Links and Helpful Images
Largest collection online of mill photographs from around the country and elsewhere in the world.
From Download page, Project Outline, History of Beekmans & Livingstons, History of the Landsman Kill Mills. This is likely the most comprehensive research on this area that has ever been done.
Related Rhinebeck history site with postcard images, past and present.
2014 Presentation for the RHS on the BA and early Rhinebeck History.
This is more than a book about the Beekman Arms, it’s about the early history of Rhinebeck not told anywhere else. Available at the BA, Oblong Books, and on Amazon.
The Roslyn Gristmill - A current restoration example that could help us
The Roslyn Grist Mill is located along Old Northern Boulevard in Roslyn, New York, (north shore of Long Island). It was built sometime before the mid-18th century and is one of the few surviving Dutch colonial commercial frame buildings in the U.S. A full grassroots restoration effort is currently underway. 2018-2022 is reconstruction plan. The mill is roughly of the same age as the Col. Henry Beekman mill, so it possibly offers some design clues. The effort there includes grant writing, getting donors, acquiring permits, hiring architects, dealing with wetland, etc. – all very similar to our expected efforts. We can learn a lot from these people.
This website seems to be the starting point (but there are plenty of stories out there on this reconstruction):
Roslyn Grist Mill (Roslyn Mill Tea House) | Profiles | Roslyn Landmark Society
Of particular interest is their funding resources. According to their website: “From 2015 to 2020, $3.1 million was from New York State, Nassau County, trusts foundations and members of the government grants, trust awards and members of the Roslyn Landmark Society.”
Above, artist rendition of anticipated completion, found here: