History Woodridge, New York
silver lake, woodridge, new york, lake in catskill mountains
the village formerly called centreville. history of village, centreville woodridge erna w. elliott, published exposition press in 1976. centreville station stop along old new york, ontario , western railway
woodridge located in catskills borscht belt resort area. in heyday home numerous summer hotels, bungalow colonies, , boarding houses. fallsburgh central school s high school in woodridge. last graduating class in 1958. new high school built in fallsburg.
during 1950s, woodridge had:
4 bars, 3 hardware stores, 2 dental offices, 1 amusement business, 6 gasoline stations, 3 produce markets, 2 bus lines, 5 automobile repair shops, 5 groceries, 1 fish market, 2 taxi services, 2 dry cleaners, 4 luncheonettes, 2 drug stores, 1 bank, 1 movie theatre, 3 clothing stores, 1 liquor store, 1 shoe store, 1 steam laundry, 2 barber shops, 3 automobile dealerships, 1 mattress manufacturer, 3 butcher shops, 2 medical doctor s offices, 3 lumber yards,
in addition, there numerous trades , professionals including: painters, plumber, electricians, masons, carpenters, auto body repair, cpas, architects, lawyers, flooring contractors, sign painters , chicken dealers.
a small percentage of permanent population still orthodox jewish. there 2 active synagogues in woodridge of today.
ohave shalom synagogue listed on national register of historic places in 2000.
k hal yerim of woodridge on 25 highland avenue founded in 1985 grand rabbi yitzchok lebovits.
on july 16, 2010, eruv erected in woodridge under supervision of rabbi yechiel steinmetz of monsey, new york. rabbi yechiel steinmetz s eruv functional summer.
silver lake dam listed on national register of historic places in 2000.
notable former hotels in woodridge
palms hotel
olympic hotel
avon lodge
glory hotel
hotel israel (fischel kleinberg s)
vegetarian hotel (konviser family)
the biltmore
sunny oaks
the claremore country club
sunny acres dude ranch
the rosemond
the alamac country club
rubinstein s hotel
saperstein s bungalow s
hotel weingerson
shines hotel
^ national park service (2009-03-13). national register information system . national register of historic places. national park service.
^ brown edu.
^ vanishing catskills
^ family member of owner
^ former guest & friend of owners
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