Sunday, July 13, 2014

JANE BURR, ANOTHER OF CROTON'S 'BOHEMIANS'

Welcome to EverythingCroton, a collection of all things Croton--our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools--in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.

Another one of Croton's "bohemians"--Jane Burr--her nom du plume--born Rosalind Mae Guggenheim - In 1917 she purchased the Post Road Inn (located on the property across the street from the Holy Name of Mary Church) in Croton-on-Hudson. She renamed the inn the Drowsy Saint and advertised for boarders in the pages of the New York Times. While a local innkeeper she hosted and facilitated Floyd Dell’s marriage to G. Marie Gage in the winter of 1918. See more at: http://www.laborarts.org/exhibits/themasses/bios.cfm#sthash.Iwh4aIUL.dpuf 

Click on the images below from a 1927 Brooklyn Eagle article--with thanks to one of the elves!

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  1. It's now part of someone else's property, very well maintained, in the upper village, the house is gone but the lot still has some of the stone wall work further up the hill. It's next to the Cotton book store and gallery.

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