| 1851/00/00 |
Warren Delano II |
Owner |
Warren Delano buys Higginson farm, a two story brick home on 60-acres on Danskammer Point, from Sarah Hartley Ward Armstrong. The Delanos rent Danskammer Mansion (lost) while improvements are made at their new home. |
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| 1852/00/00 |
Downing and Vaux |
Architect |
The existing cottage is remodeled into an Italianate mansion (lost) and the grounds are improved by Downing and Vaux for Warren Delano and his wife Catherine Lyman Delano. The gatehouse, stables and the mansion's porte-cochere remain from original design. |
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| 1852/00/00 |
Warren Delano IV |
Born |
Catherine Robbins Lyman, wife of Warren Delano, gives birth to a son, Warren Delano in Newburgh, Orange County, New York. |
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| 1854/09/21 |
Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt |
Born |
Catherine Robbins Lyman, wife of Warren Delano, gives birth to a daughter, Sara Ann Delano, at the Delano Estate, 2 miles north of the town of Newburgh, New York. |
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| 1857/09/00 |
Warren Delano II |
Work |
Warren Delano loses a fortune during a financial collapse of Wall Street and an inablity to turn a profit in shipping. "My father lost almost everything, and when he tried to sell our house, he found almost all prospective buyers in the same plight." SDR |
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| 1862/00/00 |
Abiel Abbot Low |
Home |
Abiel Abbot Low rents Algonac (lost) from the Delanos. Mr Low's trading company, A A Low and Brother, owns the clipper ship SURPRISE. |
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| 1865/00/00 |
Seth Low |
Home |
The Low family make their home at Algonac (lost) near Newburgh, New York. |
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| 1870/00/00 |
Warren Delano II |
Home |
By 1870, the Delano family returns to Algonac Plantation (lost) on the Hudson River. |
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| 1880/10/07 |
James Roosevelt I |
Groom |
Sara Ann Delano marries widower James Roosevelt at Algonac, the Delano estate. The Delanos are Unitarian, but Sara will join the Episcopal Church. |
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| 1880/10/07 |
Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt |
Bride |
Sara Ann Delano marries widower James Roosevelt at Algonac, the Delano estate. The Delanos are Unitarian, but Sara will join the Episcopal Church. |
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| 1884/07/20 |
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Upstairs in her 2nd floor bedroom, Laura Delano heats curling irons over an alcohol lamp as she readies herself for church. She spills alcohol on her robe which ignites and runs screaming from the room, down the stairs and out onto the front lawn. |
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| 1884/07/21 |
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Laura Delano, daughter of Catherine and Warren Delano, dies at Algonac Plantation (lost). She will be buried in the family mausoleum at Riverside Cemetery in Fairhaven. |
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| 1898/01/17 |
Warren Delano II |
Died |
Warren Delano dies at age 88 in Algonac Plantation (lost), near Newburgh, New York. |
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| 1916/03/05 |
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Newburgh fire department dispatches three engines to extinguish a fire at Algonac mansion. Many furnishings from the first and second floors are saved, but "all that remains of the building are the four brick walls and the chimney". |
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| 1917/00/00 |
Delano and Aldrich |
Architect |
A new Algonac mansion designed by Delano and Aldrich is built by Warren Delano III for Annie Delano Hitch, widow of Fred Hitch. The current house features quarter sewn oak floors throughout, 9 fireplaces and walnut panelings in the library-game room. |
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| 1955/07/00 |
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Broadman Enterprises, Inc, of Stony Point, NY, build a housing development of 124 ranches and split level residences around Algonac mansion. |
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