This house on Renwick is only three doors down from the Liberty Street School. The iron work above the door way and windows is simply gorgeous. However, something horrible was done to that front window facade. The property was sold in March 2011 for $28,500 but today it sits empty and abandoned.
Newburgh is New York State’s second largest historic district after NYC. Newburgh literally has hundreds of dilapidated and abandoned buildings just begging for someone to come scoop them up and restore them. I’ll continue to post my own photos, but if you have a particular building you would like to see saved, email me the photo of any building you appreciate that you would like to see rescued!
This Brick house isn’t too far from saving. Although part of the roof has collapsed it looks as though most of the interior floors are still intact. The building is located on South street about half a block east of Liberty St. only a short distance from Mount Saint Mary College, St. Luke’s Hospital, the waterfront, and many other shops and delis.
It’s also right next door to two churches.
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This brick shell on Third Street is located directly across the street from Downing Park and would make a great addition to the area, if rescued in time. The sign on the door says it’s up for auction so interested parties should call.
If renovated this building would be perfect for anybody looking to have a park nearby while perhaps encouraging others to rescue some of the buildings on the surrounding blocks.
We are revisiting 286 Grand Street but, this time as a building in need of rescuing. As mentioned in a comment the last time we looked at the building, a plaque says the building is a Stanford White design in 1891 and the name of the building is “The Arno”. According to the Portrait and Biographical Record of Orange County the builder was an Irishman named Hugh McLernon.
This building is truly an architectural treasure in the City of Newburgh. Stanford White and his firm designed some very important structures like: the Second Madison Square Garden, the Washington Square Arch and many other large scaled breathtaking buildings. And now, we have this humble by comparison apartment building in Newburgh also designed by White. Humble, but yet oh so important. It has been said that White’s design principles embodied the “American Renaissance“. And, if you really love history read into the scandalous life and murder of Stanford White.
The building is being sold as a short sale for $175,000. It is vacant and from the looks of the current picture, it is also decaying rapidly. This would be an excellent building to be restored. An idea could be to make the building into a co-op with 4 owners. As you can see from this original picture from the late 1890’s each floor originally had its own rear balcony. Many of the detailed stained glass windows have still survived. It is about time buildings like these in Newburgh fall into the hands of restoration-minded individuals who will work to preserve the structure and not erase its historical past by stripping away every detail.
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This row home on Grand Street has all kinds of lovely details that are decaying by the minute from lack of maintenance. According to a source it’s probably a total shell, but wasn’t 7 years ago. After going through Orange County Property Tax Records, it looks like Lemuel Benitez owns the property. He still lives in Newburgh too. The property was bought for $43,000 on 8/1/2003 and even sold for $1 back in 2000. The for sale sign has a phone number, which unfortunately we didn’t get. If any body passes by, please leave a comment with the phone #. This really could be such a gorgeous home, and this section of Grand Street (map) could certainly use the love. Check out this restoration of a home exterior similar in style.
Newburgh is New York State’s second largest historic district after NYC. Newburgh literally has hundreds of dilapidated and abandoned buildings just begging for someone to come scoop them up and restore them. I’ll continue to post my own photos, but if you have a particular building you would like to see saved, email me the photo of any building you appreciate that you would like to see rescued!
This home is becoming an overgrown mess. Things are falling apart quick as in comparison to when we looked at this home last April. One of the original shutters on the top floor is already missing. Third Street has a lot of abandoned homes with potential. If the idea of fixing up a vacant crumbling home scares you, check out this amazing before and after!
Newburgh is New York State’s second largest historic district after NYC. Newburgh literally has hundreds of dilapidated and abandoned buildings just begging for someone to come scoop them up and restore them. I’ll continue to post my own photos, but if you have a particular building you would like to see saved, email me the photo of any building you appreciate that you would like to see rescued!
