I'm thrilled to announce that the first Essex handbook is now available for purchase. After many months of researching, doodling, editing, revising, layout and publishing, the beta edition of Doodle Essex, New York Architecture is finally available. We treated last Saturday's … [Read more...] about Doodle Essex, New York Architecture: Beta Edition Launched 8/2
Architecture
Old Stone Church: It’s Time to Return this Beautiful Building to Prominence
The Town of Essex has opened bidding for the sale of the church! The Methodist-Episcopal Church is the oldest surviving church edifice in the Town of Essex, New York, and one of a group of structures built in Essex of local quarried limestone. According to church records, the … [Read more...] about Old Stone Church: It’s Time to Return this Beautiful Building to Prominence
Essex Doodlebomb: John Gould House
Since the John Gould House has been looking so spiffy this summer, I figured it was the perfect subject for our second Essex Doodlebomb. If you missed our debut Essex doodlebomb of the long gone Essex Horse Nail Company and/or our original doodlebomb introduction … [Read more...] about Essex Doodlebomb: John Gould House
Essex Heritage
In the latter half of the 19th century Essex commerce stagnated and the population contracted. But this economic and demographic downturn may actually have predicated the bountiful Essex heritage we enjoy today. "The once flourishing spirit of commercial enterprise left in its … [Read more...] about Essex Heritage
Essex High School
The former Essex High School in Essex, NY stands hidden behind trees on the edge of the main village on School Street. This was the last school that operated in the town. This square, brick school was built in 1908. This new school replaced the Union School situated in the … [Read more...] about Essex High School