The Chester Historical Society’s mission is to:
Our mission is to promote the rich heritage of the Village and Town of Chester, New York through the acquisition, restoration and preservation of its historical places, documents and recordings of oral history. Provide educational programs for school children, community organizations and all those individuals interested in local folklore and history. Exhibit collections of artifacts, pictures, newspapers and recorded oral histories to the general public.
Chartered by the New York State Board of Regents as a nonprofit education corporation.
Please send any corrections, updates, comments or suggestions to us at: chester_historical@mac.com
Accouncements and events are posted on:
Local links - Chester, Village of:
Allan’s Falafel, 115 Main Street, Chester, NY 10918, Tel: (845) 469-1714 www.allansfalafel.net
The Castle Fun Center thecastlefuncenter.com
Chester Agricultural Center www.chesteragcenter.com
Chester Alumni Association www.chsnyalumni.com
Chester Cemetery Association, PO Box 323 Chester,NY 10918
Chester Fire Department www.facebook.com/waltonengineandhoseco/
Chester, Village of, web site http://villageofchesterny.com/
Cohen Labarbera & Landrigan. 99 Brookside Ave, Chester, NY 10918. www.cll-law.com
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Chester www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hd/hpnes
Kiwanis Club of Chester https://www.facebook.com/ChesterKiwanisClub/
Knoll Crest Apartments http://www.knollcrestapts.com
Mac Media USA www.macmedia.com
Orange Bank & Trust Company, 91 Brookside Ave, Chester, NY 10918 www.orangebanktrust.com
Rise & Root Farm www.riseandrootfarm.com
Rushing Duck Brewing Company www.rushingduck.com
Rustic Wheelhouse, 39 Main Street, Chester, NY 10918 rusticwheelhouse.com
Shoprite of Chester Plaza https://www.shoprite.com/sm/planning/rsid/242/
Village of Chester, 47 Main Street, Chester New York 10918 www.villageofchesterny.com
Local links - Sugar Loaf:
Artisan Discovery Foundation: The Mission: Help break the cycle of poverty, abuse, and exploitation experienced by women and girls worldwide through educational training, and development of sustainable micro-industry. www.artisandiscovery.org
Fabco Power www.fabcopower.com
Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Cente www.sugarloafpacny.com
The Preservation Collective - Orange County, New York: http://www.thepreservationcollective.org/
G. Schirmer, Inc., 2 Old Rt 17 Chester, NY, 1091 www.schirmer.com
Sugar Loaf Chamber of Commerce Orange County's original Art & Craft Hamlet www.sugarloafnychamber.com
Sugar Loaf Guild : journeymen full time working artists and artisans www.sugarloafguild.org
This page displays aesthetic items and structures that were made in Sugar Loaf by a long list of successful resident artists along with a few examples of outside artists who have maintained a close and important relationship with the hamlet: www.sugarloafguild.org/Sugar_Loaf_Historical_Museum.aspx?frm=mVrt
Local links - Chester, Town of:
Bellvale Bruderhof in Chester, New York is the home of Community Playthings and Rifton Equipment
Chester Public Library, 1784 Kings Highway, Chester, NY 10918 chesternypubliclibrary.com
Chester Schools: www.ChesterUFSD.org
Chester, Town of, Web Site www.chester-ny.gov
Dirty Boots Farm www.facebook.com/dirtybootsfarm
The Dominion House Bed & Breakfast 50 Old Dominion Rd, Blooming Grove, NY 10914 www.thedominionhouse.com
Educational Music Service is the leading supplier of purchasable, printed music… www.emsmusic.com
Peace and Carrots Farm /www.peaceandcarrotsdelivery.com
Pine Hill Farm www.pinehillfarmvegetables.com
The Rock Sports Park www.therocksportspark.com
Roe Orchards tinyurl.com/zkf4ak6
Sun Sprout Farm www.sunsproutfarm.com
Tele Vue Optics, Inc. www.televue.com
Local worship:
Bruderhof Communities is an intentional Christian community. Belvale Road, Chester, NY https://www.bruderhof.com/bellvale
Calvary Assembly of God, 1118 Route 17 M, Monroe, NY 10950. 845-783-6677 www.calvarymonroe.org
Craigville Bible Church, 789 Craigville Road, off Route 94. Worship, 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. Sun. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m. Call 469-4408. www.craigvillebiblechurch.org
First Presbyterian Church, 96 Main St. Sun. worship, 10 a.m. Sunday school, 10 a.m. Nursery available. The Rev. Erin moore, pastor. Call 469-4877. www.chespresny.com
Holy Hills Church, 62 Main St, Chester, NY 10918 (845) 469-7033 Opened 2011
Saint Columba Roman Catholic Church, 27 High Street, Chester, 10918, (845)469-2108 www.stcolumbachester.com
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 101 Main St., Chester, NY 10918. www.facebook.com/stpaulschester/
Local news media:
The Chronicle newspaper http://chroniclenewspaper.com
The Times Herald Record newspaper www.recordonline.com
WTBQ, Independent Radio Station Serving All of Orange County and Northern New Jersey www.wtbq.com
Regional links:
Delaware-hudson Land Surveyors Association, Inc. www.dhlsa.org
EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program: www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program
New York State: www.ny.gov
Mid-Hudson Historic Destinations: http://midhudsonhistoricdestinations.com
Mucking it up in Muckville Want to know what life is like on a working conventional onion farm, and the day to day musings of a real life onion farmer? muckville.com
Orange County Government: https://www.orangecountygov.com
Orange County Land Trust: www.oclt.org
Orange County Mineral Society, 254 Rt.17k Ste 204 Newburgh NY 12550 www.orangecountymineralsocietynewyork.com
Orange County Tourism www.orangetourism.org
History links:
124th Infantry Regiment, American Guard; Orange Blossoms www.124thnysv.com/
America's Lost Colleges www.lostcolleges.com
Appalachian National Scenic Trail www.nps.gov/appa/
Brick House Museum Hill-Hold Museum www.hillholdandbrickhouse.org/
Brigade of the American Revolution www.brigade.org/
Bull Stone House, built in 1722, Campbell Hall www.bullstonehouse.org
Captain David Crawford House, Newburgh, NY https://www.newburghhistoricalsociety.com
Constitution Island Association www.constitutionisland.org
Cornwall Historical Society www.cornwallhistoricalsocietymuseumny.com/
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Minisink Chapter http://minisink.org/dar.html
Drowned Lands Historical Society dlhs.wordpress.com/
Fort Decker Museum of History minisink.org/forthist.html
Gillinder Glass https://www.everwebapp.com.gillinderglass.com/our-history
Gomez Mill House www.gomez.org
Goshen Public Library and Historical Society www.goshenpubliclibrary.org/home/
Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame www.harnessmuseum.com
Hathorn House hathornhouse.wordpress.com/
Historical Marker Database with many local entries. www.hmdb.org
Huguenot Schoolhouse www.1863schoolhouse.org/
Hudson River Valley Heritage website provides online access to historical materials from New York State's Hudson River Valley. https://www.hrvh.org
Hudson River Valley Institute www.hudsonrivervalley.org
Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area www.hudsonrivervalley.com
Incorporated Orange County Chapter Of The New York State Archeological Association sites.google.com/site/ioccnysaa/home
International Council of Museums icom.museum
Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site https://parks.ny.gov/historic-sites/5/details.aspx
Lenni Lenape Historical Society. www.lenape.org
Cyndi's List - Maps, Gazetteers & Geographica...: http://www.CyndisList.com/maps.htm
Historic USGS Maps www.usgs.gov/programs/national-geospatial-program/historical-topographic-maps-preserving-past
Maybrook Railway Museum www.villageofmaybrook.com/railroad-museum/
Meadowcroft Museum of Rural Life: http://www.meadowcroftmuseum.org/
Middletown and New Jersey Railroad Historical Society mnjrhs.org
Minisink Valley Historical Society www.minisink.org
Monroe Historical Society www.monroehistoryny.org
Montgomery Village Museum www.villageofmontgomery.org/village-history/village-museum.html
Motorcyclepedia Museum, Newburgh, N.Y. motorcyclepediamuseum.org
Museum Village at Old Smith's Clove www.museumvillage.org
National Purple Heart Hall of Honor www.thepurpleheart.com
New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site https://parks.ny.gov/historic-sites/22/details.aspx
New York State Archaeological Association https://nysarchaeology.org/nysaa/
New York State Historic Sites nysparks.state.ny.us/hist
New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center dmna.state.ny.us/historic/mil-hist.htm
The Historical Society of Newburgh Bay & the Highlands http://www.newburghhistoricalsociety.com/
Neversink Valley Area Museum www.neversinkmuseum.org
Pine Bush UFO and Paranormal Museum pinebushmuseum.com/
Preservation League of New York State: www.preservenys.org/
Office of the Orange County Historian www.orangecountygov.com/1045/Historian
Ontario and Western Railway Historical Society www.nyow.org/
Orange Clerk Historical Documents & Resources https://tinyurl.com/msjsvm5p
Orange County Farmers Museum ocfarmersmuseum.org
Orange County Firefighters Museum orangetourism.org/explore/arts-culture/orange-county-firefighters-museum/
Orange County Historical Society http://orangecountyhistoricalsociety.org
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum https://www.fdrlibrary.org/
Sands-Ring Homestead, Cornwall https://cornwallny.gov/Community/Tourism/Sands-Ring-Homestead-Museum
Seward Mapes Homestead, Florida, NY www.sewardhomestead.org/
Sloatsburg Historical Society: www.sloatsburgny.com/services#anchor%20historicalsociety
Storm King Art Center stormking.org
Trailside Museums And Zoo at Bear Mountain State Park https://parks.ny.gov/environment/nature-centers/20/details.aspx
Tuxedo Historical Society www.tuxedohistoricalsociety.org
Jacob T. Walden House, Walden, NY www.thewaldenhouse.org/
The Warwick Historical Society www.whsny.org/
Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site https://parks.ny.gov/historic-sites/17/details.aspx
West Point Museum https://history.army.mil/museums/IMCOM/westPoint/index.html
Warwick Valley History www.albertwisnerlibrary.org/Factsandhistory/History/Main.htm
Historic Resources links:
Gravestone Preservation & Restoration www.gravestonepreservation.info
Greater Hudson Heritage Network http://www.greaterhudson.org/
The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/
Online Historical Marker Database www.hmdb.org
The Hudson Valley Heritage Digital Initiative: https://www.hrvh.org/
International Council of Museums icom.museum
The Library of Congress Research resourses www.loc.gov/rr
Cyndi's List - Maps, Gazetteers & Geographica...: http://www.CyndisList.com/maps.htm
Historic USGS Maps of New England & New York: http://docs.unh.edu/nhtopos/nhtopos.htm
Library of Congress Maps: https://www.loc.gov/maps/index/location/
NYS Office for Historic Preservation: parks.ny.gov/historic-preservation/
New York State and the Civil War http://localhistory.morrisville.edu/sites/
Northeast Document Conservation Center, 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 01810-1494 www.nedcc.org
How to Organize and Conduct Oral History Interviews https://www.oralhistory.org/web-guides-to-doing-oral-history/
Scrapbook.com, a website dedicated to the preservation and protection of photos, documents, and valuable papers worldwide. www.scrapbook.com/articles/preservation-of-photos-documents-papers
The Textile Museum www.textilemuseum.org
Local Genealogical links:
Find-a-Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gs&
Goshen Public Library Obituary Finder http://root.evanced.info/goshen/obit/obitview.asp
Middletown Thrall Library Obituary Database: http://thrall.org/obitdb/search.htm
New York Genealogy: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/newyork/index.htm
Orange County Genealogy Society, 101 Main Street, Goshen, NY 10924 ocgsny.org
Changes in Town Names in New York State: https://www.nygenweb.net/places/names.htm
Railroad links:
ERIE LACKAWANNA Dining Car Preservation Society www.eldcps.org
Lehigh and Hudson River Railway Scrapbook: http://lhr.railfan.net/
L&HRR archive collection is now housed at the Sussex County NJ Historical Society http://www.sussexhistory.org
Ontario & Western Railway Historical Society www.nyow.org
Existing Railroad Stations in New York State: ny.existingstations.com/
Tri-States Railway Preservation Society minisink.org/tsrps.htm
Northeastern Region of National Model Railroad Association, Inc. www.nmra.org/regions/northeastern-region
Protecting your Model Cars - Trains - and Planes www.carcovers.com/resources/protect-your-model-cars-trains-planes.html
Supplies links:
Archival Suppliers www.archivalsuppliers.com
Gaylord Archival, PO Box 4901, Syracuse, NY 13221-4901 https://www.gaylord.com
www.recycles.org Recycling and Reuse to Benefit the Non-Profit Sector in the Classroom and for the Office since 1994 www.recycles.org
Cyber links:
Here is where you can file if your car was damaged by a pothole:
NY state owned road/bridge. www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/legal-services-division/smallclaims
New York State Thruway Authority on.ny.gov/1wm5uTH
On a local road, contact the local municipality.
The National Do Not Call Registry gives you a choice about whether to receive telemarketing calls at home. www.donotcall.gov
Other Chester Historical Societies:
Chester Historical Society, Connecticut:www.chesterhistoricalsociety.org
Chester Historical Society, Massachusetts: https://www.chestermass.com
Chester Historical Society, New Hampshire: chesternhhistorical.org
Chester Historical Society, New Jersey: historicchesternj.com/
Historical Society of the Town of Chester, Chestertown, Warren County, NY: www.townofchesterny.org/historical-society.html
Chester County Historical Society, Pennsylvania: www.chestercohistorical.org
Chester County, SC Historical Society Museum and Archives www.oldeenglishdistrict.com/points-of-interest/chester-county-historical-society-museum-and-archives
Chester Historical Society, Vermont: chesterhistory.org
Chester City and District, Cheshire, England www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/home.aspx
Page Updated 2023-08-09 by Clifton Patrick, Town of Chester Historian
