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Breaking Ground at the Keeper’s House Visitor Center

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The official groundbreaking for the Keeper’s House Restoration project drew happy crowds on Friday June 27th, 2014!

On hand to shovel some ceremonial dirt were:

Top pic, left to right: FOCA Board member Douglas Emilio; Linda Cooper, Regional Director at New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation ; Dobbs Ferry Mayor’s representative Liz Dreaper; State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins; FOCA President Mavis Cain; project contractor David Furaro.


The official groundbreaking for the Keeper’s House Restoration project drew happy crowds on Friday June 27th, 2014!

On hand to shovel some ceremonial dirt were:

Top pic, left to right: FOCA Board member Douglas Emilio; Linda Cooper, Regional Director at New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation ; Dobbs Ferry Mayor’s representative Liz Dreaper; State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins; FOCA President Mavis Cain; project contractor David Furaro.

Bottom pic left to right: Lucy Waletsky, Chair of the New York State Council of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; project Architect Steve Tilly; FOCA Vice-President Robert Kornfeld; Park Manager Gary Ricci; County Legislator MaryJane Shimsky; Assemblyman Tom Abinanti.

The building will be restored and open to the public in Spring 2015 with State Park offices and restrooms. The Friends are now raising funds for state-of-the-art exhibitions and displays. To view a PDF of our plans for the displays, click HERE.

For a slideshow of the groundbreaking event, please click HERE.