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A
Self-Guided Walking Tour of Main Street in the
Historic Village of Catskill, NY
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Corner
of Church and Main – Bank of Greene County — This building was
constructed in 1964 replacing Haines Tire and Appliance. The appliance
store was housed in the former Catskill Hotel. Haines Tire was a fixture
on Main Street for over 70 years, beginning as a blacksmith in 1885. |
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Main St. – Catskill Town Hall — From 1914 until the 1970s Catskill
Town Hall housed the Deane and Deane Funeral Home and Furniture Store,
advertising “Everything in the line of furniture, swings and hammocks”.
South of |
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this
building at Wilson Court parking lot once stood a building erected
in 1899 as the home of the Wilson Hose Company. When the hose company
went out of business the Village offices and Citizens Hose Company
#5 occupied the space until a fire destroyed the building in 1935.
Folklore suggests that a fire truck collapsed into the basement during
the fire and today lies below the parking lot. |
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Main St. - La Conca D’Oro — The courtyard portion of this restaurant
belonged to Temple Israel, behind which stood the Temple. When the
house of worship burned in 1973, the cornerstone of the Temple was
salvaged for the current building to mark its approximate location.
The courtyard also housed a kosher meat market. |
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