Town of North East New York

Official website of the town of North East New York

A Photo History

Main Street Millerton, New York

 

April 2012

 

Millerton Rail Road Station

 

April 2012

 

Iron Blast Furnace

 

Brick Block Hotel

 

The Finch Building

 

Then and Now

 

from the town historic archives

 

* Maltby’s Iron Furnace- courtesy of North East Historical Society Archives. Iron ore from neighboring mines was processed here. The furnace was located south of Rudd Pond. This historic image of Maltby’s Furnace was chosen for the Town of North East logo.

 

* Courtesy North East Historical Society archives, Sitzer’s Home Hotel and Dutchess Auto & Supply Co., Millerton NY Looking west on Millerton’s Main Street at the junction of Rt 22. Note Sitzer’s Home Hotel, now the site of the Village Pine Tree on Rt 22.

 

*The Irondale Schoolhouse, located on Rt 22 north of the village. Recently purchased by Friends of the Irondale Schoolhouse. A new cedar roof and exterior paint job is planned, prior to moving the building to Millerton’s Main Street Historic District. Soon to be the new Visitors’ Center on the Harlem Valley RailTrail across from the gazebo.

(Schoolhouse, Main Street 2019)

For an in depth history of the Town of Northeast view…

“HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF NORTHEAST”

from History of Dutchess County, New York, by James H. Smith 1882