Town of Tuxedo, NY Historian

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Town of Tuxedo, NY Historian

The Town of Tuxedo, NY has a rich heritage extending centuries before and after it was founded in 1890.

This page is overseen by the appointed Town Historian to share stories and images of our past, and advertise events pertaining to our local history.

09/04/2026

📍Residence of Amory S. Carhart, Esq. Tuxedo Park, NY.

Postcard mailed from Tuxedo Park to Paris, France, on April 26th, 1906 (?) at 11:30 AM. This property was demolished in the 1940s.

08/30/2026

📍Entrance, Sterling Forest Gardens, Tuxedo, NY.

08/24/2026

📍Tuxedo Club, Tuxedo Park, NY.

This postcard features a delightful note on the rear side:

"The park tennis courts are right next to this house--dandiest courts imaginable. The weather has been dreadfully warm since we've been here."

From Edith, mailed to Miss Mildred Leighton, St. James Court, Kingston, NY.

08/18/2026

📍Frank A. Hall Bed Frame Factory Along Route 17, Southfields, NY.

08/12/2026

When the New York & Erie Railroad was completed from Piermont to Dunkirk in 1851, the New York City publisher Harper & Brothers wrote a comprehensive guide to what was considered one of the nation's greatest industrial marvels at the time. When opened, the Town of Tuxedo nor Tuxedo Park yet existed. Instead, what was described as a rather rural (if not "desolate") stop along the Erie was known as "Augusta Works," named for the Augusta Forge founded by Solomon Townsend. By this point, the forge had long declined into ruin, though Harper's guide offers some descriptive insight into the surrounding scenery as it appeared in 1851.

08/07/2026

In doing some research for planned historic marker applications for Tuxedo (stay tuned), this fascinating newspaper article surfaced about a proposed "pleasure resort," along the same designs of Tuxedo Park, to be built at the site of the former Greenwood/Clove Furnace at Arden, NY (now the Orange County Historical Society). Interestingly, this article was published in 1887, one year after railroad titan Edward H. Harriman purchased these 9,300 acres from the Parrott family and, to our current knowledge, never envisioned his land to be developed.

Has anyone else ever heard of plans for "Arden Park?"

08/03/2026

📍Truck No. 575, Tuxedo Fire Company, Tuxedo, NY (C. 1982).

07/28/2026

📍Boat Moorings along Tuxedo Lake, Tuxedo Park, NY.

A look towards the distance shows some of the beautiful estates of Tuxedo Park along the hillside.

07/20/2026

📍Main Street, Southfields, NY. Many of the buildings here are no longer standing or have been significantly altered. The former Testa Bella Saloon, blurred out in the present-day scene, survives with relatively few changes.

07/13/2026

Our last post on the Tuxedo Hospital was one of our page's most popular yet. Check out this newspaper article from the February 23, 1984 edition of The Journal News discussing its closing and merger with Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY.

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Tuxedo Park, NY
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+18457749856

Website

https://www.tuxedogov.org/alex-prizgintas-town-historian

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