A Walk around Tarrytown – Ornate building

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This beautifully decorated building stands on the corner of Neperan Road and South Broadway/Route 9/Albany Post Road. An inscription high up on the building reveals it to have once been the Westchester County Savings Bank.

This building is historic, in that it housed one of the oldest financial institutions in the county.

The Westchester County Savings Bank was first organized in 1853, according to the book History of the Tarrytowns and the Tarrytown Centennial Album. The bank, Westchester’s and Tarrytown’s oldest until it merged with another bank in 1971, was first started up in a hat store on Main Street. The operation moved to the corner of Main Street and Neperan Road and occupied a frame house in 1864.

The frame house was then demolished and replaced with a Spanish Renaissance style yellow brick building in 1898. This building closely resembled its current look, which was achieved after an expansion and modernization in 1933.

While Westchester County Savings Bank has since vacated the spot, other banks have taken its place.

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The building has two floors and a basement. The first floor has your typical bank look, with 4,027 square feet of space. The 4,2027-square-foot basement contains a vault.

Upstairs, where the bank’s original owner had built a luxury apartment, has been converted into an office space.(Patch)

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Taken with a Sony A7IV and Sony FE 28-75 f3.5-5.6 OSS.

A Walk around Tarrytown – A Seven Eleven

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Back on Route 9 at the corner of Main Street/Neperan Road.

Not your everyday Seven Eleven. Most of the Seven Elevens I’ve see had much more utilitarian facades, less decorative. I haven’t so far been able to find out anything about the history of this building, but I’m guessing that it wasn’t always a Seven Eleven.

I’ve read that it had and extensive selection of beers. A review on Four Square describes it as follows:

Perhaps the best beer store in the region (no joke). What started as a small craft shelf in the corner has become an entire wall and 3 fridges of the headiest IPAs and unique beers from NY and beyond

Taken with a Sony A7IV and Sony FE 28-75 f3.5-5.6 OSS.

A Walk around Tarrytown – A twisted shrub

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I came across this interestingly shaped shrub/bush in front of another of Tarrytown’s restaurants: Sweet Grass Grill, which describes itself as follows:

Sweet Grass Grill is a casual restaurant serving local and seasonal food right in the heart of Tarrytown. With relationships with about a dozen local farms, the menu varies week to week depending on the daily harvests. Expect seasonal soups and salads and a changing roster of entrees. The bar is carved out of a single fallen oak tree from the Rockefeller Preserves and features a great cocktail menu, microbrews and many wines by the glass.

I’ve been there a few times, but not recently. As I recall the food was good.

Taken with a Sony A7IV and Sony FE 28-75 f3.5-5.6 OSS.

A Walk around Tarrytown – Mint

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I can now reveal the reason for my short detour down Main Street: I was hungry and there are a number of nice restaurants along Main Street. The one I chose is called Mint. It’s a Mediterranean Restaurant with good food and a pleasant ambiance, which describes itself as “a gourmet shop and restaurant”. Before the restaurant was added the owner had an excellent gourmet cheese shop almost directly opposite on Main Street. The legacy of this shop continues in the present location with a gourmet food section in front and the restaurant to the rear. A falafel sandwich, salad and a beer and I was feeling much better.

Taken with a Sony A7IV and Sony FE 28-75 f3.5-5.6 OSS.