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==Berne hamlet houses== | ==Berne hamlet houses== | ||
The hamlet of Berne is fortunate to have a great many historic homes and buildings. Click on [[Berne hamlet houses]] for a partial listing. Please add your contribution to the list. | The hamlet of Berne is fortunate to have a great many historic homes and buildings. Click on [[Berne hamlet houses]] for a partial listing. Please add your contribution to the list. | ||
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| + | ==Family History and Genealogy== | ||
| + | *[[Becker Family]] | ||
| + | *[[Jansen Family]] | ||
| + | *[[Filkins Family]] | ||
| + | *[[Shultes Family]] | ||
| + | *[[Watson Family]] | ||
| + | *[[Porter Family]] | ||
| + | *[[Deitz Family]] | ||
| + | *[[Wright Family]] | ||
==Churches== | ==Churches== | ||
*[[Berne Reformed Church]] | *[[Berne Reformed Church]] | ||
| − | *[[St. | + | *[[St. Paul's Lutheran Church]] |
==Schools== | ==Schools== | ||
*[[Berne School No. 1 ]] a one room school in the in the center of the Hamlet of Berne, was closed when the central school was built in 1932. | *[[Berne School No. 1 ]] a one room school in the in the center of the Hamlet of Berne, was closed when the central school was built in 1932. | ||
| − | *[[Berne-Knox-Westerlo]] Central School District was created in 1930 and the school opened in 1932. | + | *[[h:Berne-Knox-Westerlo|Berne-Knox-Westerlo]] Central School District was created in 1930 and the school opened in 1932. |
*[[Woodside School]] a one room school located on Rock Road | *[[Woodside School]] a one room school located on Rock Road | ||
*[[Select School]], a private school in the hamlet of Berne, was organized in 1882. | *[[Select School]], a private school in the hamlet of Berne, was organized in 1882. | ||
| − | *[[Bradt Hollow School District 17 ]] One room school house established in 1813 Joined Berne school in 1932. | + | *[[Bradt Hollow School, District No. 17]] One room school house established in 1813 Joined Berne school in 1932. |
| + | *[[Switskill School District #14]] | ||
==Businesses== | ==Businesses== | ||
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*[[Lower Hotel]] | *[[Lower Hotel]] | ||
*[[White Sulphur Springs House]] | *[[White Sulphur Springs House]] | ||
| + | *[[Filkin's Apartments]] | ||
===Mills=== | ===Mills=== | ||
*[[Hart's Mill]] | *[[Hart's Mill]] | ||
*[[Lumber Mill]] | *[[Lumber Mill]] | ||
| − | * | + | *Weidman's Sawmill |
| − | * | + | *Weidman's Grist Mill |
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===Blacksmiths=== | ===Blacksmiths=== | ||
| + | *[[Mattice Bros. Blacksmith]] | ||
==Cemeteries== | ==Cemeteries== | ||
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| + | ==Post Cards== | ||
| + | *[[Post Cards]] | ||
==Photo Gallery== | ==Photo Gallery== | ||
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Image:Coal Oil.jpg|<center>Delivery by mules pulling a tanker. Coal oil was used for many things including oil lamps. </center> | Image:Coal Oil.jpg|<center>Delivery by mules pulling a tanker. Coal oil was used for many things including oil lamps. </center> | ||
Image:Berne-Knox School Bus.jpg|<center>Berne-Knox School Bus</center> | Image:Berne-Knox School Bus.jpg|<center>Berne-Knox School Bus</center> | ||
| − | Image: Reinhart Home.jpg|<center>Former home of | + | Image: Reinhart Home.jpg|<center>Former home of Milton and Genie Hart, man on the right is Elias Reinhart</center> |
| − | Image:Joslin Farm.jpg|<center>Home of | + | Image:Joslin Farm.jpg|<center>Home of Jacob Sand Joslin and Mary Rine Joslin off of Switskill Rd. </center> |
Image:Wood Farm.jpg|<center>The Wood's Farm on the flats below Berne</center> | Image:Wood Farm.jpg|<center>The Wood's Farm on the flats below Berne</center> | ||
Image:Bassler Car Registrations.jpg|<center>First 4 years of registrations</center> | Image:Bassler Car Registrations.jpg|<center>First 4 years of registrations</center> | ||
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Image:Beast of Berne.jpg|<center>Articles from the Times Union in 1959 about the "Beast of Berne"</center> | Image:Beast of Berne.jpg|<center>Articles from the Times Union in 1959 about the "Beast of Berne"</center> | ||
Image:Bridge 1.jpg|<center>Building the bridge on route 43(443) just past the present town park</center> | Image:Bridge 1.jpg|<center>Building the bridge on route 43(443) just past the present town park</center> | ||
| − | Image:Main Street before the fire.jpg |<center>Main Street before the fire in Feb. [[1914 Berne fire]]</center> | + | Image:Main Street before the fire.jpg |<center>Main Street before the fire in Feb. [[Berne fire 1914|1914 Berne fire]]</center> |
| − | Image:James Patten Home.jpg|<center>House of James Patten(1906) Main St. Berne "Elm Terrace." Destroyed by fire in Feb. [[1914 Berne fire]].</center> | + | Image:James Patten Home.jpg|<center>House of James Patten(1906) Main St. Berne "Elm Terrace." Destroyed by fire in Feb. [[Berne fire 1914|1914 Berne fire]].</center> |
Image:Berne School House 1.jpg|<center>Berne School House 1, Photo courtesy of Allan Deitz</center> | Image:Berne School House 1.jpg|<center>Berne School House 1, Photo courtesy of Allan Deitz</center> | ||
Image:Threshing.jpg|<center>Threshing Machine operating on either the Ball or Shultes Farm in 1909, Photo courtesy of Allan Deitz</center> | Image:Threshing.jpg|<center>Threshing Machine operating on either the Ball or Shultes Farm in 1909, Photo courtesy of Allan Deitz</center> | ||
| − | Image:Hazel and Alberta.jpg|<center>[[Hazel Ball]] on top of winter wood supply with [[Alberta Ball]]. Photo courtesy of Allan Deitz</center> | + | Image:Hazel and Alberta.jpg|<center>[[Bio:Ball, Hazel Mae|Hazel Ball]] on top of winter wood supply with [[Bio:Alberta Ball|Alberta Ball]]. Photo courtesy of Allan Deitz</center> |
| − | Image:Allan Deitz 17.JPG|<center> | + | Image:Allan Deitz 17.JPG|<center>Deitz/Ball/Wright Farm (Maple Ridge Farm)tending the sheep. Photo courtesy of Allan Deitz</center> |
| − | Image:Allan Deitz 1.JPG|<center>Berry picking, | + | Image:Allan Deitz 1.JPG|<center>Berry picking, Ida Sholtes 2nd from the left with the bonnet on, [[Bio:Alta Mae Sholtes|Alta Sholtes]] wearing the big hat. Photo courtesy of Allan Deitz</center> |
Image:Allan Deitz 24.jpg|<center>Picking berries, L-R Lois(Ball)Baily and Gertrude(Ball)Deitz. Photo courtesy of Allan Deitz</center> | Image:Allan Deitz 24.jpg|<center>Picking berries, L-R Lois(Ball)Baily and Gertrude(Ball)Deitz. Photo courtesy of Allan Deitz</center> | ||
Image:Allan Deitz 25.jpg|<center>Dr.and Mrs. Chester Traver, Minister of the Lutheran Church in Berne around 1914. Photo courtesy of Allan Deitz</center> | Image:Allan Deitz 25.jpg|<center>Dr.and Mrs. Chester Traver, Minister of the Lutheran Church in Berne around 1914. Photo courtesy of Allan Deitz</center> | ||
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Image:Iron Bridge.JPG|<center>The bridge in Berne when it was a steel bridge</center> | Image:Iron Bridge.JPG|<center>The bridge in Berne when it was a steel bridge</center> | ||
Image:First Car.jpg|<center>The caption on this photo claims this was the first car in Berne</center> | Image:First Car.jpg|<center>The caption on this photo claims this was the first car in Berne</center> | ||
| − | Image:Scrafford Farm.jpg|<center>The Scrafford farm was next door to the | + | Image:Scrafford Farm.jpg|<center>The Scrafford farm was next door to the Highschool</center> |
Image:Claude.jpg|<center>Claude Scrafford plowing</center> | Image:Claude.jpg|<center>Claude Scrafford plowing</center> | ||
Image:Ralph and Charles.jpg|<center>Ralph and Charles Scrafford showing where the milk was picked up</center> | Image:Ralph and Charles.jpg|<center>Ralph and Charles Scrafford showing where the milk was picked up</center> | ||
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Image:Crusher 1A.jpg|<center>A portable stone crusher used to build roads around the Berne area, courtesy of Willard Osterhout</center> | Image:Crusher 1A.jpg|<center>A portable stone crusher used to build roads around the Berne area, courtesy of Willard Osterhout</center> | ||
Image:Crusher 2A.JPG|<center>Horses moving the stone crusher, courtesy of Willard Osterhout</center> | Image:Crusher 2A.JPG|<center>Horses moving the stone crusher, courtesy of Willard Osterhout</center> | ||
| − | Image: | + | Image:BRC 1.jpg|<center>Berne Republican Club pamphlet front page</center> |
| + | Image:BRC 2.jpg|<center>Berne Republican Club pamphlet page 1</center> | ||
| + | Image:BRC 3.jpg|<center>Berne Republican Club pamphlet page 2</center> | ||
| + | Image:BRC 4.jpg|<center>Berne Republican Club pamphlet page 3</center> | ||
| + | Image:BRC 5.jpg|<center>Berne Republican Club pamphlet page 4</center> | ||
| + | Image:BRC 6.jpg|<center>Berne Republican Club pamphlet page 5</center> | ||
| + | Image:road 1.JPG|<center>road from Berne to West Berne rte 43</center> | ||
| + | Image:jean campbell.jpg|<center>Jean and James Campbell on Tabor Road</center> | ||
| + | Image:jean campbell 1.jpg|<center>Campbell Farm on Tabor Road 1920-1928</center> | ||
| + | Image:dt 1.jpg|<center>Downtown Berne</center> | ||
| + | Image:dt 2.jpg|<center>Downtown Berne</center> | ||
| + | Image:berne 1.jpg|<center>Post Card</center> | ||
| + | Image:berne 1a.jpg|<center>Back of Post Card</center> | ||
| + | Image:berne1b.jpg|<center>Corner of Main Street, Berne, 1900</center> | ||
| + | Image:berne 2.jpg|<center>Main Street looking East, Berne, N.Y. Helderberg Mountains</center> | ||
| + | Image:berne 3.jpg|<center> 1908 postcard, from Altamont NY to Berne NY,"the falls from the bridge"</center> | ||
| + | Image:berne 4.jpg|<center>1938 letter envelope from Mrs. S.S.Sholtes to Mrs. O.V.Hullinger, Berne NY to other state</center> | ||
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<Gallery caption="Post Card Set - Courtesy Berne Historical Society"> | <Gallery caption="Post Card Set - Courtesy Berne Historical Society"> | ||
Image:BP001PentacostalColor.jpg|<center>Pentecostal Camp Ground, Berne, NY </center> | Image:BP001PentacostalColor.jpg|<center>Pentecostal Camp Ground, Berne, NY </center> | ||
| − | Image: | + | Image:BP002FoxxCreekFallsCOLOR.jpg|<center>Fox Creek Falls, Berne, NY</center> |
| − | Image: | + | Image:BP004BerneFireHouseCOLOR.jpg|<center>Berne Fire House, Berne, NY</center> |
Image:BP005PeterBallCOLOR.jpg|<center>Historic Road Marker for Peter Ball, Berne, NY</center> | Image:BP005PeterBallCOLOR.jpg|<center>Historic Road Marker for Peter Ball, Berne, NY</center> | ||
Image:BP006BerneChurchCOLOR.jpg|<center>Lutheran Church, Berne, NY</center> | Image:BP006BerneChurchCOLOR.jpg|<center>Lutheran Church, Berne, NY</center> | ||
Latest revision as of 20:47, 26 October 2017
Contents
Location
The hamlet of Berne, the largest hamlet in the Town, is located at the intersection of New York State Route 443 and New York State Route 156.
The Berne Town Hall is located here in what was once the Upper Hotel. The same building houses the Berne Public Library. Upstairs is the Berne Museum with "ten rooms of history" operated by the Berne Historical Society. The Post Office is next door.
The Berne-Knox-Westerlo Central School is at the west end of the hamlet.
History
Before the Post Office was located here in the latter half of the 19th century it was called "Bernville." In the 19th and first half of the 20th century it had a number of stores, up to three hotels, several blacksmith shops, a funeral home, cabinet makers, harness makers, etc.; now it almost entirely residential.
1814 Berne fire
Our Heritage has a report on the 1814 Berne fire:
Berne hamlet houses
The hamlet of Berne is fortunate to have a great many historic homes and buildings. Click on Berne hamlet houses for a partial listing. Please add your contribution to the list.
Family History and Genealogy
- Becker Family
- Jansen Family
- Filkins Family
- Shultes Family
- Watson Family
- Porter Family
- Deitz Family
- Wright Family
Churches
Schools
- Berne School No. 1 a one room school in the in the center of the Hamlet of Berne, was closed when the central school was built in 1932.
- Berne-Knox-Westerlo Central School District was created in 1930 and the school opened in 1932.
- Woodside School a one room school located on Rock Road
- Select School, a private school in the hamlet of Berne, was organized in 1882.
- Bradt Hollow School, District No. 17 One room school house established in 1813 Joined Berne school in 1932.
- Switskill School District #14
Businesses
- Settle's Store
- Floretha Shop
- Hochstrasser's Store
- Deitz's Store
- Buses
- Shultes and Adams Store
- Lyons and Tompkins Store
- Cheese Factory
- Doctor Deitz
- Willsey's Carpenter Shop
- Fred Willsey's
- Bassler Trucking
- Alvy Hill's Barber Shop
- Shultes Store
- Berne Conservation Club
- Simmon's Axe Factory
Hotels and Taverns in the hamlet of Berne
The hamlet of Berne was once the thriving center of a prosperous farming community. Since travel from distant farms took a long time, there were numerous hotels and inns in the hamlet so the farmers could shop and stay the night before beginning the long journey home the next day.
Mills
- Hart's Mill
- Lumber Mill
- Weidman's Sawmill
- Weidman's Grist Mill
Blacksmiths
Cemeteries
Post Cards
Photo Gallery
Photos of the hamlet of Berne
Intersection in winter 
Main Street 
Main Street in 1913 
Main Street in 1914 
Berne, NY: Main Street, Looking East - Postmark March 20, 1912 - card courtesy of Marijo Dougherty 
Looking down towards the intersection of route 443(old 43) and Knox road 
Love the advertisement across the road, the only thing free is B135Berne
Main Street, Berne, N. Y. 
View from State Road Berne, N. Y., in the Helderbergs 
Original wooden dam in the hamlet of Berne 
View of Berne 
Freight Truck 
Warren and Bernice Wood in their new car 
The Raleigh man delivering household and other products door to door 
Berne Brass Band 
Below the Wooden Bridge in Berne 
Rte. 43 in the Hamlet of Berne 
Elsie, Olin and Clara in back seat, Howard in front with Charlie driving 
WW II Honor Roll 
Flood just below where Rock Road comes out on 443 
Delivery by mules pulling a tanker. Coal oil was used for many things including oil lamps. 
Berne-Knox School Bus 
Former home of Milton and Genie Hart, man on the right is Elias Reinhart 
Home of Jacob Sand Joslin and Mary Rine Joslin off of Switskill Rd. 
The Wood's Farm on the flats below Berne 
First 4 years of registrations 
This was a steam powered rock crusher that was used when building the road to Gallupville from West Berne. This was located across from the Woodlawn Cemetery where the town transfer station is presently located. 
Installing the first concrete water pipe from the Berne Dam under route 43(443) to the Berne Mill. Portions of this pipe still exist today. 
Articles from the Times Union in 1959 about the "Beast of Berne" 
Building the bridge on route 43(443) just past the present town park 
Main Street before the fire in Feb. 1914 Berne fire 
House of James Patten(1906) Main St. Berne "Elm Terrace." Destroyed by fire in Feb. 1914 Berne fire. 
Berne School House 1, Photo courtesy of Allan Deitz 
Threshing Machine operating on either the Ball or Shultes Farm in 1909, Photo courtesy of Allan Deitz 
Hazel Ball on top of winter wood supply with Alberta Ball. Photo courtesy of Allan Deitz 
Deitz/Ball/Wright Farm (Maple Ridge Farm)tending the sheep. Photo courtesy of Allan Deitz 
Berry picking, Ida Sholtes 2nd from the left with the bonnet on, Alta Sholtes wearing the big hat. Photo courtesy of Allan Deitz 
Picking berries, L-R Lois(Ball)Baily and Gertrude(Ball)Deitz. Photo courtesy of Allan Deitz 
Dr.and Mrs. Chester Traver, Minister of the Lutheran Church in Berne around 1914. Photo courtesy of Allan Deitz 
Swimming in the Switzskill Creek in 1915 
Fire in the village of Berne Feb. 1914. Photo courtesy of Allan Deitz 
Berry picking in 1915, photo courtesy of Allan Deitz 
Albert Bassler, from the collection of Elsie Ward 
Bassler Farm on Rte 43 between Berne and West Berne, from the collection of Elsie Ward 
Charles and Olin with a team, from the collection of Elsie Ward 
Charles and Elsie Bassler with Grandaughter Elsie From the collection of Elsie Ward 
from the collection of Elsie Ward 
from the collection of Elsie Ward 
Bridge in 1906, from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Lower falls near the lower mill pond which was used by the Simmons axe factory and later a lumber mill, from the Willard Osterhout collection 
A view of the West end of Berne 
Fred Andrews with turkeys on the Wood's farm located on the flats below Berne, from the Willard Osterhout collection 
10th Battalion, Fort Ethan Allen,passing through and camping outside of the village of Berne in 1913, from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Future Farmers of America, from the Chester Zimmer collection 
Method used to press bales of hay on many early farms, from the Chester Zimmer collectiion 
Members of the AMVET'S Post 19 
Members in a Memorial Day parade in Knox in 1954 
Memorial Day Parade 1955 
1954 Memorial Day parade in Berne 
The Bolster family returning to Berne 
Cutting ice on the Mill Pond in Berne 
The new WW II Memorial at the Berne Town Park 
The Shultes home in the village of Berne 
This was once the Blade Home, it was located on the corner of Tabor Rd. and Rte. 43(443) 
Intersection of 443 and 156 in the Village of Berne during the hurricane, photo by Peter Bassler 
The bridge in Berne when it was a steel bridge 
The caption on this photo claims this was the first car in Berne 
The Scrafford farm was next door to the Highschool 
Claude Scrafford plowing 
Ralph and Charles Scrafford showing where the milk was picked up 
The construction of the road below Agway known as Sand Rd. 
Law Office,Post Office, Fire Station and now a private garage 
Berne plow on Rte. 43 in 1925 
Winter on Main St.after the fire in 1914 
A lot of snow in 1914. The ladies seem to be all dressed up for snow shoveling 
Kids at the bottom of Irish Hill Rd. are all ready for some sledding 
Only a foundation remains after the fire in Feb. 1914 
Looking down Main St. toward the bridge from Irish Hill Rd. after the 1914 fire 
A group gathers to discuss the fire. Notice the empty lots behind them where the buildings burned down. 
A portable stone crusher used to build roads around the Berne area, courtesy of Willard Osterhout 
Horses moving the stone crusher, courtesy of Willard Osterhout 
Berne Republican Club pamphlet front page 
Berne Republican Club pamphlet page 1 
Berne Republican Club pamphlet page 2 
Berne Republican Club pamphlet page 3 
Berne Republican Club pamphlet page 4 
Berne Republican Club pamphlet page 5 
road from Berne to West Berne rte 43 
Jean and James Campbell on Tabor Road 
Campbell Farm on Tabor Road 1920-1928 
Downtown Berne 
Downtown Berne 
Post Card 
Back of Post Card 
Corner of Main Street, Berne, 1900 
Main Street looking East, Berne, N.Y. Helderberg Mountains 
1908 postcard, from Altamont NY to Berne NY,"the falls from the bridge" 
1938 letter envelope from Mrs. S.S.Sholtes to Mrs. O.V.Hullinger, Berne NY to other state
- Post Card Set - Courtesy Berne Historical Society
Pentecostal Camp Ground, Berne, NY - BP002FoxxCreekFallsCOLOR.jpg
Fox Creek Falls, Berne, NY - BP004BerneFireHouseCOLOR.jpg
Berne Fire House, Berne, NY - BP005PeterBallCOLOR.jpg
Historic Road Marker for Peter Ball, Berne, NY 
Lutheran Church, Berne, NY - BP007MainStreetCOLOR.jpg
Main Street, Berne, NY - BP008ChurchCOLOR.jpg
Church of St. Bernadette, Berne, NY 
Public Library, Berne, NY - BP010mainAndJugBerneCOLOR.jpg
Main and Jug Street, Berne, NY
