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76-456: The team played its home games in the stadium on the campus of Newburgh Free Academy High School in the city of Newburgh, New York , 65 miles north of New York City . The club's colors was sky blue, dark blue, black and white. The Lady Blues was part of the larger Sky Blue Soccer organization, based in Bedminster, New Jersey , an integrated program that allows players to progress in soccer from

152-565: A physician , Vaux was baptized at St Benet Gracechurch on February 9, 1825. He trained as an apprentice under the architect Lewis Nockalls Cottingham , a leader of the Gothic Revival movement interested in Tudor architecture. Vaux trained under Cottingham until the age of twenty-six, also befriending George Godwin and George Truefitt during his studies. In 1850, Vaux exhibited a series of watercolor landscapes that he made while en route to

228-600: A bluff, where many historic structures are located, offering sweeping views of the Hudson Highlands to the south; Mount Beacon to the east and the Newburgh—Beacon Bridge to the north; then more gradually to a relatively level western half. There are some notable hills in outlying areas such as the Washington Heights section in southeast Newburgh and Mount St. Mary's at the northeast. The lowest elevation in

304-402: A deep discount. The test-marketing campaign's success encouraged RCA to go forward with developing the new medium. Additionally, with consumer television production ceasing during World War II , those Newburgh households which purchased televisions during 1939 and 1940 were among the few to enjoy television (albeit with a greatly reduced programming schedule) during the war. Newburgh was one of

380-528: A high school diploma. According to Sperling's BestPlaces , 53.5% of Newburghers are religious. The largest Christian denomination in the city is the Catholic Church (35.7%), served by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York . 2.1% of Christians profess Methodism , 1.9% are Presbyterian , 1.2% Lutheran , 1.1 Pentecostal , 1.0% Anglican or Episcopalian , 0.5% Baptist , and 0.4% from

456-539: A hillside landscape and a meadow, the partners handled each differently, connecting them via paths. After Vaux's death, his son Downing completed the grounds, adding a conservatory of his own design. John C. Olmstead completed his father's portion as he had become gravely ill and could not return to Newburgh. On November 19, 1895, Vaux accidentally drowned in Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn while visiting his son Downing. He

532-528: A landscape plan, to help with the Greensward Plan, which would become New York City's Central Park . They obtained the commission through the Greensward Plan , an excellent presentation that drew upon Vaux's talents in landscape drawing to include before-and-after sketches of the site. Together, they fought many political battles to make sure their original design remained intact and was carried out. All of

608-565: A major park project in Buffalo, New York , which included The Parade (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Park ), The Park (now the Delaware Park ), and The Front (now simply Front Park ). Vaux designed many structures to beautify the parks, but most of these have been demolished. Vaux also designed a large Canadian city park in the city of Saint John, New Brunswick called Rockwood Park . It is one of

684-514: A program called " Group Violence Intervention ," an example of focused deterrence. In 2017, Newburgh reported the lowest crime rates in 10 years. Newburgh was once a major economic hub between New York City and the New York State capital of Albany . Partly due to suburbanization and other economic factors the city suffered an economic decline from the 1960s to first quarter of the 21st century. Currently over 11,400 residents are employed within

760-474: A program that would have denied welfare payments after three months except to the aged, the blind and the handicapped. After opposition by both state and federal officials, the program created a national controversy and never went into effect. Newburgh in the early 21st century is more racially diverse than previously, with a growing Latin American immigrant population (mainly of Mexican descent) in addition to

836-562: A street lit using electricity. Broadway, which at 132 feet (40 m) in width is one of the widest streets in the state of New York, runs through the city culminating with views of the Hudson River. Newburgh played a pivotal role in television history. In October 1939, RCA chose to test-market televisions in Newburgh, which was within range of the television signal of RCA's experimental station W2XBS . Six hundred sets were sold in Newburgh at

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912-659: A young age with an opportunity for long-term growth. Prior to the 2009 season they were known as the Jersey Sky Blues . Following the formation of Women's Professional Soccer in 2009, the team served as a feeder program for the New York/New Jersey franchise Sky Blue FC . The Sky Blue FC play at Yurcak Field on the campus of Rutgers University . Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. The following former players have played at

988-578: Is land and 0.97 sq mi (2.5 km ) (20.08%) is water. Newburgh makes up a part of the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metropolitan area , which is a part of the larger New York metropolitan area . Typical to Downstate New York, the city of Newburgh lies in the transitional zone between humid subtropical and humid continental climates under the Köppen climate classification . Annually, according to Sperling's BestPlaces ,

1064-569: Is now known as the " Newburgh Conspiracy ". After delivering the "Newburgh Address" and reading aloud a letter from Congressman Joseph Jones of Virginia, Washington was able to persuade his officers to stay loyal to Congress and to him. A month later, Washington delivered the Proclamation of the Cessation of Hostilities that announced the preliminary peace treaty with the United Kingdom, and ordering

1140-607: The Children's Aid Society in partnership with Radford; the Fourteenth Ward Industrial School (1889), pp. 256-258 Mott Street, facing the churchyard of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral , and the Elizabeth Home for Girls (1892), 307 East 12th Street, both survive and are landmarked. The last collaboration between Vaux and Olmsted was Downing Park in Newburgh, given to the memory of Downing. Divided into two sections,

1216-732: The Gilded Age that followed. Newburgh had telephone service in 1879. In 1883 there was a steamboat landing on Second Street. The United States Hotel was on Front Street opposite the landing. Also on Front Street near the landing was the Union Depot. In 1883, the West Shore Railroad inaugurated service to the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot at Jersey City and by 1886 was traveling to Weehawken Terminal , where passengers transferred to ferries to Manhattan . With its situation on

1292-683: The Hudson River within the Hudson Valley Area , the city of Newburgh is located near Stewart International Airport , one of the primary airports for Downstate New York . The Newburgh area was first settled in the early 18th century by the Germans and British . During the American Revolution , Newburgh served as the headquarters of the Continental Army . Prior to its chartering in 1865,

1368-726: The Hudson River State Hospital , and the Jefferson Market Courthouse . In 1856, he gained U.S. citizenship and became identified with New York City's artistic community, “the guild,” joining the National Academy of Design , as well as the Century Club . In 1857, he became one of the founding members of the American Institute of Architects . Also in 1857, Vaux published Villas and Cottages, which

1444-590: The Latter-Day Saint movement . 1.7% are of another Christian faith which may consist of the Eastern Orthodox Church and others . The second largest religious demographic are adherents to Judaism . Jews form 6.5% of the Newburgher faith community. The Jewish Federation of Orange County is headquartered in the city and Congregation Agudas Israel and Temple Beth Jacob are located in the city limits. 1.1% of

1520-559: The Southern Tier was diverted. In 1830 Richard Carpenter of Newburgh had the steamboat William Young built at Low Point ; it ran between Newburgh and Albany. Prosperity returned with the arrival of the railroads. On the evening of September 24, 1824, beacon fires in the Hudson Highlands announced the arrival of the Marquis de Lafayette . Having been feted in New York, he sailed upriver on

1596-643: The State Office of Historic Preservation as a Certified Local Government community. Its East End Historic District , recognized by the National Register of Historic Places as that and the Montgomery-Grand-Liberty Streets Historic District , has the most contributing properties of any historic district in the state. Calvert Vaux Calvert Vaux FAIA ( / v ɔː k s / ; December 20, 1824 – November 19, 1895)

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1672-540: The United States that caught the attention of Andrew Jackson Downing , a noted landscape architect in Newburgh, New York . Rejected in his offer to Alexander Jackson Davis to form a partnership, Downing traveled to London in search of a new architect who would complement his architectural vision. He believed that architecture should be visually integrated into the surrounding landscape, and wanted to work with someone who

1748-475: The 1870s, when his modes of design could not endure the country's return to classical forms . His partnership with Andrew Jackson Downing , a major figure in horticulture , landscape design, and domestic architecture, brought him from London to Newburgh, New York , in 1850. There, Downing's praise of Gothic Revival and Italianate architecture contributed to Vaux's personal growth as a designer of homes and landscapes. After Downing's sudden death in 1852, Vaux

1824-652: The Highlands was chartered by the State of New York and incorporated in 1884. The David Crawford House on Montgomery Street, built in 1830, is the current home of the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands. The city's modern preservation efforts began when the Dutch Reformed Church , a Greek Revival structure designed by Alexander Jackson Davis , was slated for demolition as part of urban renewal after

1900-503: The Hispanic Apostolate of Newburgh and Beacon. Other patronal feasts were celebrated such as Our Lady of Charity from Cuba, Señor de los Milagros of Peru, and Our Lady of Suyapa of Honduras, reflecting the diversity of the community. In 1989 the ministry was expanded to include outreach to migrant workers. St. Mary's Church was founded in 1875, when the archbishop, John McCloskey divided the original parish creating Mary's parish in

1976-747: The Hispanic or Latin American population, Mexicans numbered 5,093 (18.0%), Puerto Ricans 3,337 (11.8%), Cubans 44 (.2%) and other Hispanic or Latin Americans 5,893 (20.85%). A sizable Asian community of Chinese , Filipino , Vietnamese , and Korean Americans resided in the city. The largest multiracial groups were black-white mixed race people and Eurasians. There were 9,358 households, out of which 20.0% had children under 6 living with them and 52.4% had children aged 6 to 17. 42.0% of households had one or more people under 18 years and 30.4% had one or more people aged 60 and older living. The average household size

2052-664: The Hudson River, midway between New York City and Albany, it became a transportation hub and an industrial center. Its industries included the manufacturing of cottons, woolens, silks, paper, felt hats, baking powder, soap, paper boxes, brick, plush goods, steam boilers , tools, automobiles, coin silver, bleach, candles, waterway gates, ice machines, pumps, moving-picture screens, overalls, perfumes, furniture, carpets, carburetors, spiral springs, spiral pipe, shirt waists, shirts, felt goods, lawn mowers; shipyards; foundries and machine shops; tanneries ; leatherette works; and plaster works. J. J. Nutt said of Newburgh: The year 1891 finds us

2128-637: The Newburghs (there are two) in his father's native Scotland (Colden himself was born in Ireland). Shipyards were established and docks and warehouses lined the waterfront. In April 1782, General George Washington made his headquarters at the farmhouse of the Hasbrouck family, making Newburgh the Continental Army 's headquarters; he remained there until August 1783. This was Washington's longest stay at any of his over 160 headquarters. In March 1782, Washington received

2204-599: The army to officially stand down. This marked the effective end of the fighting of the American Revolution, exactly 8 years later to the day since the fighting began at the Battles of Lexington and Concord . The Hasbrouck House was purchased by New York State in 1850 to preserve the site, making it the very first publicly owned historic site in the United States. In 1793, Newburgh's first newspaper, The Newburgh Packet ,

2280-510: The automobile for transportation and, as with many other cities, there was a resulting migration to the suburbs . In 1963 the Newburgh–Beacon Bridge was opened, carrying Interstate 84 and spanning the Hudson River, bypassing the Newburgh waterfront and the city of Newburgh altogether. The ferry closed down soon thereafter—it was not revived until 2005—and the waterfront area declined rapidly. In 1962, Lloyd's Department Store became

2356-555: The building of the Newburgh Branch , running from the main line near Greycourt northeast to Newburgh, also on the Hudson River. The branch opened January 8, 1850. It was later used as a connection to the New York and New England Railroad via a car float operation across the river to Beacon, New York . Newburgh was chartered as a city in April 1865. Newburgh became quite prosperous during

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2432-529: The built features of Central Park were of his design; Bethesda Terrace is a good example. In 1865, Vaux and Olmsted founded Olmsted, Vaux and Co., which went on to design Prospect Park and Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn , and Morningside Park in Manhattan . In Chicago , they planned one of the first suburbs for the Riverside Improvement Company in 1868. They also were commissioned to design

2508-469: The chartered steamer James Kent . The next day, people came from the surrounding towns to catch a glimpse of the general as he made his way to a reception at the Orange Hotel. The Rev. John Brown of St. George's Episcopal Church was part of the welcoming committee. At 2 am., Lafayette sailed from Reeve & Falls dock for Poughkeepsie. The Erie Railroad charter was amended April 8, 1845, to allow

2584-492: The city is at sea level along the river; the highest is roughly 690 feet (210 m) on Snake Hill along the city's boundary with the town of New Windsor. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city is located at the following coordinates: (41.503193, −74.019636). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Newburgh has a total area of 4.8 sq mi (12.4 km ), of which 3.8 sq mi (9.9 km )

2660-399: The city limits. The largest industries as of 2020 were retail , healthcare and social assistance, food services , finance , public administration , and educational services . Newburgh's preservation history can be traced all the way back to 1850 when Washington's Headquarters was designated a state historic site, the first in the country. The Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and

2736-399: The city of Newburgh was part of the town of Newburgh ; the town now borders the city to the north and west. East of the city is the Hudson River ; the city of Beacon is across the river and it is connected to Newburgh via the Newburgh–Beacon Bridge . The entire southern boundary of the city is with the town of New Windsor . Most of this boundary is formed by Quassaick Creek . In May 2016,

2812-400: The city only spoke English and 44.6% spoke a language other than English. 41.5% understood Spanish in 2018 and 2.6% spoke another Indo-European language . 0.3% spoke Pacific Islander languages. The median income for a household from 2014 to 2018 was $ 37,900 and the mean income was $ 53,772. 51.5% were below the poverty level and 84.5% were at or above the poverty level. Despite progress from

2888-507: The city receives an average of 191 sunny days. Winters are cold and damp, and the city of Newburgh may receive up to 36.8 inches (934.72 mm) of snowfall. The months of January and February are the coldest months of the year with an average low of 18 degrees Fahrenheit or -7.7 Celsius . February is also the driest month. Summers tend to be hot and humid, with an average high of 84 °F (28.8 °C) in July. June, August, and September are

2964-575: The city requested help for its PFOS contaminated water supply under Superfund . Newburgh is the location of numerous preserved landmarks, including Washington's Headquarters , the David Crawford House , New York State Armory , the Dutch Reformed Church , and Newburgh Colored Burial Ground . George Washington and Franklin Delano Roosevelt had ties to the city; Ulysses S. Grant , Robert Kennedy , and Theodore Roosevelt also visited,

3040-472: The city's interior. A grand complex that was planned for the urban renewal area was never built when state and federal spending began to dry up after the 1973 oil crisis . To this day, the blocks which slope down to the river remain open, grassy slopes, offering sweeping views of the Hudson but generating no property taxes for the city. Public sentiment is mixed on whether they should be built on again at all, and

3116-597: The city's sizable African American demographic. Newburgh is situated in the Northeastern United States , in Downstate New York 's Hudson Valley region . It is located within Orange County bordering the Hudson River on the west bank. The town of Newburgh borders the city to the north and west, and the town of New Windsor borders the south. Adjacent to Newburgh, the land rises at first sharply to

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3192-486: The city's view-protection ordinances make it less likely. Below, the waterfront was developed in the late 1990s after the city was once again able to secure grants from the state's Environmental Protection fund for riprap to stabilize the shoreline. In the early 1960s, city manager Joseph McDowell Mitchell and the council attracted nationwide attention when they attempted to require welfare recipients to pick up their payments at police headquarters. Mitchell later announced

3268-503: The congregation left the building in 1967. The movement to stop it led to the development of a historic district , now the second largest in New York State. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places three years later, and in 2001 became the city's second National Historic Landmark after Washington's Headquarters. The city was designated a Preserve America community in 2005 and it also signed an agreement with

3344-415: The county seat of Goshen, the only place in New York State this is permitted. Although technically still permitted by statute, this practice was discontinued in the mid-1960s. The former County courthouse still stands as Newburgh's old city courthouse building (currently used as municipal office space). By 1793 there were four sloop lines operating out of Newburgh. As new turnpikes opened trade extended into

3420-405: The early 1990s, poverty remained a significant problem. The 2000 census found that two of the city's five census tracts were among the poorest in the entire state. In 2004 the state declared it one of the state's five most " stressed " cities, based on a mix of statistics like families headed by single mothers, abandoned buildings, unemployment, residents under the poverty line and adults without

3496-584: The faith community follow Islam and 0.2% are members of an eastern religion including Hinduism, Buddhism, or Sikhism . In 1728 the Rev. Richard Charlton was sent from England to be a missionary to the people of New Windsor in then Ulster County (later Newburgh in Orange County). St. George's Church developed from St. Thomas' Church in New Windsor. In 1770, during the tenure of the Rev. John Sayre, St. George's Church

3572-407: The famous Newburgh letter from Lewis Nicola , suggesting that he declare himself king of the United States, a suggestion he strongly rejected. In honor of that rejection, Kings Highway, the north–south street on which the Newburgh headquarters is located, was renamed Liberty Street. In March 1783, feeling embittered over their lack of payment from Congress , an anonymous letter circulated amongst

3648-458: The first cities in the country to fluoridate its water in 1945. In the late 20th century the industrial base of the city declined as industries relocated operations south or to other locations with cheaper labor costs and lower taxes. The Hudson River, which previously served as the main means of transporting goods, lost much of its shipping traffic to trucking . The city's trolley system was shut down in 1924 in favor of buses. The nation moved to

3724-509: The first major shopping center in Newburgh. Its motto was "Years Ahead". Many features of Lloyd's, including widely divergent ministores under one roof, did not become common in other shopping centers for many decades. Lloyd's successfully drew a great deal of retail business away from the downtown area. In 1964, the Mid Valley Mall opened, also outside of the city limits in Newburgh, and attracted many long-established local businesses away from

3800-465: The interior, passenger coaches and farm wagons raveled as far west as Canandaigua . This was the shortest route from the Hudson to Western New York . By 1819 a steamboat on Cayuga Lake connected Newburgh stage lines with Ithaca. Streets leading to the river were often blocked for hours with farmers' wagons waiting to be unloaded at the wharves. With the opening of the Erie Canal much of the traffic from

3876-562: The land from the Woaranek people. The first settlement was made in the spring of 1709 by fifty-four Palatine refugees , sponsored by Queen Anne of Great Britain . The settlers named it the Palatine Parish by Quassic. In 1743, a ferry at the foot of First Street had been established between Newburgh and Fishkill Landing (now Beacon, New York ). In 1752, the land had been surveyed by Cadwallader Colden and named "Newburgh", perhaps after one of

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3952-785: The largest of its kind in Canada. In 1871, the partners designed the grounds of the New York State Hospital for the Insane in Buffalo and the Hudson River State Hospital for the Insane in Poughkeepsie . In 1872, Vaux dissolved the partnership and went on to form an architectural partnership with George K. Radford and Samuel Parsons . In that same year he completed work on Olana , the home of artist Frederic Edwin Church , who collaborated with Vaux on

4028-418: The late 1960s and early 1970s, the city's response to the economic decline was an ambitious urban renewal plan. The city's historic waterfront area, an area composed of several square blocks which included numerous historically significant buildings, was completely demolished between 1970 and 1973. Residents were relocated, or were supposed to be relocated, to newer housing projects around Muchattoes Lake in

4104-455: The latter delivering a famous speech at a nearby shipyard. The city served as a planning ground for the Gothic Revival architectural movement in America, headed by native Andrew Jackson Downing with English architects Calvert Vaux and Frederick Clarke Withers . Mount Saint Mary College is a private liberal arts college located here. At the time of European contact the area of Newburgh

4180-677: The mansion's design. Famous New York City buildings Vaux designed are the Samuel J. Tilden House , and the original Ruskinian Gothic buildings, now largely invisible from exterior view, of the American Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art . In addition to the New York buildings, Vaux also was the architect for The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital in Towson, Maryland . Less familiar are twelve projects Vaux designed for

4256-401: The mission of St. Joseph's in New Windsor. He also founded Calvary Cemetery which opened on May 30, 1898. St. Patrick's began its Hispanic ministry in the mid-1960s. In 1966 Father John Filippelli of the Society of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart initiated a Spanish Mass as well as cultural celebrations such as the Feast of Three Kings . In 1973, Fr. Rogelio Cuesta, OP was named Director of

4332-574: The most comfortable months according to Sperling's BestPlaces . Newburgh receives approximately 47 inches (1,193.8 mm) of rainfall annually. Newburgh's census-estimated population according to the American Community Survey was 28,282 in 2018, down from 28,866 in 2010. There were 11,765 housing units in 2018. The city's inhabitants were 20.1% non-Hispanic white , 24.2% African American , .3% American Indian or Alaska native , 1.1% Asian , .5% from some other race, 2.9% from two or more races , and 50.8% were Hispanic or Latino of any race in 2018. Of

4408-461: The most thriving city on the Hudson, with citizens full of spirit of public enterprise, with public institutions comparatively unequalled, and with apparently every factor and requisite to ensure its bright future as a manufacturing and commercial city of importance... Newburgh was home to the second Edison power plant, which installed and powered 126 lamps at the Orange Woolen Mill, and was the second American city (after New York's Pearl Street) to have

4484-410: The northern part. The first mass in the parish was on Easter Sunday, 1875, in the opera-house. In 1880 the building occupied by the church until 2015 was erected at Gidney Avenue and South Street. In 1883 Mount Saint Mary College was founded. In 1884 St. Mary's Parochial School opened on September 1, 1886. St. Mary's Parish was merged with St. Patrick's effective August 1, 2015. The church building

4560-435: The old Glebe schoolhouse until the church was built in 1819. In 1834 the bell tower was added. Dr. Brown was succeeded by his assistant, Rev. Octavius Applegate who founded the mission chapel, of the Good Shepherd. The first Catholic service in Newburgh took place around 1816 when Mass was said in the house of Henry Gilmore on Western Avenue (now Broadway) by Rev. James McKenna. He was followed in 1817 by Rev. Ffrench. A church

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4712-404: The senior officers encamped at the nearby New Windsor Cantonment , calling for a meeting between the officers to decide what course of action to take against Congress; the letter advocated for an ultimatum stating that if peace was declared and the officers were still unpaid, they would refuse to disband the army — effectively a military mutiny against the civilian government. This letter began what

4788-409: The significance of public parks in America during a hectic time of urbanization . This industrialization of the cityscape inspired Vaux to focus on the integration of buildings, bridges, and other forms of architecture into their natural surroundings. He favored naturalistic and curvilinear lines in his designs. In addition to landscape architecture, Vaux was a highly-sought after architect until

4864-427: The waterfront and downtown city of Newburgh. Other retail shopping malls soon sprang up, all also outside the city of Newburgh, and the retail industry of the city declined further. The city continued to lose its previously well regarded retail sector along Water Street and Broadway to the suburban shopping malls, which did not share the city's congested parking and traffic problems or the perceived rising crime rate. In

4940-417: Was 2.92. In 2018, there were 5,752 families with an average family size of 3.8. Among unmarried-partner households, .9% were same-sex and 9.4% were opposite sex. 31.7% of the population was under the age of 18, 68.3% were 18 and older, and 9.4% were aged 65 and older. The median age was 29.1 years, a slight increase since 2000's census. For every 100 females, there were 88.1 males living in Newburgh. 55.4% of

5016-468: Was an English-American architect and landscape designer . He and his protégé Frederick Law Olmsted designed parks such as Central Park and Prospect Park in New York City and the Delaware Park–Front Park System in Buffalo, New York . Vaux, on his own and in various partnerships, designed and created dozens of parks across the northeastern United States , most famously in Manhattan , Brooklyn , and Buffalo in New York. He introduced new ideas about

5092-413: Was an influential pattern book that determined the standards for “Victorian Gothic” architecture. These particular writings revealed his acknowledgment and tribute to Ruskin and Ralph Waldo Emerson , as well as to his former partner Downing. These people, among others, influenced him intellectually and in his design path. In 1857, Vaux recruited Frederick Law Olmsted , who had never before designed

5168-450: Was completed in December 1842 and formally dedicated by Bishop John Hughes of New York in 1849. In 1852 land was purchased for a cemetery at the corner of First and Stone streets. The rectory was built in 1854. The parish established in 1855 a Library Association, later known as the Young Men's Catholic Lyceum. In 1881 a new building was erected for the Lyceum on Liberty St. In 1879 Right Rev. Monsignor J.F. Mooney became pastor and started

5244-413: Was equally passionate. Vaux accepted the opportunity and subsequently moved to the United States. Vaux worked with Downing for two years and became a firm partner. Together, they designed many projects such as the White House grounds and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Vaux's work on the Smithsonian inspired him to write an article in 1852 for The Horticulturalist, of which Downing

5320-474: Was established. The hamlet of Newburgh was incorporated as a village in 1800. At the time of its settlement it was in Ulster County and was that county's seat. When Rockland County was split from Orange County in 1798, Newburgh and the other towns north of Moodna Creek were put in a redrawn Orange County. Newburgh thus lost its status as the county seat to Goshen , but as a political compromise supreme court sessions continued to be heard in Newburgh as well as

5396-434: Was formed in 1826, served by circuit-riding missionaries. Rev. Philip O'Reilly made Newburgh the base from which he served other communities. St. Patrick's Church was founded in 1836. Fr. Patrick Duffy was the first pastor and served for seventeen years until his death in 1853. He was followed by Rev. Gallagher, who was succeeded by Rev. Edward J. O'Reilly. Father O'Reilly was followed by Father Broidy. A stone church building

5472-550: Was granted a royal charter by King George III. The Rev. Mr. Sayres left for Canada at the time of the Revolution. In 1790 Rev George Spierin served as both minister and schoolmaster, but resigned in 1793. St. George's Church was re-established in 1805. In 1838 the Rev Dr. John Brown organized St. George's Cemetery, open to members of any race, religion or belief. He was also a founder of St. Luke's Hospital. Originally, services were held in

5548-531: Was left with their assistant Frederick Clarke Withers to continue Downing's legacy. He left Newburgh in 1856 to grow his practice in New York City, where he began, received and completed commissions with Olmsted, Withers, and Jacob Wrey Mould . As a result, Vaux's name was frequently overshadowed by other designers, such as Olmsted, yet the contemporary American public still recognized his talents. Born in London to

5624-599: Was occupied by the Waoranek , a branch of the Lenape . The area that became Newburgh was first explored by Europeans when Henry Hudson stopped by during his 1609 expedition up the river that now bears his name. His navigator, Robert Juet, is said to have called the site "a pleasant place to build a town", although some later historians believe he may actually have been referring to the area where Cornwall-on-Hudson now stands. Around 1683, provincial governor Thomas Dongan purchased

5700-512: Was shuttered and closed and has not been used since that date. Newburgh was ranked more dangerous than 95 percent of US cities by website NeighborhoodScout , based on 2012 FBI crime data. This group also ranked Newburgh as the tenth most dangerous place to live in the United States based on the same 2012 dataset. It was ranked at number 12 in the previous year's rankings. In 2010, The New York Times wrote an extensive article on gang activity in Newburgh. In 2014, Newburgh began implementing

5776-489: Was the editor. In his publication, he argued that the government should recognize and support the arts. Shortly afterward, Downing died in a steamboat accident. After Downing's death, Vaux gained control of the firm. As a partner, he hired Frederick Clarke Withers , who was already working at the company. In two separate periods of partnership, interrupted by the Civil War, their projects included multiple houses in Newburgh,

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