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Small schools prevailed through most of the 19th century until a large school was constructed at the corner of Hudson and Fairmount Avenue in 1884. This school burnt down in 1935 and was replaced by the building that presently houses Haverstraw Middle School. All of the small districts in both the towns of Haverstraw and Stony Point were centralized in 1957 and a new high school opened on hammond Road in 1969. Houses of worship have also been an integral part of Haverstraw. The first Mass was celebrated in St. Peter's Catholic Church in 1847. Central Presbyterian Church was founded in 1846 and moved to its present church on Hudson Avenue in 1909 where its Tiffany windows continue to amaze. The Congregation of the Sons of Jacob, begun in 1877 is the oldest Jewish congregation in Rockland County. At the beginning of the 20th century Haverstraw gained two important institutions. In 1900, Governor Theodore Roosevelt signed into law a bill incorporating the New York State Hospital for the Care of Crippled and Deformed Children. In 1903 the hospital purchased 48 acres of land in West haverstraw, known as the Lilburn estate. The hospital opened in 1905 and became world famous for its rehabilitation and research programs. in 1974 its name was changed to the Helen Hayes Hospital, to recognize the service of the great actress to the institution. Letchworth Village opened in 1911 and within a few years became one of the largest and most progressive facilities for the mentally retarded in the United States. Situated on 2000 acres of farmland within the towns of Haverstraw and Stony Point, it was comprised of 130 field stone buildings and was designed as a self-supporting community. Severe overcrowding and a new philosophy of de-institutionalization and main-streaming closed its doors in 1996. Today the two towns and the North Rockland School District are developing the land for the benefit of local residents. |
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