This is my Dad! He lived in New York & was a retired Post Master. He lived in the town he was born in all his life, but he had traveled all over these United States! His favorite past-time was bowling & he did pretty darn good at it too!

This old house was my Dad's original family home. It was one of the first homes built in the Northeast United States and is over 400 years old.

It originally started out as a community home where the new settlers could live while they were building their own homes. Once all the new arrivals had their homes built it was to remain in the family until the year 1975 when my grandparents sold the house.

This brochure was printed in 1908. The picture of the house was the front cover of the brochure. That tiny little tree in front of the house still stands there but now has a trunk diameter of over 2 feet!

My family came over on the Mayflower! Our private family cemetary is still in this little town, though now the town is known as Remsenburg. The Remsen family built the church there back in the 1920's & the town was formed from that happening. The oldest headstone is dated to have a Great Uncle of mine buried there in the year of 1508!

The first part of house was built the same year, although it wasn't nearly as large as it is in the photo originally. It was completed to it's present size within 2 years after the original section was built.

The old house went from community house, to farm house, to inn, & back to farmhouse while it was in my family. It is now a summer home for people who rarely live there, except on weekends. The new owners did a lot of changes & the house does not look the same at this time.

Growing up my brothers, cousins and myself, would love to explore the 22 bedrooms, and sliding down the 12 inch wide mahogany bannister from the third floor to the first floor was a favorite past-time for us.... that is until Grandma would chase us out with the broom!

The memories I hold in my mind & in my heart of growing up here will be some of my most treasured in my life.

Please take note of the charges for rooms and such in 1908! Imagine those prices today! Of course in 1908 the prices of $8.00 to $10.00 a week were only for the affluent! Well La-Ti-Da!