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