Thursday, September 23, 2010

Coldenham Preservation & Historical Society Meeting, Sept. 26, 2010

The Society will be meeting at 3:00 - 5:00 pm at the Wallkill River School, 232 Ward Street, in the Village of Montgomery.

This is an important meeting, so please make time to attend! Attendees will receive copies of the draft bylaws, constitution, and petition for provisional charter for the new society. Final vote will take place at the October meeting.

At this meeting former Town of Montgomery Historian Robert Williams will talk about the early efforts to preserve the Colden Mansion Ruins site and the development of the heritage park concept. Current town historian, Suzanne Isaksen will bring pictures of the interior of the mansion.

Light refreshments will be served.

For information, please contact Suzanne Isaksen at 845-641-0463, or sisaksen@earthlink.net.

Project Wins Award from Greater Hudson Heritage Network!

Congratulations to all who have worked tirelessly on the Colden Mansion Ruins project!

The Geater Hudson Heritage Network has selected Michael Hayes, Town of Montgomery Supervisor; Marion Brown, Chair of the Colden Mansion Preservation Team, Suzanne Isaksen, Town Historian and Stephen Tilly, Architect to receive a 2010 Award Towards Excellence for the community collaboration, historic preservation, and Regional Heritage Advancement for the Colden Mansion Emergency Stabilization Project.

This award is in recognition of the successful effort to stabilize, maintain and interpret the remains of an important piece of local history which was in danger of being lost completely.

The award will be presented on October 1, 2010, at the annual meeting of the Greater Hudson Heritage Network. For more information, please visit http://www.greaterhudson.org/

This award would not have been possible without the hard work of everyone over the years to overcome what seemed like unsurmountable odds to preserve the Colden Mansion Ruins from the ravages of time, neglect, indifference and the bulldozers of development. They have always understood that this preservation project protects an important part of where we as a country have come from, and is a gift to generations to come. The history of the Colden Mansion Ruins is our history.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Colden Mansion Ruins Meetings

The next Colden Mansion Ruins site meeting will be held on June 26 (Saturday) at 10 a.m., at the site of the ruins at the junction of NYS 17K and Stone Castle Road.

The Summer Research meeting will be held at 3 p.m. on June 27 (Sunsay) at Wallkill River School.

The Preservation of the Ruins: the Stabilization Begins

Photos by Lisa Melville, taken April 18, 2010, during a site visit to the Colden Mansion ruins.
Stabilization work is being done by Yankee Construction.