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The Garnerville Terminal – A Brief History
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Our History
Grist mill owned by Cornelius Osborn operates on power from the Minisceongo Creek waterfall.
1830
John Glass purchases 45 acres along Railroad Avenue and builds first textile mill making calico print.
1831
Mr. Glass and 13 others killed in shipboard explosion.
1838
Plant is purchased by the Garner brothers and expanded, now employing more than 800 people.
1853
Textile mill makes 11 million yards of cloth per year. Workers homes and surrounding village named Ganerville.
1860
Civil War. Rockland Print Works manufactures uniforms for the Union Army.
1915
Textile mill now producing 1.6 million yards of cloth per week. Rockland Print Works owns the village, from the streetlights to the private police force.
1929
The Great Depression begins. The textile mill closes. Building’s abandoned, machinery sold and moved.
1934
William Larkin and 39 local businessmen form the Garnerville Holding Company and purchase the complex with the help of a $150,000 loan from FDR’s Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
1940
World War II. Uniforms made for American soldiers.
1950
Tenant United Wire Goods Company is the first to start hiring Puerto Rican and Dominican workers.
1980
Textile industry gone. Light industry moves in.
1995
Creation of Artist Studio spaces begins.
2001
First Garnerville Arts Festival attracts 1,000 visitors.
2002
Garnerville Holding Company, commonly referred to as the terminal, becomes known as the Garnerville Arts & Industrial Center.
2003
Garnerville Arts Project d/b/a GARNER Arts Center is founded.
2007
CREEKSIDE sculpture trail opens.
2008
GARNER Arts Center becomes 501(c)(3) not-for-profit arts organization.
2009
GARNER Art Center’s ‘Encounters with the Arts’ educational program begins.
2010
10th Annual Arts [and Music] Festival draws 5,000 visitors.
2011
Hurricane Irene causes widespread damage throughout the complex. GARNER Art Center’s Main Gallery is destroyed and the Arts Center closes temporarily. First Technical Assistance Grant for the restoration of Building #35, GARNER Arts Centers future new home and gallery.
2012
The Preservation League of New York State names Garnerville Arts & Industrial Center as one of its Seven to Save historic sites. Garnerville Arts & Industrial Center site is listed as an Historic District on the New York State Register of Historic Places. GARNER Arts Center begins work on Building #35 restoration project.
2013
Garnerville Arts & Industrial Center site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Garnerville Arts & Industrial Center rebrands as the GARNER Historic District of New York.
2015
GARNER Arts Center hires its first program director to curate arts and cultural events throughout the GARNER Historic District.
2016
GARNER Historic District welcomes the acclaimed Industrial Arts Brewing Company as an anchor tenant. The Village of West Haverstraw grants mixed-use zoning to the GARNER Historic District, permitting expanded uses including restaurants, offices, and retail in addition to light industry, artists, and artisans.
2018
Hudson’s Mill Tavern opens, the first restaurant within the GARNER Historic District.
2019
GARNER Arts Center hosts the live art beer fest, LAB Fest, for a crowd of more than 3,000 craft beer lovers in partnership with Industrial Arts Brewing Company.
2020
GARNER Historic District and its tenants weather the COVID-19 Pandemic. GARNER Arts Center continues outdoor programming.
GARNER Arts Center celebrates the grand opening of its new gallery in building 35, the former mill cafeteria.