Haunted History

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Halloween Haunts

Halloween Haunts

Each Fall author Vincent Dacquino engages listeners on the haunted history of Putnam Valley and the County. He discusses the trial of George Denny and the ghosts that continue to haunt our town.

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Holiday Boutique

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The Putnam Valley Historical Society holds an Annual Holiday Boutique the first and second weekend in December. Featured items include local honey & syrup, handcrafted gifts, chocolates, baked goods, gingerbread men, hand-poured soy candles, hand-painted ceramics and much, much more.

All proceeds are used to continue our mission to preserve Putnam Valley’s rich history.

Please visit our calendar as the event approaches for more details

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Old Fashioned Penny Social

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Join the Putnam Valley Historical Society for an Old Fashioned Penny Social to take place In March of 2014.

Penny Social

More details will follow as they unfold.

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Upcoming Events

July 13 – Our American History: The Great Depression in Putnam County with Sarah Johnson, 10:00AM at Putnam Valley Library

August 10 – Our American History:         The Space Race: “Houston…the Eagle has Landed” with Kevin Woyce, 10:00AM at Putnam Valley Library

Email
PutnamValleyHistory@gmail.com
Contact Info & Hours
301 Peekskill Hollow Road
P.O. Box 297
Putnam Valley, NY 10579
1-845-528-1024
Saturdays 10:00AM - 2:00PM
May - November
or by appointment
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When we get visitors here at the museum, one of the questions that's almost always asked is "was this always a schoolhouse?" It was built in the early 1840's as a one-room schoolhouse for district #3 in Putnam Valley, and remained a schoolhouse until the late 1920's when students were temporarily attending school in Shrub Oak until our Putnam Valley Central School (the present Putnam Valley Elementary School) was built. For a time after that, the schoolhouse was home to the Public Health Association of Putnam Valley and Kent, offering health and dental services to the community as well as offering support to new mothers and a lending closet to those families in need. It was then a nursery school before becoming home to the Putnam Valley Historical Society. Today, these pictures surfaced. It looks like at one point, there was wallpaper in here and after that was removed, the walls and wainscotting painted with contrasting colors - known to be sky blue, then yellow, until everything was painted over in our current light cream. Labeled on the back of the photos are Dr. Virginia Buckley, Dr. Elvia Ostlund, Nurse Margaret Kramers Ungberg. #localhistory #PutnamValleyHistory #HudsonValleyHistory
Happy Independence Day! We have a scrapbook that includes dozens of holiday themed postcards and greeting card fronts. These are some of the more patriotic samples. #historicalsociety #putnamvalleyhistory
What a beautiful day...for some sprucing up! Very exciting goings on here today!
We are proud to have Michael Bennett recognized by the Putnam County Historian’s Office for all his hard work putting together and arranging the Our American History lecture series!
We’re officially open for the year! Visit us on Saturdays from 10:00am to 2:00pm.
The pumpkins are starting to come up! Only 178 days until Halloween 🎃 The plan is for them to crawl across the back garden so we’ll have a small patch in the fall.
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