DuBois Street

 

This, I believe, would have been the Thomas Harrington house, located on lower DuBois Street. The house was built in 1898, the residence of Stephen H. Sherwood, whom the Harringtons purchased it from in 1906.
 
Sherwood, whose went by the name of "Ferd", was the son of James Sherwood, a brother of J.F. (Jack) Sherwood, who owned and operated the Mansion House in Jeffersonville. After his death in 1887, his widow, Charlotte, daughter and two sons, Webster and Ferd, moved to Livingston Manor where, in January of 1902, Ferd purchased the Hotel Mott, which ever since has been known as the Hotel Sherwood.

From the collection of Emerson Bouton (album 6, number 85) is a postcard showing lower DuBois Street. The date is unknown, but most likely during the time when the Harringtons lived at their DuBois Street residence. The view was taken at the intersection of Main and DuBois streets.
 
In looking at the previous photograph that shows the Harrington house, taken this morning, notice the bay window. In the postcard image, you'll see that the third house up the right side of the street has that same bow window.

Wow - ok, now I am excited!  If my wife and I were to come up there, to Livingston Manor, any suggestions on where we could stay?  Any nice B&Bs or hotels? John

John,
 
Thanks for the picture of the Harrington house dated 1914. If proves that I am wrong in my location of the Harrington house by one house. In the old postcard image, if you look on the second house up the right side of the street, you'll see the same house, the same wrap-around porch, with the gazebo roof. The top of the posts on the porch are also the same.
 
This house is no longer there and has been replaced with a more modern, single story structure. The house that I thought was the Harrington house is next door, up the street.
 
fred


Here is a picture of the Harrington house in 1914, looks like it got a face lift or something!  Anyway, you don't happen to know the address do you?  It would help me a lot to have the address, so I can continue my family research via the land records and whatnot. John


With John's information concerning the Harrington family and their location of DuBois Street during the 1910's, I've checked the deeds at Monticello and revised the DuBois Street map. After Thomas Harrington died, his wife, Mary sold the house to Dr. Whedon, who was the village dentist during this era, in 1920.
 
Harriet Davis, widow of Plymouth Davis, lived in the next house, incorrectly marked Harrington on the original map 
 
The house that was marked Davis, was actually not in exixtence in 1915. Its location was at that time a part of the DeKay lot. The DeKay lot was eventually purchased by George Neumann, who in turn sold a 70 foot wide lot to Roscoe Disbrow in 1920.
 
This all makes the intro on the "DuBois Street Houses" incorrect concerning the Whedon/Harrington house. This house was indeed in existence in 1915, and owned by the Harringtons. The house that was not in existence then was the house marked Disbrow.
 
This also makes the photograph on that page, marked Harriet Davis incorrect. This should be marked Disbrow.

Fred

 

I had incorrectly called this the Harrington house. It was actually the residence of Harriet and Plymouth Davis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Thomas Harrington has moved here and taken over the Diefenback barber business."
 
March 23, 1906
The Ensign
 

 

 

 

 
Diefenback's barber business was located in the Bussey building, located next to the Main Street bridge on the corner of Main and River streets. This postcard image, looking down Main Street, shows the Bussey building and located along the sidewalk in front is the barber pole. The date of the image is not known but this pole is most likely that of Thomas Harrington.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"T.F. Harrington, who has been spending several months in Montana, arrived here Thursday evening, having made the trip through Helena and by New York in four days, starting Monday morning. Mr. Harrington has greatly improved in health while away and will undoubtedly close up his affairs here and return to the west with his family."
 
November 25, 1915
Livingston Manor Times
 
 
"During the past week, a deal has been consumated whereby A.J. Roberts becomes the proprietor of the barber shop in the Stevens building, formerly owned by T.F. Harrington. As Mr. Harrington has done for several months, Mr. Roberts is not devoting his time there to it, but Daniel Buckely, who has been in charge for several weeks for Mr. Harrington remains in that capacity for Mr. Roberts."
 
December 2, 1915
Livingston Manor Times
 
 
The barber in the photograph is unknown, as is the shop's location. There were two barbershops that were known to operate during this era; Harrington's and Charlie Fallon's, whose shop was at the DuBois building. Perhaps this gentleman is one of those two men.

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Just to add that Plymouth and Harriet Davis lived in the house on DuBois Street as early as 1910, possibly even earlier than that. When Plymouth died Sept 13, 1912, Harriet lived there with her granddaughter, Maud Wadhams (daughter of Oda Davis and William Wadhams). By abt 1915 Maud had married Frank Hartig, they later had a daughter, Winifred, and all lived in the house with Harriet until she died April 18, 1927, after which, I believe the Hartigs became the owners of the Davis house. It was valued at $4,000 in 1930.

Barbara
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In reserching the deeds last week to straighten out the Harrington-Davis house mix-up, I made notes of the following deeds;

Harriet Davis bought the lot on DuBois Street from Charles Bush, the deed registered at the county clerk's office on July 2, 1890. This was confirmed by an article in the local newspaper, The Ensign; "C.C. Bush has sold his house and lot to Ply Davis."

May 8, 1890
Ensign

One other note concerning the Davis house. As noted by Barbara, Harriet sold the house to Maude Hartig, the deed was registered at the county clerk's office on January 10, 1927, apparently just prior to her death.

fred
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After the Civil War, the old Dr. Livingston manor house came under the ownership of James W. Davis, who converted the old house into a small hotel. In the early spring of 1885, Davis sold most of the Manor House property to William F. Clay, except for a small parcel next door on Main Street that housed a small "saloon", which he sold to his brother, Plymouth Davis.
 
"Plymouth Davis is at work repairing his saloon and putting bay windows in the front of it."
 
April 29, 1887
Sullivan County Review
 
This image shows the Manor House, after the large addition was built by Clay, and the Plymouth Davis "saloon" next door. Davis sold the business in 1893 to Thomas Calkins, who converted the store into a notion shop, and later into a small grocery.
Fred
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Fred, is there another way to view the image? The one that is
attached to the message is blank.

And, while we're talking Davis ~

Middletown Daily Times 24 Mar 1893
Livingston Manor. --Merrit Calkins has purchased of Plymouth Davis his property adjoining the Livingston Hotel.--Robert Jones took possession of the Davis house this week. Sturgis Buckley of Beaverkill will have charge of the hotel.

Middletown Daily Argus 21 Apr 1896Real Estate Notes. --Gardner & McWilliams, real estate and insurance agents, have sold for William B. Keating his store property, corner of Lake and Wallkill avenues, to Frank W. Davis of Livingston Manor. The same agency has sold for William J. Cokelet his house and lot on Wallkill avenue, No. 32, to Plymouth Davis, of the same place. These parties will move to Middletown, May 1st.

Frank W. Davis is Plymouth's son.

Barbara
 

Barbara,

The image can be found on Harold's livingstonmanor.net site. It was part of the Emerson Bouton postcard collection, volume 8, page 6, image number 68. The building also shows in image number 64, same page. On page 5, the building is part of the group of images 52 and 53. Today, the Manor House, which the Davis building sat next to, is the location of the current firehouse and the Davis building site is now the parking lot next to the firehouse.

The reference to the Davis House would be the for hotel across the street, which was built by Plymouth's brother, James W. Davis, the same year that he sold the Manor House to Clay and the smaller lot to his brother. The Davis House would eventually be known as Hotel Sherwood.

Thanks for the information concerning Frank Davis. I had seen his name on other transactions and didn't know the relationship. Frank, in 1888, sold a lot to Plymouth Davis next to the Wm. G. Johnston lot (today, I believe, the Masonic Hall) and which would become the old firehouse (currently the library).

fred