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    1. [NYCAYUGA] Old Stone School
    2. Pat Welty
    3. As always, thanks to everyone for their informative posts. Bill Hecht, your shares and work are appreciated beyond words. Please know how much we all thank you for your time and efforts. The Old Stone School Mailer was very interesting. I understand that it is a local referendum and important to the community because it involves additional revenues from them. I just wonder if there is anywhere 'outsiders' can post a "yes interest" to show positive support for the project. I think the proposed use of the building after renovation as a technology/communication center is 'spot on' considering the building's long history thus taking it from 'stage stop' to helping teach technology/communication. Very appropriate. Bill, thanks for the additional photos of the stone building from years past. They certainly helps to show the charm of the place. My interest (also Cousin Edward Parker) in the Stone School building stems from family history that it was once used as a "stage coach stop" run by our Hawley ancestors, William N. Hawley (1827-1885) and son, Ezra C. Hawley (1848- __). Bill, your Mother and also Norma Bilak indicate historically that Hawley's ran the stage stop from that stone building so I am much more likely to believe that thread of my family history. I don't know if they lived in and also ran the 'stop' from that building but I suspect that maybe Ezra lived on the premises. Is there a basic chronology of the uses and/or inhabitants of this historical building? The year the building was built would also be of interest to me. If anyone can lead me to a person or source of information about the history of this building, I would be very grateful. Thank you, Pat Welty, St. Augustine, FL

    11/29/2007 12:23:10