Dakota Prairie 1876
The Rush River near Amenia
A&S Land Co. Sod Busting 1876
Second Breaking with hay harvest Fall 1877
Straw-burning engine to power threshing machine, early 1900s
First Headquarters at Amenia
Blacksmith Shop built 1878
Amenia Claim Shack
Early Amenia - Depot roof in foreground, Office & Store at left, Claim Shack back right, Blacksmith Shop off the photo far back right
Early Amenia -
Blacksmith Shop
Plan for Warehouse, 1882
Amenia School House, built 1886 Reed house to the left
Amenia Church built 1887
Amenia Congregational Church - Corner of Chaffee Avenue and Reed Street
Amenia in the 1880s
TOP-Looking North - Elevator at right, School at upper left. BOTTOM - Looking Northwest - Office and Store at right - Background (L-R): E.W.Chaffee home, white house uncertain, H.F. Chaffee home, Parsonage, Church
Basic plan of some of the buildings in Amenia, early 1900s
Amenia Elevators 1900s
Amenia in winter
H. F. Chaffee Manor House in winter, early 1900s
Manor House barn and summer house
Summer house with barn in the background
Blueprint of Chaffee Manor House renovations 1906
Chaffee Manor House Parlor, undated
Power Plant in Amenia, built around 1912
Amenia & Sharon Land Company acreage near the town of Amenia undated
Amenia about 1926
Train depot lower right; Amenia Hotel across Woodward Avenue; Company Office and Store upper right; Stroud home barely visible behind long barn/garage
Amenia today, looking east
Old Chaffee Barn, today
Old manor house Summer House, today
Old Amenia Church steeple, now gracing the Amenia Cemetery on the Rush River