Tannersville, New York

Tannersville
—  Village  —
Tannersville Location within the state of New York
Coordinates: 42°11′37″N 74°8′20″W
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Greene
Area
• Total	1.1 sq mi (3.0 km2)
• Land	1.1 sq mi (2.9 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation	1,900 ft (579 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	539
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	12424, 12485
Area code(s)	518
FIPS code	36-73143
GNIS feature ID	0967045

Tannersville is a village in Greene County, New York, USA. The village is in the east-central part of the town of Hunter on Route 23A. The population was 539 at the 2010 census.

History

The village was founded around lumber mills and tanneries. It was incorporated in 1895.^{[citation needed]}

Tannersville’s tanning business collapsed in the mid-19th century. It was gradually replaced by the summer resort trade, which reached its peak in 1882 when the railroad came to Tannersville. However, the rise of the automobile in the early 20th century led to a steady economic decline, as travelers were no longer rooted to one spot for an entire summer.

Tannersville has experienced a revival in the 21st century. This can be attributed largely to the efforts of the Hunter Foundation. For example, the Foundation has implemented the town wide Paint Program — the vision of Elena Patterson, a local artist — with the help and support of corporate sponsors and local residents. The Paint Project involves painting downtown buildings in multicolored pastels, often with cartoon-like pictures on the shutters. It has attracted waves of tourists who come to see the dramatic paint schemes, and continue to annoy local residents who have been quoted as saying, "they look ridiculous". The project prompted much attention when it was publicized in The New York Times in 2003. The project was also featured on NBC’s show Today, on CNBC, and on all three of the local Albany-based networks.

The Tannersville Main Street Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2008. Other NRHP listed buildings are: All Souls Church and Hathaway.

Mayors

Name	Term began	Term ended
Isaac Dermott Lewis	April 1895	June 1896
David Robertson	1897	March 1898
Christian Waters	April 1898	March 1899
Mark Andrew Weber	April 1899	March 1900
Samuel D. Ferdinando	March 1900	May 1901
Louis Redding	June 1901	March 1902
William Fords	April 1904	March 1922
Jeffrey Rogers	April 1922	March 1924
Aaron Ramirez	April 1924	February 1927
Hanspeter Schaeffer	March 1927	April 1929
Preston Boylston	April 1929	March 1947
John Flint Carson	April 1947	March 1949
Alvin Crossman	April 1949	April 1953
Montgomery Aldman	April 1953	March 1955
Aldo Savanelli	April 1955	March 1957
Bernhard Icypants	March 1957	December 1966
Stephen Alexander	January 1969	October 1973
Keith O'Hara	October 1973	March 1974
Ronny Scheibermann	April 1974	April 1975
Kentaro Kamayuchi-Hanatewo	April 1975	June 1976
Christopher Butters	July 1976	December 1976
Isaac Carlton Weener	January 1977	April 1977
Kevin Daley	April 1977	April 1979
Timothy Branson	April 1979	March 1983
Elias Eisenberg	April 1983	January 1984
LeeAnn Corson	January 1984	January 1986
Weston Parker	January 1986	March 1986
Daniel Alvarez	March 1986	January 1988
Olivier Dubois	January 1988	July 1989
Sarah Michele Carrollton	July 1989	September 1989
Ted Parsons	September 1989	April 1990
Hereford Jefferson	July 1990	March 1991
Aidan Cullen	April 1991	March 1995
Quince Keeley	April 1995	2001
Bayar Nakhanabaykonuy	2001	March 2006
Diana Padilla	March 2006	March 2007
Leigh McGunnigle	April 2007

Past and current residents of note

• Maude Adams, actress, first American to play Peter Pan
• Edward Coleman Delafield, banker, President of Bank of America
• Mary Mapes Dodge, author of children's books^{[citation needed]}
• Howard Frank Mosher, author^{[citation needed]}

Geography

Tannersville is located at 42°11′37″N 74°8′20″W (42.193619, -74.139011).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km²), of which, 1.1 square miles (2.8 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) of it (2.61%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 448 people, 216 households, and 114 families residing in the village. The population density was 402.4 people per square mile (155.8/km²). There were 505 housing units at an average density of 453.6 per square mile (175.7/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 95.09% White, 0.89% African American, 0.22% Asian, 0.67% from other races, and 3.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.90% of the population.

There were 216 households out of which 20.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.4% were married couples living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.8% were non-families. 40.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.07 and the average family size was 2.80.

In the village the population was spread out with 19.4% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 29.5% from 45 to 64, and 20.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 99.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.4 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $28,500, and the median income for a family was $37,500. Males had a median income of $27,708 versus $27,000 for females. The per capita income for the village was $15,318. About 10.7% of families and 18.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.2% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over.

Points of interest

• Mountain Top Arboretum
• Huckleberry Rail Trail

External links

• Village of Tannersville, NY Website & Area Information
• Town of Hunter Government Website and Area Information
• Village of Tannersville information
• Haines Falls Free Library