Showing posts with label Keene Valley. Show all posts
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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Keene Valley Congregational Church 1875





Keene Valley Congregational Church
(photo 4/21/11)
My visit caught these men preparing the sound system for Easter Services. "how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?" 

Adirondack Churches (p 183) has before and after photos of a 1927 renovation of the original 1875 vernacular building to the colonial revival appearance complete with clock today, by architect Frederick J. Woodbridge

Keene Valley Library



Keene Valley Library, 1896
(photo 4/21/11)

The library once loaned me a wire coat-hanger to tie up a sagging muffler on my 1984 Saab 900.
Unable to return it in good condition I later donated $20 to the library.

The fish-scale shingled library was built in 1896 with numerous renovations and additions through the years. The library website has more:

www.kvvi.net/~library/information.htm