Category: Places and People

stone wall with red tenant house

A Legacy of the Land – Stone Walls continued…

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Our last blog covered the remarkable story of 19th century stone builder and preacher, Reverend George Brown.  But what about the many stone walls around the area whose builders remain anonymous and whose histories are unknown?  Is it possible to learn anything about those walls, or from them?  The answer is “yes”.  Though we may…
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A cast metal mailbox that bears the raised lettering that states “Letter Box” and an embossed eagle design, beneath which is the company stamp Cutler Mail Chute Company, Rochester, NY.

The Queensbury Hotel’s Cutler Mail Chute

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If you have ever wandered through the lobby of the Queensbury Hotel in Glens Falls, NY and found yourself by the elevator, you may have noticed an unusual feature.  Attached to the wall is a beautiful cast metal mailbox.  It bears the raised lettering that states “Letter Box” and an embossed eagle design, beneath which…
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