The Vedder Research Library

Greenville Free Academy, pre-1906

Birdseye view of Greenville Four Corners from Stevens’s Hill

View CR 67, one half mile east of Freehold, looking westward toward center of town.

Fifty years ago ended a world conflict that many consider the shaping of the 20th century. Even a small town like Greenville was affected in major ways, both by sending its young men and women to serve and by adjusting and waiting at home. A symbol of that time is the Honor Roll that was erected by the pond corner closest to the four corners. Although exact dates are not remembered, consensus says the board was erected during late war years, taken down in the late 1940’s, and its disposal is uncertain.

Sketch by Stanley Maltzman of Shaw Farm on Big Woods Rd, Freehold

View of Freehold Congregational Church, looking toward hamlet center.

Greenville Hotel, from a post card.

Main Street, Greenville Scene. The front cover was drawn nearly a dozen years ago my Mildred Reinhardt, one of several artists, who contributed to the 1977 United Methodist Church calendar in honor of the bicentennial. Another of Mildred’s works appeared on the cover of our very first calendar in 1991, a sketch of the Greenville Academy. A thank you goes to Mildred for her generous permission to use her sketch.

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Sixteen historical markers dot the roadways of the Town of Greenville. Most recognize the founding and founders of Greenville, as well as other individuals and families. The 16th marker (in poor condition, located near the basic Creek, one quarter mile north of Rt. 81) notes: gristmill erected here in 1785 by David Hickok and Davis Denning. Another marker that has not been seen in years (located at mile north of Freehold) noted: early sawmill owned and operated by Eleazer Knowles stood on this site.

Greenville Map

A view of the northern Catskills Escarpment, stretching from the Durham Hills and Windham High Peak in the west to Blackhead and Stoppel point in the east, awaits the traveler of many of Greenville’s ridges and roads.

Historical marker noting the founding of Greenville

Dot Hesel’s quilt is reproduced for this calendar

Claribel Gardiner’s sketch of Norton Hill shown on the cover was one of the several she drew for the 1976 Bicentennial Calendar

Representations of all fifteen covers (1991-2005) of the Greenville Local History Group calendar are shown on the cover and this page. These “historical documents” have reproduced over 200 images of Greenville history, as well as recognized the efforts of nearly 25 individuals. (No calendars were published in 2006 - 2008.

Representations of all fifteen covers (1991-2005) of the Greenville Local History Group calendar are shown on the cover and this page. These “historical documents” have reproduced over 200 images of Greenville history, as well as recognized the efforts of nearly 25 individuals. (No calendars were published in 2006 - 2008.}

C. Gardiner sketch of Norton Hill Church