Table of Contents
Introduction ix
St. Lawrence Seaway
Seneca Hill Ghost/Oswego 3
Francis Marion Brown Theatre / Oswego 7
Kappa Delta Sigma House / Canton 9
Kendrew Corners/DeKalb 12
Pine Grove Cemetery/Massena 15
LeRay Mansion/Fort Drum 19
Murphy Residence/Baxterville 21
Tau Epsilon Phi House/Potsdam 24
Harison-Morley Grist Mill/Morley 28
Burrville Cider Mill/Watertown 31
Fort Ontario/Oswego 38
Haskell House/Massena 40
John Hoover Inn/Evans Mills 43
Tug Hill Plateau/Watertown 48
Perry Residence/Adams Center 50
Spanky's Diner/Massena 51
Clark Residence/Norfolk 56
Racket River Residence/Massena 58
Sheepfold Cemetery/Fort Drum 62
Plumbrook Milling Company/Russell 64
The Adirondacks
Paul Smith's College/Brighton 73
Adirondack History Center Museum/Elizabethtown 76
Former Plattsburgh Air Force Base/Plattsburgh 81
Meron's Restaurant/Plattsburgh 83
SUNY's Hawkins and Macdonough Halls/Plattsburgh 85
Koen Residence/Parishville 89
The House on Elm Street/Plattsburgh 91
Pulpit Rock / Lake Placid 94
McCargar Residence/Hopkinton 98
McKim Boardinghouse/Lyonsdale 101
Spicer House/Malone 103
Hand House/Elizabethtown 106
Tallman House/Malone 110
Wellscroft Lodge/Upper Jay 113
BrightSide on Raquette/Raquette Lake 117
Western New York and the Finger Lakes
Holiday Inn/Grand Island 123
Durand-Eastman Park/Rochester 125
Fort Niagara/Youngstown 128
Mount Hope Cemetery/Rochester 130
Van Horn Mansion/Newfane 132
St. Bonaventure University/Allegany 137
USS The Sullivans/Buffalo 143
Valentown Historical Museum/Victor 145
Villa Serendip/Cohocton 148
Rush Rhees Library/Rochester 152
Seneca Fails Historical Society Museum/Seneca Falls 156
Old Sutcliffe House/Auburn 159
Belhurst Castle/Geneva 160
Syracuse, Central New York, and the Capital District
Syracuse City Hall/Syracuse 165
1834 Herkimer County Jail/Herkimer 168
Forest Park Cemetery/Brunswick 175
College of Saint Rose/Albany 177
Beardslee Castle/Little Falls 181
Cohoes Music Hall/Cohoes 183
Split Rock Quarry/Syracuse 186
Pierce Homestead/Vienna 190
New York State Capitol/Albany 194
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute/Rensselaer 197
Professor Sava's Coffee Sanctuary/Albany 201
Landmark Theatre/Syracuse 204
Ancestors Inn at the Bassett House/Liverpool 207
Hudson Valley and the Catskills
Shanley Hotel/Napanoch 211
Bull's Head Inn/Cobleskill 214
Bardavon 1869 Opera House/Poughkeepsie 216
Smalley's Inn/Carmel 220
Bannerman's Island/Hudson River 223
United States Military Academy/West Point 225
New York City and Long Island
Kings Park State Hospital/Long Island 229
White Horse Tavern/Manhattan 233
Lefferts-Laidlaw House/Brooklyn 234
Blissville/Queens 239
Flushing Old Quaker Meeting House/Queens 243
Gusterin's Flat/Queens 248
Jackson Avenue/Queens 250
Belasco Theatre/Manhattan 251
Lake Ronkonkoma/Long Island 252
St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery/Manhattan 255
Bridge Café/Manhattan 256
Manhattan Bistro/Manhattan 259
St. Paul's Chapel/Manhattan 261
Chumley's/Manhattan 263
Merchant's House Museum/Manhattan 265
Station House 2/Manhattan 268
Conference House/Staten Island 270
Morris-Jumel Mansion/Manhattan 273
Bowne House/Queens 280
McCarren Park Pool/Brooklyn 282
Danforth House/Staten Island 284
New York University/Manhattan 287
Dakota Apartment Building/Manhattan 289
Ear Inn/Manhattan 291
Most Holy Trinity Church/ Brooklyn 292
Vanderbilt Mausoleum/Staten Island 294
Flushing Town Hall/Queens 297
New Amsterdam Theatre/Manhattan 299
Fordham University/Bronx 302
St. Patricks Old Cathedral/Manhattan 304
Fort Totten/Queens 306
One if by Land, Two if by Sea/Manhattan 308
Raynham Hall/Long Island 311
Snug Harbor/Staten Island 315
Old Bermuda Inn/Staten Island 318
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum/Staten Island 320
Kingsland Homestead/Queens 322
Houdini's Grave/Queens 324
Gay Street Phantom/Manhattan 326
Historic Richmond Town / Staten Island 328
Bibliography 331
Acknowledgments 353
About the Author 355
