For Immediate Release
Questions?: Contact Brian Jennings at bjennings@nyacklibrary.org and 845-358-3370 ext.223. For high resolution photos from the Emery exhibit, click here.
The 2012 John Scott Armchair Walking Tours
The Historical Society of The Nyacks and the Friends of The Nyacks announce the schedule for the 2012 fall season of the John Scott Armchair Walking Tours. This popular program, now in its seventeenth year, features slide presentations on local history, architecture and related cultural subjects. The Armchair Walking Tours are dedicated to the memory of John Scott, Rockland County’s great historian. The programs are produced by Brian Jennings, local history librarian at the Nyack Library.
The Architecture of Marshall and Henry Emery
The opening program in September, "The Architecture of Marshall and Henry Emery," will be presented by Winston C. Perry, Jr., President of the Historical Society of the Nyacks, an architect and historian. More than any other architects, Marshall and Henry Emery defined the architectural character of the Nyack community. Among the Nyack buildings that one or both of the Emery brothers designed are the Nyack Carnegie Library, the YMCA, St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church, the Reformed and Methodist Churches, Oak Hill Cemetery gate, numerous stores, three grand homes on South Broadway, and many more modest homes.
The program will be presented first at the Nyack Library, 59 S. Broadway, at 7:00 PM Wednesday evening, September 12 and will be repeated the following afternoon, Thursday, September 13 at 2:00 PM at the Valley Cottage Library. (Seating is limited at the Nyack Library and attendees must call the library in advance to register (845-358-3370 Ext 214).
In addition to this Armchair Walking Tour, photographs and drawings of the Emery Brothers projects will be on exhibit in the Historical Society museum at 50 Piermont Avenue on Saturdays 1 to 4:00 PM throughout September.
Nyack History One Sketch At A Time
The October or second program in the series, "Nyack History One Sketch at a Time" will be presented by Bill Batson, whose family settled here in the late 19th century. Batson, the producer of Nyack’s Flash Sketch Mob event and the creator of The Nyack Sketch Log on nyacknewsandviews.com, gives us a tour of his sketches of Nyack and the stories behind them. Batson will guide us through an artistic journey that blends both social and personal history.
The program will be presented first at the Nyack Library, 59 S. Broadway, at 7:00 PM on Wednesday evening, October 10 and will be repeated the following afternoon, Thursday, October 11 at 2:00 PM at the Valley Cottage Library. (Seating is limited at the Nyack Library and attendees must call the library in advance to register (845-358-3370 Ext 214).
In addition to this Armchair Walking Tour, sketches from Bill Batson’s Nyack Sketch Log will be on exhibit in the Historical Society museum at 50 Piermont Avenue on Saturdays 1 to 4:00 PM throughout October.
History Happened Here
The November program, "History Happened Here", will be presented by Bob Goldberg, the long-time producer of the Armchair Walking Tours.
This program will feature a quick tour around Rockland County beginning in historic Tappan, with frequent stops at sites of historical significance. These will include many events from the Revolutionary War, the building of the Nyack Turnpike and the Erie Railroad, early industry and the first struggles to integrate Rockland's schools.
The program will be presented first at the Nyack Library, 59 S. Broadway, at 7:00 PM on Wednesday evening, November 14 and will be repeated the following afternoon, Thursday, November 15 at 2:00 PM at the Valley Cottage Library. (Seating is limited at the Nyack Library and attendees must call the library in advance to register (845-358-3370 Ext 214).
The Architecture of Marshall and Henry Emery
"Fort Plenty" Dining Hall at Christan Herald Children's Home, photo by Win Perry
Nyack History One Sketch at a Time
Nyack's Carnegie Library, sketch by Bill Batson
History Happened Here
Suffern and western Ramapo was the scene of many important defenses and fortifications during the Revolutionary War, photo by Bob Goldberg