaped frame structure on the south end of Main Street, Tappan was showcases and elevated chair rails built circa 1910 as a livery stable. with Shaker pegs to display the col The Main Street (west) side had a lectibles and international treasures wagon area behind two 10-foot-high that they sell. sliding doors. These doors were later Paul and Betty Melone have long relocated to a large opening on the been active in preserving buildings east side, south end of the building and sites within Tappan’s historic dis that was used for more wagons and trict. Their efforts have included their equipment. There were four horse Greek Revival home on Oak Tree stalls in the north side, each with its Road, the Tappan Library, and work own small square window. Hay was on behalf of the creation of Tappan hoisted to the upper level and dropped Memorial Park. While acknowledging to the stalls below. Capping the lou the travail, the Melones feel the effort vered cupola was an Ethan Allen run was worth it to protect and preserve ning horse, now restored by the yet another building within the his Melones with new bronze casting and toric district. made operable. The Melones purchased the Stable wo other awards were given in 1974. It had been painted yellow, a this year to individuals for garage door had been installed on the their outstanding leadership Main Street side and it was zoned for Tin and contribution to the preserva residential use. In 1993 the Orange- tion of historic resources in Rockland town Historic Areas Board of Review County. approved the conversion of the Stable to a shop. Then began the process of Danforth W. Toan, retired architect, meeting the town’s building code holds a masters degree in planning requirements. Architect Radu Serban and historic preservation from the and Joel Tozer assisted the Melones. Columbia University Graduate School Preservation efforts included painting of Architecture and is a fellow of the the exterior clapboard in traditional American Institute of Architects. His barn red with white trim and retain career included over 30 years with ing the sawbuck design on the doors. the firm Warner, Burns, Toan, Lunde The garage door was replaced with a Architects, Planners, Interior new store front. Original hardware Designers. He has worked on numer was installed on the new door, ous college and university buildings, designed in sawbuck. site planning and urbanization plans Inside, flooring salvaged from St. in numerous countries and states and Charles A.M.E. Zion Church in collaborated with NASA on space sta Sparkill was installed and left in its tion planning. In Rockland he is best smooth, unfinished condition. The known as the site planner and archi building code required the Melones tect of Hickory Hill, a planned resi to use fireproof sheetrock for the dential development in Tappan. walls. They retained the simplicity Early in his career Toan’s interest of the interior by using window was peaked by Gordon Cohen, an trim replicating the original stall trim English architect who explored the and plain pine shelving, period issues of preservation in his book 8 4 ph 1 m
Mr. & Mrs. Danforth Toan Arthur Gunther & Ginny McCarthy
Townscape. Sometime in 1963 he and Concealed among its heavy foliage architect Tom Lehricke wrote a model and irregular contours is an unusually ordinance to create a historic district in rich catalog of architecture. Tappan. Having no precedent to fol Dan Toan worked tirelessly for low, they surveyed Tappan with the almost 30 years, from 1956 to 1994, on help of Paul Melone, John Allison and the Orangetown Historic Review other friends and neighbors to identify Board. During this time the board historic buildings. They identified 12 reviewed over 900 structures of which 18th-century and 35 19th-century only ten were disputed. A recent dis buildings and then connected the dots. pute over the use of vinyl siding in the The total area included 120 properties, historic district, which was covered of which 40% were over 100 years old. widely in the New York Times and by Despite local traffic at the intersections the regional media, resulted in, as of its historic roads, Tappan, after Dan Toan refers to it, his dis-reap- almost three centuries, still retained pointment from the board. its character and sense of place. Danforth Toan’s life has and con Much to their surprise, the Tappan tinues to be devoted to making it a Historic District was adopted by the public policy to preserve buildings, Town of Orangetown and became one roads and landscapes to create a sense of the first, if not the first, of its kind of place. in New York State. Today there are 300 similar historic districts in the Journalist Arthur H. Gunther III state and 1,800 in the United States. started at what is now the Rockland Following the success of the Journal-News in 1964 as a flyboy, Tappan Historic District, Toan worked catching papers as they came off the to create a district in Palisades, an press, and worked his way up to edito area that offered a marked contrast in rial page editor, the most senior jour contexts and hence in preservation nalist on the newspaper. He has been aims from Tappan. The Palisades dis a commentator on the local scene for trict, formed in 1968, evokes the wild 30 years and has striven to keep our and unruly nature of the land. history alive.
9 Through his numerous editorials, Gunther in local history; and when his column “Column Rule,” personal the principal retired in 1961, Mr. pieces and photographs, Arthur Gunther helped him restore his South Gunther has fought to preserve a her Spring Valley sandstone home by itage for the Rocklanders of the pre building a natural stone walk and pot sent and the future. Specifically, he tery site. has spoken up for a county courthouse Today Arthur Gunther sees expansion that will continue the grace Rockland County at a crossroads. The and dignity of the current art deco big suburban boom and haphazard structure in New City. He supported development that occurred in the late reconstruction, not removal, of the 1950s may be the subject for redevel one-lane Sickeltown Road tunnel; he opment, and this in turn can provide has touted the Hudson riverfront for an opportunity for addressing impor the beautiful natural resource it is; he tant issues of restoring historic areas, has publicly called for the study of preserving rural areas, enhancing local history; and he has suggested to downtowns for pedestrian use. He readers that they take walks about believes sensible planning—now—is Rockland to see our rich heritage. He necessary to recapture some of the considers the most significant battle things we have long valued about life lost to be the tearing down of the in Rockland. Salvation Army headquarters in Suffern; his greatest disappointment, the removal of Dan Toan from the Orangetown Historic Review Board. A third-generation resident of Rockland County, Gunther says his credo is that no progress can be made The Historical Society of Rockland in the present and no great gains in County gratefully acknowledges the future unless the lessons of the Frank J. Tucek & Son, Inc. of past are considered and unless we Congers, Seth Glasser & Co., Inc. of preserve the accomplishments of our Nyack, the Town of Clarkstown, and forefathers, for they taught us Denker & Bodnar of Nyack for spon many things about life, its values and soring this year’s program; and HSRC standards. Trustee Alan Denker, his wife Marcy, Arthur Gunther acknowledges the Matterhorn Nursery of Spring Valley, guidance he received from long the Bakery on Main in Nyack, and time (now deceased) co-staffers at Mountain Valley Brew Pub in Suffern the Rockland Journal-News, such as for the spring buffet arrangements. editor Norman R. Baker and writer Linda Russell & Companie performed Arthur Hopper, two fine men who traditional music of 19th-century fought to showcase Rockland history. America. Perhaps his greatest inspiration came Members of the 1994 awards com from Leland Rickard Meyer, who was mittee were Alan Denker, chairper Mr. Gunther’s principal at Spring son; Marjorie Bauer, William T. Beaty Valley High School (and his father’s, II, Robert Burghardt, Bertram J. too). Mr. Meyer helped interest Mr. Cross and Craig H. Long. ► 10 Tappan Reformed Church Celebrates 300 Years of Service
by Warren W. Hafer, Jr.
ver its three centuries of com total cost of the church building, munity service, Rockland’s old $10,000, was raised. est church has played many The attached Church Parlor was Oroles: Dutch settlers’ house of wororiginally a separate Sunday School ship, Revolutionary War prison and building erected in 1859. Annexed to hospital, trial site for the unfortunate the church in 1885, it has served a British spy, Major John Andre. variety of functions, including commu Today, the Tappan Reformed nity library, Boy Scout headquarters, Church is embarked on a year-long Sunday School, choir practice hall, as celebration of its long and eventful well as the church’s social center in history. In preparation, a major capi the days before the conversion of the tal fund drive was launched. Project Manse Barn, located across the street No. 1: straightening the famed church from the church. In 1970 this much- tower, sagging to one side for many used room became the Church Parlor, years. The historic restorer who furnished with fine furniture pur worked on it was much impressed by chased through memorial gifts. the old tower, pronouncing it one of Among the antiquities on display is a the finest examples of “white-ash, desk used by the second pastor, hand-hewn, English-Dutch construc Frederic Muzelius (1727-1749), and a tion” on record. snuff box given by Martha Other projects included completely Washington to one of her husband’s repainting the church interior in its aides during the time they were head traditional white and peach colors with quartered in Tappan. walnut trim. And the Church Parlor The stone church that preceded the was completely renewed, including present brick Federalist structure was upholstered furniture. In this way, “pulled down by oxen” to make way for authentic restoration is preserving a the new construction. That earlier noted church building that has been church building, erected in 1716 and considered an architectural master enlarged in 1788, had played a part in piece since it was erected in 1835. Revolutionary War activities and was Modeled after the long-vanished Cedar the site of the court martial that con Street (New York City) Presbyterian demned Major Andre. Three Church, it features distinctive doored Reformed Church buildings rose from pews that are rare today. These pews, the same foundation, the first being a incidentally, were “sold” to 19th-centu log cabin church used by Tappan’s ry parishioners, and in three weeks the earliest Dutch settlers.
11 , ,7WiTr t«n» The Rockland Academy, now a private home. HSRC Photo. The “old church yard” adjoining the Amelyntie Herte had to change their present sanctuary has parts dating well plans when it was discovered that before the Revolution. One section is Abram had “a living wife.” said to have an unmarked, common In 1796, one Johanis Nagel was grave of Revolutionary soldiers who declared “guilty of the grave sin of died when the church building was drunkenness.” He had been “frater briefly used as a military hospital. nally warned by the church both in It was Dominie Guiliam Bertholf of private and before witnesses” with no Hackensack who made the informal, result. So the consistory placed him layman-operated Tappan church an under censure and forbade him partic official Dutch Reformed Church just ipation in Communion until he should 300 years ago. For 30 years, Dominie make public confession of sins and the Bertholf visited the new church four “sincerity there-of has been demon times a year to administer sacraments, strated with Christian behavior.” perform pastoral duties and keep care By consistory action in 1802, ful records. Hendrik Asther and his wife, Lenah These records, in antique Dutch, are Ryerson, were also suspended and part of the TRC archives today. The denied Communion. Their fault: an archives cover incidents that emphasize accusation of perjury against fellow the far more authoritarian role church members, William Van Dolopsen and es played in 18th-century America. A his wife, Geertje Sickels, which the few examples: accused were unable to disprove to In these early days of the church, consistory satisfaction. However, betrothals were commonly made this suspension was overturned on known and published prior to mar appeal to the Classis of Paramus. riage. Usually this was quite routine On March 13, 1826 the Rev. but in 1709, Abram Messeker and Nicholas Lansing’s “servant girl, 12 r ‘W *>- #♦ f. r:. i -4! U ■ ■ mtuSSSmm The Manse, built in 1729 as home for TRC ministers. HSRC Photo. Cate,” was suspended by consistory the Tappan Library, he conducted a because of an “uncontrollable tongue rival church for more than 11 years. with cursing and raging against her Among the families following the neighbors, which is unbecoming a rebellious Muzelius were the rela member of the community of tives of Casparus Maybie, builders of Christ.” However, in 1828, Cate the ‘76 House. This family retained “confessed her faults, promised to the Muzelius desk for more than 200 improve her behavior” and her sus years until it was returned to the pension was lifted. church by the late William Maybie in 1971. rederic Muzelius succeeded the Frederic Muzelius was succeeded founding pastor, Dominie by Samuel Verbryck in 1750. This Bertholf, in 1727 and was con distinguished theologian and scholar Ftroversial almost from the beginning.was a friend of George Washington The same spirit of unrest and inde and devoted a great deal of time to pendence which finally ignited the the founding of Rutgers University Revolution also shook the loyalty of and its school of theology, New America’s Dutch Reformed Church Brunswick Theological Seminary. He members. Among them were the devoted so much energy to the task Tappan parishioners, who yearned that the Tappan congregation felt for an American church with slighted and threatened to withhold American trained clergy. part of his salary. When Muzelius opposed his con Verbryck was also creator of the gregants with vigor, he was warned Tappan Reformed Church seal, which and finally dismissed. But he didn’t he drew by hand at the time of the disappear gracefully. Just down the church’s incorporation by the State of street, in the building now housing New York in 1783. 13 The next year, Verbryck died after 34 ton.” More recently, Adolph Hess and years of service and was succeeded by George Kirkby nearly matched the the Rev. Nicholas Lansing of one of Captain in long, fruitful service. Albany’s prominent families. Known for Perhaps the most intriguing contri his piety and colorful costumes reminis bution was made by an unknown con cent of the Revolutionary War period, sistoryman who was present when TRC Lansing offered fiery sermons, alternate sold land to the new Jersey City and ly in Dutch and English, for 50 years. Albany Railroad (later the West Shore During his pastorate an insurrection Division of New York Central) in 1872. somewhat like that of the Muzelius era A most far-sighted provision of this sale occurred. A group of families broke directed that the land would revert to away as part of a denomination-wide church ownership if it ever ceased to be rebellion to form a True Dutch Reformed used for railroad passenger service. In Church. Denied permission to share this way, the property was reclaimed by their former church home, they built the church in 1962 and is now leased to their own house of worship in another the Bank of New York. part of Tappan. The True Dutch move Over its three centuries, the Tappan ment was, however, rather short lived. Reformed Church has had a dominant The Rev. Isaac D. Cole, who succeed influence on the atmosphere and ed Lansing in 1835, was chiefly respon appearance of the hamlet of Tappan. sible for the present church building. A The preeminent location of the house of teacher as well as a preacher, he built worship, the Manse, the Academy and and operated the Rockland Academy on the grounds was preserving the histori land leased from the church at the south cal integrity of the hamlet many years end of Greenbush Road. The. Academy before preservation groups and agen building was sold to the church after cies began to exert an influence. Rev. Cole’s retirement and has been Today, under the able direction of used as a residence in the years since. the Rev. James L. Johnson, TRC is an It was the home of the Rev. Marion T. active, vital church of more than 100 Conklin and his family from 1920 to families and a growing Christian edu 1932 when the church experienced a low cation program. Numerous outreach point financially and was forced to rent operations have earned it a countywide the more elegant and spacious Manse. reputation as “the caring church.” All the other 18 TRC pastors, except Tricentennial activities have included founding Dominie Guiliam Bertholf, the Tricentennial Concert given by the who lived in Hackensack, have resided Rockland Camerata on April 24, a ser in the 1729 Manse. vice in Dutch led by the Rev. Dan Meeter Down through the years, many men on May 8, a Memorial Garden dedication and women unknown today contributed on May 24, and the Tappan Community much to the success and longevity of Parade and Festival on July 2. the Tappan Reformed Church. Old The Tricentennial will conclude with church records do record a Captain a dinner-dance at the Colonial Manor on John V.B. Johnson who died in 1883 Friday, October 21, a choir reunion pro “after more than 43 years of service as gram on Saturday, October 22, and a Consistoryman, Sunday School rededication service on Sunday morning, Superintendent, Choir Leader and sex October 23. ► 14 34th Annual Student History Awards Strawberry Festival and Hudson River Cruise On May 22 the society honored 24 county high school seniors for their academic achievements in the field of American history with a cruise up the Hudson River on the Commander. History Awards Chairperson and Rockland County Historian Thomas F.X. Casey presented each student with a dictionary provided by Prentice- Hall, Inc. of West Nyack as well as a year’s membership in the society, provided by Frederick’s Pet and Garden Center of Congers and Beckerle Lumber Supply Company of Spring Valley. Michael Dominelli of Clarkstown South High School read his winning essay, “Living in Historic Rockland County: What It Means to Me.” Guest speaker was Bob Walters, riverman, who has paddled the Hudson River in a canoe. Everyone was treated to strawberry shortcake and punch pre pared by the Women’s Committee. The students honored and their sponsors were: Albertus Magnus High School, Matthew Paul and Elizabeth Pollitt Sponsor: Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner and Smith, Bardonia Clarkstown North, Benjamin Weintraub and Tracy Wollenberg Sponsors: Valley Cottage Animal Hospital and Tom and Terrie Doyle Clarkstown South, Michael Dominelli and Elisabeth Rodzianko Sponsors: Jim and Pat Cropsey and Gillian Ballard Nanuet, Kathleen Reilly and Adam Danser Sponsor: Nanuet Rotary North Rockland, Hollis Griffin and Mary Siobhan O’Brian Sponsors: Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F.X. Casey Nyack, Katherine Morgan and Vanessa Bory Sponsors: Travis Monuments, Inc. and Motor Vessel Commander, Hudson Highlands Cruises Pearl River, Jennifer Torezan and Joseph Keane Sponsor: Rotary Club of Pearl River Ramapo, Lauren Kotcher and Eugene Babinsky Sponsors: Betty and Ira Hedges Shaarei Torah, Robin Weisberg and Marc Dworkin Sponsors: Mr. & Mrs. Allan Eisenkraft and Paul and Sandra Tendler Spring Valley, James S. Lee and Rebecca F. Spokony Sponsor: The Milton J. Grant Agency Suffern, Kristina Rodrigues and James Gerhart Sponsor: Suffern Rotary Tappan Zee, Stephanie Albin and Daniel Werner Sponsors: Albon P. Man and Dime Savings Bank of New York, F.S.B., Tappan Branch Cruise sponsors were Provident Savings Bank, F.A., Haverstraw and Educational Bus Transportation, Inc., Chestnut Ridge. 15 ' y k \ ' A..' f. r / i im /•IA, i V ;-r /> x i l r ^ A ' SiL^AVj r'X A N XJ r . K.^,.a i-, i, rt -v H 'm& /A"V .' * A'