The Village of Nelsonville Time-line
1830 |
"Pear Tree Hill" School Built |
1850 |
Hudson River Railroad Completed |
1851 |
"Hickory Grove Academy" built, the second school in Nelsonville |
1855 |
Incorporation of the Village, October 12 |
1862 |
Cold Spring Cemetery Company Organized in Nelsonville |
1863 |
Sidewalk from Mollysville to Cold Spring line near Crown Street completed |
1866 |
Cold Spring Recorder established, serving western Putnam |
1882 |
J.Y. Dykman's store opened |
1883 |
"Hickory Grove Academy" enclosed by a white picket fence |
1886 |
Street lamps shed light on Main Street from Mollysville bridges ro Crown Street |
1895 |
Nelsonville Fish & Fur Club organized |
1895 |
Water line installed under Main Street |
1899 |
Village contracted to have 8 electric lights installed on Main Street |
1902 |
Fire at Seward Jaycox's house, Main Street |
1905 |
Fish & Fur Club Building at 258 Main Street completed |
1909 |
Construction of aqueduct through Nelsonville |
1910 |
Explosion in Mekeel Tunnel, near the Healy Estate, 15 killed |
1910 |
Fire at Charles Tompkins store on Pine Street |
1914 |
Fire at Hotel Imperial, corner of Bank and Division St. |
1917 |
Soldiers of Camp Spaulding guarded the acqueduct at Gallows Field |
1920 |
Monument in memory of James Harvey Hustis unveiled at Baptist Church |
1923 |
Nelsonville Fire Department incorporated |
1923 |
Plans made to pave Main Street |
1924 |
Fire destroyed Elijah Hults Barn on Pearl Street |
1924 |
Fire at Bakers Inn on the Garrison Road |
1925 |
First Firehous completed, 260 Main Street |
1925 |
First graduating class of Our Lady of Loretta School |
1925 |
Watering trough at the corner of Main and Garrison Road removed during paving |
1927 |
The Nelsonville All-Stars baseball team organized |
1930 |
Sidewalks completed from Town Hall, north |
1933 |
Nelsonville Boy Scouts Organized |
1955 |
Firehouse at 276 Main Street built |