We have been busy restoring
Central
House as the only known, true to form, Silver Age Catskill Inn (mid
1850's thru early 1900's) in style and appearance. Central
House
boasts the only known fully functional 1890's telegraph office, part of
the Women in 19'th Century Technology Project. We
have open
house Cafe hours at the Bell Book and Candle cafe' on Saturdays and are
proud to be an open Women's Spirituality Centre dedicated to further
women's rights and freedoms. Being historians, it is
important to
us to restore and preserve the historic nature and spirit of our home.
Antique crank phones and telegraph bells adorn the front
hallway
along with reproductions of Suffragette posters. Our living
room
boast authentic Victorian furniture, Edison cylinder player and an
extremely rare Victorian grand piano. A cozy wood cookstove
is at
the far end of the living room area as our "country kitchen" area that
on winter afternoons beckons women to come, sit and chat.
Even
our guest rooms have authentic antique beds. The fabled Witch
of
the Catskills is alive and well at Central House! Central
House
itself dates back to sometime in the mid 1850's and is one of
the
very few surviving Inns from that era. Palenville
is famed
as the site of the Rip Van Winkle story and America's first artist
colony.
A photo
album around the house