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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== | ||
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===Blacksmiths=== | ===Blacksmiths=== | ||
+ | *[[Mattice Bros. Blacksmith]] | ||
==Cemeteries== | ==Cemeteries== | ||
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+ | ==Post Cards== | ||
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==Photo Gallery== | ==Photo Gallery== | ||
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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:BRC 1.jpg|<center>Berne Republican Club pamphlet front page</center> | Image:BRC 1.jpg|<center>Berne Republican Club pamphlet front page</center> | ||
− | Image: | + | Image:BRC 2.jpg|<center>Berne Republican Club pamphlet page 1</center> |
− | Image: | + | Image:BRC 3.jpg|<center>Berne Republican Club pamphlet page 2</center> |
− | Image: | + | Image:BRC 4.jpg|<center>Berne Republican Club pamphlet page 3</center> |
− | Image: | + | Image:BRC 5.jpg|<center>Berne Republican Club pamphlet page 4</center> |
− | Image: | + | Image:BRC 6.jpg|<center>Berne Republican Club pamphlet page 5</center> |
− | Image: | + | Image:road 1.JPG|<center>road from Berne to West Berne rte 43</center> |
− | Image: | + | Image:jean campbell.jpg|<center>Jean and James Campbell on Tabor Road</center> |
− | Image: | + | Image:jean campbell 1.jpg|<center>Campbell Farm on Tabor Road 1920-1928</center> |
− | Image: | + | 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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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
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. Hazel Ball on top of winter wood supply with Alberta Ball. 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
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Fox Creek Falls, Berne, NY - BP004BerneFireHouseCOLOR.jpg
Berne Fire House, Berne, NY - BP005PeterBallCOLOR.jpg
Historic Road Marker for Peter Ball, Berne, NY - BP007MainStreetCOLOR.jpg
Main Street, Berne, NY - BP008ChurchCOLOR.jpg
Church of St. Bernadette, Berne, NY - BP010mainAndJugBerneCOLOR.jpg
Main and Jug Street, Berne, NY