Thrall Library
This was the function of the building we are in now before it became a library.
What is a train station?
This place in Orange County became the nation's first publicly-owned historic site.
1. What is Washington’s Headquarters in Newburgh?
2. What is the Goshen Historic Track?
3. What is the Paramount Theatre in Middletown?
4. What is the Taco Bell on Route 211?
What is Washington’s Headquarters in Newburgh?
George F. Reeve, a resident of Wallkill, designed this method of churning butter.
1. What is a giant pair of shoes with grooves in the soles that provided the power?
2. What is barrel with two sets of pedals that provided the power?
3. What is a trained dog on a treadmill that provided the power?
4. What is a robot that provided the power?
What is a trained dog on a treadmill that provided the power?
This writer, known for his poems, such as “The Raven,” and his short stories, attended West Point Military Academy for a brief period of time.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
This is the name of the bookstore that is coming to the Galleria Mall.
1. What is Books-A-Million?
2. What is Books For Less?
3. What is Barnes & Noble?
4. What is Brunch & Books?
What is Barnes & Noble?
This was the woman who donated money to ensure that Middletown would have a library.
Who is Sabra Maretta Thrall?
This place in Middletown is on the State and National Registers of Historic Places list and was opened in 1930.
1. What is the Middletown DMV?
2. What is the Edwin Welling Van Duzer Memorial Home (which houses the Historical Society of Middletown and the Wallkill Precinct)?
3. What is the Webb Horton House (now Morrison Hall on the SUNY Orange campus)?
4. What is the Paramount Theatre?
What is the Paramount Theatre?
Samuel Morse, the inventor who lived at Locust Grove in Poughkeepsie, helped to develop these two things.
1. What is an electric telegraph and Morse code?
2. What are cars and traffic lights?
3. What are pancakes and waffles?
4. What are modern stoves and chimneys?
What is an electric telegraph and Morse code?
This well-known horror author, who has used the pseudonym “Richard Bachman” to publish some of his work, has referenced the Hudson Valley a few times in his novels.
Who is Stephen King?
This was the former name of the cafe on North Street in Middletown that has now become an Italian-inspired eatery called Piccolo Cucina e Vino.
1. What is Something Sweet Cafe?
2. What is Coffee Oasis?
3. What is Nutmeg and Thyme Cafe?
4. What is Wild Bean Cafe?
What is Something Sweet Cafe?
This is the name of the street the original library building was on when it opened in 1901.
What is Orchard Street?
Orange County, whose name is derived from King William III of England who was a Prince of the House of Orange, was established in this year.
1. 1792
2. 1683
3. 1901
4. 1873
What is 1683?
The 32nd president of the United States, along with his first lady, lived at Springwood in Hyde Park, and these are their names.
1. Who are George and Martha Washington?
2. Who are Harry and Elizabeth Truman?
3. Who are Theodore and Edith Roosevelt?
4. Who are Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt?
Who are Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt?
This well-known author of thriller/mystery books was born and raised in Newburgh, and has cited Newburgh as being an inspiration for his popular series that features a forensic psychologist/detective in Washington D.C.
Who is James Patterson?
On 1100 N Galleria Drive, there used to be a Christmas Tree Shop, but this is the name of the establishment that is there now.
1. What is Derick’s Smoothies?
2. What is Pickleball Warehouse?
3. What is FYE?
4. What is Playa Bowls?
What is Pickleball Warehouse?
This was the year that the building we are in now opened.
What is 1995?
This house, built in 1775, is believed to be the oldest house in Middletown.
1. What is the Nathaniel and Jerusha Wickham Wells house?
2. What is the Vanderbilt Mansion?
3. What is the Webb Horton House (now Morrison Hall on the SUNY Orange campus)?
4. What is the Edwin Welling Van Duzer Memorial Home (which houses the Historical Society of Middletown and the Wallkill Precinct)?
What is the Nathaniel and Jerusha Wickham Wells house?
Calvert Vaux, a renowned architect and landscape designer who co-designed Central Park in New York City, also designed this local place.
1. What is the Thomas Bull Memorial Park?
2. What is the original Thrall Library on Orchard Street?
3. What is Thrall Park?
4. What is Hillside Cemetery?
What is Hillside Cemetery?
This writer of the 1800s, who authored the short stories “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” lived at Sunnyside in the Hudson Valley.
Who is Washington Irving?
On August 29th of this year, this event will be taking place in Middletown.
1. What is the Classic 10k (Orange Classic)?
2. What is the Marshall+Sterling Run 4 Downtown?
3. What is Community Day?
4. What is the 125th Middletown Thrall Library Anniversary Open House?
What is the 125th Middletown Thrall Library Anniversary Open House?
When the library was a train station, this future president of the United States came to the train station in 1898 during his run for governor.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
At this place, you can see a piece of the giant chain that the colonists put across the Hudson River during the Revolutionary War to block British ships.
1. What is the Minisink Monument?
2. What is the Old Stone Schoolhouse?
3. What is the West Point Museum?
4. What is the Middletown Thrall Library?
What is the West Point Museum?
This artist, who founded the first major art movement of the United States, now known as the Hudson River School of landscape painting, portrayed the Catskills landscape in many paintings.
1. Who is Winslow Homer?
2. Who is Thomas Cole?
3. Who is Mary Cassatt?
4. Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
Who is Thomas Cole?
This author/journalist, credited with creating the genre known as “gonzo journalism,” was fired in his early 20’s from the Times Herald-Record for “allegedly angering an advertiser and then kicking a candy machine into submission.”
Who is Hunter S. Thompson?
Twice a year, during Hudson Valley Restaurant Week, you can get meals at a discounted price by ordering off of a prix-fixe menu at participating restaurants, and this is the next time it will be happening this year.
1. What is July 6 - July 20?
2. What is September 7 - September 21?
3. What is November 16 - November 30?
4. What is October 19 - November 2?
What is October 19 - November 2?