Borden House Documentary


The pictures on this website will serve as a documentary of the progress and an aid in reconstructing the Borden House built in 1771 by Cornelius Hasbrouck and currently owned by the family of Elisabeth S.  Hoyt.

Harold Van Aken
845-895-3321
mail@hvanaken.com

  • pictures32 - Alarm installed and some furniture - February 22, 2012

  • Pictures31 - Floors done, wallpaper and painting is almost done - February 10, 2012

  • Pictures30 - Looks ready to move into within a matter of days - January 25, 2012

  • Pictures29 - Kitchen cabinets installed. Floors done upstairs. - Dec 27, 2011

  • Pictures28 - Stairs are done, Deck almost done and more trim - Dec 4, 2011

  • Pictures27 - New flooring is installed in Master bedroom. Bathrooms tiled

  • Pictures26 - Some trim is up and furnace is installed and getting wired up so there can be heat for the new floors

  • Pictures25 - Hard-hat tour and finishing the sheetrock - 9/23/2011

  • Pictures 24 - Sheetrock going up - 9/16/2011

  • Pictures 23 - Insulation sprayed on

  • Pictures22 - Slate Roof on dormers and porch. Insulation started - 8/7/2011

  • Pictures21 - Slate roof on the West side of the main house - 7/13/2011

  • Pictures20 - Wiring mostly done and the plumbers are working now - 6/30/2011

  • Pictures19 - Trim on the roof and upstairs wiring almost done. - 6/14/2011

  • Pictures18 - Not much done but a basement mystery - 4/1/2011

  • Video - Walk-through from the front door - 2/18/2011

  • Pictures17 - Partitions are up for main 2nd floor. North Chimney almost done - 2/18/2011

  • Pictures16 - First and second floors in the old section are done - 2/10/2011

  • Pictures15 - The windows are in - Fireplace in progress - 1/26/2011

  • Pictures14 - Not much change - insulation for basement floor - 1/15/2011

  • Pictures13 - Seven inches of snow - Main 1st floor removed

  • Pictures12 - The roof, outside walls and windows (plywood) up just in time before the 14 inches of snow on 12/26/2010

  • Pictures11 - The roof is on and most of the outside walls are up - 12/17/2010

  • Pictures10 - The dormers and back roof added  - 12/10/2010

  • Pictures9 - rebuilding - 12/7/2010

  • Pictures8 - The rebuilding starts - 12/3/2010

  • Pictures - 4/28/2010 1st floor walls and ceiling lath and plaster removed NEW!!

  • Pictures Al White - 4/1/2010  1st floor interior walls uncovered 

  • Pictures Al White - 2/23/2010  Walls covered

  • Pictures Al White - 2/16/2010 - 2/19/2010

  • Pictures - 2/15/2010   Jewelry found!!!

  • Pictures from the 1950's when the Hoyts bought the Borden Homestead and started to renovate

  • Pictures Al White - 2/12/2010

  • More Pictures - 2/12/2010 - New format

  • Pictures after the storm - 2/11/2010 - Cleanup continues

  • Pictures before the storm - 2/9/2010 - The cleanup and covering

  • Pictures from Al White - 2/8/2010  

  • Blog by Meghan Murphy of the Times Herald-Record

  • Video Clip - 1/9/2010  

  • Pictures from 1907, 2004 & 2007 - Pictures taken on 1909 and  Borden Day in 2004 and 2007 

  • Pictures HRV 1/5/2010     <click to enter>

  • Pictures Scott 1/5/2010 Pictures taken by Scott White