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Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Chapel Bell
Brother Nilus had a sense of history. The chapel bell was earlier located on the front porch of the Novitiate building. Lter it was moved near the front entrance of Greystone, until it found its permanent home in the chapel tower. When Brother Nilus was a Novice (1926) one of his duties was to sound this bell once per minute as the funeral cortege walked from the Provincial house (which was across the water works road on the site currently occupied by the Lower Thomas Communications Center) to the cemetery during the burial of any Marist Brother. -
Grotto 2
A recently discovered photo (April 2013) of the grotto shows the additional cell at the right which contained a statue of the Agony in the Garden, with blue stained glass as the only lighting. -
Grotto Statue of Pieta
This statue of the Pieta was in the main alcove of the grotto, as evidenced by the rock formation. -
Grotto Statue
This bronze statue rests in the alcove where the grotto used to be. It is doubtful whether it ever was placed inside the grotto, and the main statue of the Pieta appears in a photograph of the grotto itself. There was a small alcove in the back of the grotto, lit only by stained glass in the roof of the grotto back room. My recollection is that it was a scene of the Agony in the Garden, with a suffering Christ being consoled by an angel. -
Stations of the Cross 3
"Brother Paul built the Stations of the Cross, but only the bases of some of them remain in the same area as the grotto. Most had to be removed when the road to Sheahan was built. The concrete stairs in the same area, that now lead nowhere, once had a Calvary grouop of statlues on the top of the stairs." p. 7 Brother Nilus Vincent Donnelly, Memories of 75 Years. -
Stations of the Cross 2
Each station was placed so as to disturb the natural environment as little as possible. -
Outdoor Calvary Group 2
When the Bech estate was taken over by the Marist Brothers, the European tradition of outdoor statuary followed. One of the first was an outdoor Calvary group cited in the Annals for the year 1909. The group pictured here was donated in 1920 by a Mrs. Dowd to replace the less elegant first group. -
Marist Land History: Marist Brothers Cemetery 1909-1953 --4
Visitors to the Marist Brothers cemetery in Esopus NY in October 2010. The environment is definitely rural. A Calvary group is at the far right along the grass sections where the visitors are standing. The cemetery has spaces between the small stone markers for more grave sites. -
Marist Land History: Marist Brothers Cemetery 1909-1953 --3
By 1953 the cemetery was full, and expansion would have been difficult because of the rock formations. The Brothers established a second cemetery in Esopus New York which has been in use since 1953. An attempt was made to relocate the graves in Poughkeepsie to Esopus, but the legal technicalities became formidable. Since the level of the original cemetery was about 15 feet below the level established for the Myers parcel site of the proposed McCann Athletic Center, just south of the cemetery, Brother Nilus carefully turned over the crosses at each grave, and broke the wall leaving the stones in place to mark the border of the site. The College agreed not to construct any edifices over the cemetery, and established a monument to be placed over or near the cemetery site. -
Bech Mausoleum 6
The front doorway and front door to the Bech mausoleum. The door is kept open during the warm months to ventilate the vault, but closed by a locked wire frame to keep the interior private. The wire frame is visible in the first photo in this series. -
Bech Mausoleum 5
This photo, taken 1 October 2012, taken from a side angle by Victor VanCarpels, gives a more impressive impression of the vault, which extends under the hill behind the stone work. Note there is no name on the stonework. The name Bech appears only on the wood door to the entrance. -
Bech Mausoleum 4
Charlotte Elizabeth McCarty Hossack Bech, born March 2, 1812 died May 29, 1900 She signed deeds as Elizabeth McCarty Bech, which leads me to believe McCarty was her mother's maiden name. There is no mention of the name of her first husband, Braëm. Her mothers body was transferred from a Catholic cemetery in New York City, according to notes in the Bech Collection at Marist College. -
Bech Mausoleum 3
Edward Bech, born May 4, AD 1812, died July 9 AD 1873 -
Bech Mausoleum 2
The interior of the vault is dominated by two sarcophagi, the one on the left for Edward Bech, and the one on the right by Elizabeth McCarty Bech. Eight others are buried in the vault, but none have the special treatment of Edward and Elizabeth. -
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1988 Reynard yearbook cover image of a gold embossed Red Fox -
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1986 Reynard Yearbook cover image of a silver embossed Red Fox -
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1961 Reynard Yearbook cover image of Red Foxes holding up Marist crest -
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Red Fox drawing if angry fox wearing a sailors cap with a "M" - in red and white - used as the Archives and Special Collections mascot -
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Red Fox drawing if angry fox wearing a sailors cap with a "M" - in black and white - used as the Archives and Special Collections mascot -
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1969 yearbook image of a real Red Fox - found on page 5 -
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2004 yearbook image of the Red Fox mascot - found on page 121 -
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2004 yearbook image of the Red Fox mascot with a cheerleader - found on page 114 -
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2000 yearbook image of the Red Fox mascot with a student athlete - found on page 139 -
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1999 yearbook image of the Red Fox mascot with pom-poms - found on page 14 -
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1998 yearbook image of the Red Fox mascot - found on page 141 -
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1997 yearbook image of the Red Fox mascot - found on page 194 -
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1996 yearbook image of the Red Fox mascot with the cheer team - found on page 186 -
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1996 yearbook image of the Red Fox mascot - found on page 12 -
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1995 yearbook image of the Red Fox mascot with a student - found on page 13 -
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1993 yearbook image of the Red Fox mascot - found on page 2 -
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1992 yearbook drawing of a fox on the Marist "M" - found on page 117 -
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1991 image of the Red Fox mascot - found on page 175 -
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1991 yearbook drawing of a fox on the Marist "M" - found on page 114 -
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1991 yearbook image of the Red Fox mascot laying on a bench - found on page 12 -
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1990 yearbook sketch of a Red Fox on the Marist "M" - found on page 106 -
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1990 yearbook drawing of a Red Fox and the Marist "M" - found on page 2 -
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1989 yearbook sketch of a Red Fox with sporting equipment - found on page 169 -
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1989 yearbook image of the Red Fox mascot with the cheer team - found on page 136 -
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1989 Yearbook image of Red Fox mascot with a group of students - found on page 128 -
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1986 yearbook image of the Red Fox mascot found on page 14 -
Railroad Tunnel 2
The tunnel as it looked in 2010. Anticipating more traffic after the completion of Longview Park, tunnel access was controlled by traffic signals. The buildings just above the railroad tracks are the Poughkeepsie Water Works. There is a similar underpass at Quiet Cove, just north of the College that rovided access to the shore land. There is a boathouse at Quiet Cove which was used by the Naval Academy during the historic Poughkeepsie Regattas. -
Holy Comforter Episcopal Church
When the Bech family lived at 57 Market Street, they were next to Christ Episcopal Church. The Church experienced a fire, and the replacement was built at Carroll Street, in the southern part of the city. The parishoners who lived in the north sector of the city and town found this a considerable distance, and built a second church, the Church of the Holy Comforter, on Davies Place very close to the current railroad station. The two Bech sons were baptized in Christ Church (whether the original or the Carrol street church is uncertain). However, Elizabeth and her son George attended Holy Comforter, and supported the church faithfully. George Bech was buried from Holy Comforter in 1890 and Elizabeth in 1900. In her will she left $1,000 to the Church. -
Gindra flowers 3
David Gindra was highly respected as a gardener. He was consulted by other estate owners for the design of their land and gardens. Although he had not supervised the gardens after the turn of the century, the Marist Brothers diary in 1908 indicates that the overgrowth of eight years hid elegant shrubs and flowers. These photos, taken as Kodachrome slides in the period 1945-1955 may well represent a continuation of the Gindra legacy. The Brothers worked on very tight budgets, with any available funds applied to more important priorities. But many Brothers were skilled at gardening, and with the labor of the Novices and Student Brothers, it is probable that they were able to restore many of the trees and shrubs that Gindra had installed. -
Gindra flowers 2
David Gindra was highly respected as a gardener. He was consulted by other estate owners for the design of their land and gardens. Although he had not supervised the gardens after the turn of the century, the Marist Brothers diary in 1908 indicates that the overgrowth of eight years hid elegant shrubs and flowers. These photos, taken as Kodachrome slides in the period 1945-1955 may well represent a continuation of the Gindra legacy. The Brothers worked on very tight budgets, with any available funds applied to more important priorities. But many Brothers were skilled at gardening, and with the labor of the Novices and Student Brothers, it is probable that they were able to restore many of the trees and shrubs that Gindra had installed. -
Early View of Greystone Building Sketch
In this he was following the dictates of Andrew Jackson Dowling, who wrote a highly respect manual describing estate design. Note that Lienau's sketch of Greystone shows a stone facing, while the stable at the left has a stone foundation but wooden superstructure. -
The Marist Brothers and Marist College
A written history of the Marist Brothers in Poughkeepsie and of Marist College -
A History of the Physical Plant of Marist College
A written history of the buildings and grounds of Marist College