tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post1488436055689057339..comments2024-03-28T13:58:45.797-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: A History of the C. H. Evans BreweryCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-84084340632018852952020-06-26T21:59:50.107-04:002020-06-26T21:59:50.107-04:00I also recently found a Evans Ale bottle under an ...I also recently found a Evans Ale bottle under an old camp at Lake St Catherine, Poultney, VT Gary<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922737962768919040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-1091037382248903502020-05-18T16:14:17.362-04:002020-05-18T16:14:17.362-04:00I have a C.H. Evans and son Ale brown bottle I hav...I have a C.H. Evans and son Ale brown bottle I have found stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18301445261457347229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-70424195705667642932020-04-24T16:39:45.010-04:002020-04-24T16:39:45.010-04:00Unfortunately "Benjamin Faulkins " is a ...Unfortunately "Benjamin Faulkins " is a figment of someone's imagination. It should be William Faulkner, and he had left in 1790.Martyn Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843357962176591317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-82476183779284815782012-10-26T11:19:38.961-04:002012-10-26T11:19:38.961-04:00Dear Vince,
The Second Empire house at 412-416 Wa...Dear Vince,<br /><br />The Second Empire house at 412-416 Warren Street became the residence of Cornelius H. Evans, Jr., the younger of Cornelius H. Evans's two sons, in 1902, when Cornelius, Sr. passed away. According to the terms of Cornelius H. Evans's will, which I researched, the house and its entire contents were left to Cornelius, Jr. <br /><br />A deed recorded at the Office of the Columbia County Clerk shows that Cornelius, Sr. purchased in 1869 two adjacent lots on the northern side of Warren Street between Fourth and Fifth Streets and combined the lots to form the parcel of land on which his house stands. The following year he erected his grand residence, as stated by Captain Franklin Ellis in "History of Columbia County, New York," published in 1878. After thoroughly reading Ellis's history, it became evident to me that he conducted personal interviews with many of the prominent citizens of Hudson who are featured in the biographies in his book and who were, of course, still alive at the time he was writing his history. At the end of Ellis's book is an acknowledgements section where he expresses gratitude to gentleman such as Cornelius H. Evans for sharing information with him. Since Ellis obtained details about the life of Cornelius H. Evans directly from the source, we can be certain that Cornelius Evans, Sr. erected the amazing Second Empire house and did so in 1870, a date that is confirmed by the year of the deed prepared when Cornelius, Sr. acquired the land on which the house was built.<br /><br />I believe that indeed the red brick Queen Anne-style house on the lot to the east of 412-416 Warren Street was built by Cornelius H. Evans for his elder son Robert W. Evans. The 1888 D. G. Beers & Co. atlas of Hudson indicates that 412-416 Warren Street and the lot with the Queen Anne-style house were owned by Cornelius H. Evans, Sr. In the nineteenth century, it was not unusual for a wealthy and successful gentleman to build houses for his children but to retain ownership of the properties. Typically the deeds were eventually signed over to the children.Walter G. Ritchie, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10050404123977222273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-13311959351472443662012-10-23T07:42:15.144-04:002012-10-23T07:42:15.144-04:00It's been my understanding that the building p...It's been my understanding that the building pictured, and 420, immediately to the right, a grand Aesthetic Movement Mansion, are The Evans Brothers Houses.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05548912912359709568noreply@blogger.com