I continued down the road along the Hudson River and came to a pair of stone pillars with a sign telling me I was entering the Riverside Institute. I later checked Google but found no explanation of what it was. My guess is that it's a vacation home owner's association:
From what I could see, Riverside Institute appeared to be a village of summer cottages within the village of Riparius, all stretched out along the scenic Hudson River:
There were small, unpaved side streets:
And a baseball field:
A playground where I got a nice look down yet another side street:
The Alan F. Bain Memorial Museum. I'll bet I could have found out all about the Riverside Institute if only it had been open:
There were lovely small homes or summer camps along unpaved streets deep in the Adirondack forest. I found it altogether charming:
This appeared to be a headquarters of some kind for the Riverside Institute, but I was only guessing. Notice the Hudson River right behind it:
Also right on the river was the William N. Burnett Memorial Recreation Hall, 1937. It apparently had a major fireplace inside:
There were more homes or summer cottages on the river:
I traveled back up the road toward the highway. That's Route 8 crossing the Hudson River up ahead and the Riverside Train Station on the banks across the river:
As I headed out of Riparius to continue my journey to the farm, I snapped one last photo of this large home. We still had many miles to go and I'd spent a lot of time driving around Riparius:
I have a friend who recently purchased one of the seasonal cottages in this colony. She told me it was once a Methodist summer camp colony, although one no longer has to be a Methodist to purchase property there, although you do have to be approved by the association members. I believe that one may own a camp, but not the land upon which the building stands. The village of Round Lake south of Saratoga has a similar history, although the homes there are more substantial.
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Riverside Institutes charter dates back to 1874. In your pictures are two of the camps owned by my family The green camp by stoned light pillars wa bought by my parents abd updated since 1948. The white camp was bouht by my grandfather in 19 1918. If you need more info contact me and I do spend lots of time there in the summer
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