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Post by andrew on Dec 31, 2008 11:26:27 GMT -5
I have always wondered what this building was. You can access it from Hunterbrook Rd. There are many trails/open roadways that will lead you to an abandoned building behind the mohansic golf course, also less than 1/4 mile off of the taconic pkwy. It looks like it could have been an old church or schoolhouse, brick construction with louvered steel windows and cranks that allowed the users to open for daylight. Theback room has always thrown me off as there are several large diameter pipes that enter into the back wall (building is built into the hill) They are probably 24-30" in diameter and terminate just inside of the building. I had wondered if it was a pumping station or switchover but there are no remains of pumps or any type of equipment, not even conduit. I had also wondered of it was a greenhouse at one point..
Does anyone have any idea what this place was or where i can find some information on it?
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Post by Xydexx Unicorn on Jan 11, 2009 19:45:07 GMT -5
I have always wondered what this building was. You can access it from Hunterbrook Rd. There are many trails/open roadways that will lead you to an abandoned building behind the mohansic golf course, also less than 1/4 mile off of the taconic pkwy. Hi Andrew- I found the building you were talking about via Bird's Eye View on maps.live.com/ , but I have no idea what it might be. It's too far away from the aqueduct to be part of that. It appears to be part of the Mohansic State Park property according to topographic maps from 1941 and 1991-ish (it is not on the 1892 map). I haven't been there myself, but I'm guessing it may have been a maintenance shed of some sort. -Xydexx
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Post by house1 on Jan 12, 2009 19:00:40 GMT -5
hey....that area behind mohansic was going to be an insane asylum way back. the put railroad built a spur to mohansic with a bridge. one of the workers working on the asylum assaulted or killed somebody back there, and the locals freaked.....so no asylum, and a rail spur to nowhere. in yorktown, down by the old station, the spur took off toward mohansic. for years after, trains were parked on the spur . the yorktown historical society has info on this.so....that building might have something to do with this....
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Post by andrew on Jan 26, 2009 16:03:35 GMT -5
That Birds Eye view is great.. I am going to keep researching it and see if i can find anything. House1- I have never heard that it was supposed to be an insane asylum. I also never came in contact with any rail spurs... I am going to contact the yorktown historical group and try to inquire.
Thanks for the responses.
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Post by Xydexx Unicorn on Feb 9, 2009 20:59:12 GMT -5
hey....that area behind mohansic was going to be an insane asylum way back. the put railroad built a spur to mohansic with a bridge. one of the workers working on the asylum assaulted or killed somebody back there, and the locals freaked.....so no asylum, and a rail spur to nowhere. Gonna have to debunk this one as urban legend. The proposal to build Mohansic State Hospital was abandoned after citizens cited concerns about pollution to the Croton Reservoir watershed. See related: Pure Drinking Water Assured Forever - New York Times, May 11, 1918 (.PDF) Edit: My bad... it turns out there actually was a murder at Mohansic State Hospital, of a 19 year old hospital attendant in 1913. Details to follow soon.
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Post by Xydexx Unicorn on Feb 9, 2009 21:09:50 GMT -5
TI also never came in contact with any rail spurs... I am going to contact the yorktown historical group and try to inquire. The abandoned railroad grade is located approximately 400 feet north of Baldwin Road where the Con Ed lines cross. From there it extended west across a trestle over Crom Pond and continued into Mohansic State Park. Curiously, there is also what appears to be another spur of the railroad grade which parallels just north of Baldwin Road and crosses the Taconic Parkway and ends at the south end of Mohansic Golf Course.
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Post by Xydexx Unicorn on Feb 10, 2009 11:37:57 GMT -5
Theback room has always thrown me off as there are several large diameter pipes that enter into the back wall (building is built into the hill) They are probably 24-30" in diameter and terminate just inside of the building. I had wondered if it was a pumping station or switchover but there are no remains of pumps or any type of equipment, not even conduit. I had also wondered of it was a greenhouse at one point. I've suspect that Mohansic Golf Course used to be the site of the New York State Training School For Boys. From what I've been reading it was south of Mohansic Lake. There were several stone buildings which existed on the property. The building may be the school's power house or sewage plant, which was under construction at the time and ordered to be converted into a farm building. The property was acquired for Mohansic Golf Course in 1922. Also of note: The Mohansic Golf Course's driveway used to be a road which went all the way through to Mohansic Avenue. Before the school was built, it was farmland owned (mostly) by the Purdy family.
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Post by carterb on Jan 18, 2011 12:03:24 GMT -5
Anyone know more about the abandoned Mohansic Branch of the New York & Putnam (NYC)? Supposedly, there was a trestle over what is now called Crom Pond and one spur went almost up to what is now Rte 202? Another branch to the Boys School? Any details would be appreciated
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Post by andrew on Apr 8, 2012 19:03:48 GMT -5
Karl, I'm impressed by your discoveries. I'd love to know more information including the maps you referenced.
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