Register, the style is brick Romanesque, featuring a bay window for the station master and a slate/tile roof. Today, the building is the office of F.A. Burchetta Co., electrical contractors. The inscription along the bottom of this circa 1906 postcard reads "This is where I'm spending my vacation." Croton's Waterfront This view of the Croton waterfront circa 1907-1914, probably shows the Osborn Boat Works, which moved from Peekskill to Croton in 1902. William R. Osborn had an excellent reputation for the quality of his steam and sail boats. A fascinating history of the Osborn Boat Works was compiled by the Croton Historical Society and can be found online. Point Pleasant Park Before Westchester Country bought Croton Point, the land was privately owned. Point Pleasant Park was one of several privately-owned recreational areas on the point in the early 20th century. The building shown in this circa 1915 card was once the home of Robert Underhill, whose family had owned land in Croton and Yorktown since the American Revolution. While his brothers used the land on the northeastern side of the point to start a brick factory, Robert used the rest to start what became the first commercial winery in New York. Sadly, his home was torn down after Westchester acquired the land, but the vaulted brick wine cellars still exist in the side of a hill on the south side of the point, though they are boarded up. Van Cortlandt Manor This postcard of Van Cortlandt Manor, circa 1907-1914, shows the building when it was still a private residence, owned by descendants of Pierre Van Cortlant. The once grand manor had been reduced to just a few acres and the architectural details of the house had been altered. In 1953 the house was purchased by John D. Rockefeller and the buildings and remaining land were painstakingly restored to their 18th century appearance. Van Cortlandt Ferry House Built circa 1710, the ferry house was owned by the Van Cortlandt family, but leased to a local operator who paid monthly rent. The ferry, which connected two sections of Albany Post Road with weekly stagecoach service between New York City and Albany, was a flat-bottomed 32 foot scow, pulled across the river by ropes stretched to both shorelines. During much of the Revolutionary War, the ferry was the only way across the lower Croton River, so it was closely guarded by American troops. Harmon Sales Office The building shown here (on the corner of South Riverside and Benedict, currently occupied by a nail salon) was originally the sales office for real estate developer Clifford B. Harmon. After selling some of his land to the railroad -- with the stipulation that the new train station "Croton-Harmon" would forever bear his name -- he began to modestly advertise his new community as a significant suburban development in the history of New York. Nikko Inn Built 1907 by real estate developer Clifford Harmon as part of a plan to bring professional theater and film stars from New York City, Nikko Inn was a rustic Japanese teahouse and later, a speakeasy. Located at 80 Nordica Drive, high up on the edge of the Croton River gorge, the building featured beautiful stone and woodwork with a Japanese motif, a huge fieldstone fireplace and porches on three sides. Today, Nikko Inn is a private residence. Mikado Inn The Mikado Inn was built around 1920, across from the Nikko Inn, by disgruntled employee of Clifford Harmon. Located on Truesdale Drive, it featured unusual landscaping, a restaurant with outdoor pavilion dining. The inn was converted into apartments in the early 1950s and features long balconies, stone walls and an unusual gable roof. Deep Hole "Deep Hole" is said to be the deepest part in Croton River. Tradition says 150 feet, but the actual depth is 26 feet. Surrounding cliffs included the famous Nikko Inn and Playhouse, built by real estate developer Clifford B. Harmon, circa 1907, as a weekend rendezvous for movie stars like Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks when Hollywood was located in New York City. Gondolas from the Inn plied the waters of the river with invited guests. Quaker Bridge The Quaker Bridge we use today was built in 1894 and is one of Westchester's oldest surviving bridges. Indeed, survival was a real issue with 18th and 19th century Croton River bridges, because spring "freshets" of melting snow or heavy rain tended to wash away early wooden bridges with surprising regularity. The 1894 bridge is actually the fourth bridge built at this location. The first was built in 1809, to carry Albany Post Road traffic across the river, avoiding the cost of the ferry at Van Cortlandt Manor. That bridge was rebuilt in 1830 by local Quaker preacher, William Purdy, hence the name "Quaker Bridge". In 1841, Purdy's bridge