[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The building was enlarged by additions and the height increased by a Mansard roof, until at pres-ent it is one of the most attractive and pleasant houses of entertainment on the line of the Harlem Railroad. Mr. Reynolds is also an extensive property owner in Purdy's, exclusive of the hotel. A few years ago he purchased a large, two-story building, which had been used as a hotel for a few years, located on the west side of the track, and removed it to the hotel lot, where he had it refitted as a hall for public meetings, lectures, etc., with a fine ball-room on the second floor. The hotel building at Croton Falls, known as the Croton House, is located just a few rods north of the passenger depot and but a few feet from the tracks of the Harlem Railroad. It is a plain building, commodious and well-ap-pointed, pleasantly located aud surrounded with a wide veranda on three sides. It fronts the south and Main Street of the village. It was erected in 1847-48 by Thomas R. Lee, who owned considerable property in and near Croton Falls, aud whose hand-some residence was located just across the Croton River, in the town of Somers, now owned and occupied as a summer residence by Mr. Ettinger. Previous to the erection of the hotel David Hitchcock, a car-penter and builder, who still resides in the villnge, and who was engaged in some large, contracts for the railroad company, put up a building for a dining-LEWISBORO. 535