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Town of Putnam Valley

Government: Town of Putnam Valley, Putnam County State of New York.

Mailing Address:

Putnam Valley Town Hall
265 Oscawana Lake Road
Putnam Valley, New York 10579
Phone: (845) 526-2121
Fax: (845) 526-2130

Website: http://www.putnamvalley.com/

Elected Officials:

Robert Tendy Robert Tendy, Town Supervisor
  • Town Board: Robert Cinque, Jacqueline Annabi, Wendy Whetsel, Eugene Yetter
  • Town Clerk: Eileen Royael
  • Town Assessor: Sheryl Keating
  • Highway Superintendent: Earl Smith
  • Town Justice: Gina Capone and Louis DiCarlo

About Putnam Valley

  • March 14, 1839 Town of Quincy was established.
  • February 13, 1840 The name was changed from Quincy to Putnam Valley.
  • Mid 1850s Oscawana Lake House opened - the first summer resort in town.
  • November 23, 1897 Putnam Valley Grange No. 841 was organized: building was erected 1900.
  • April 28, 1931 Ground was broken for the Taconic Parkway to cut through Putnam Valley. The ceremony took place where Bryant Pond Rd. crosses the Taconic.
  • January 11, 1933 Lake Peekskill Post Office was established.
  • June 9, 1934 Putnam Valley Central School district was created.
  • About 1935 A CCC camp was established in what is now Fahenstock Park; the men from the camp constructed Stillwater Pond, Canopus Lake, their dams and other projects in the area.
  • December 14, 1935 Putnam Valley Central School was dedicated.
  • March 28, 1936 Putnam Valley acquired its own town hall building.
  • July 30, 1937 Putnam Valley Free Library obtained a provisional charter; it actually started in 1929 in the summer home of Rhea K. Johnson.
  • 1942 - 1945 The CCC camp was converted to a rest station for British sailors who saw active duty and whose ships were being repaired at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
  • August, 1946 Putnam Valley Volunteer Fire Department was established.
  • June 2, 1947 Putnam Valley Post Office was established at Oregon Corners.
  • April 2, 1950 Ground was broken for St. Lukes church. The original building was dismantled at its site in the Bronx, brought here in 3 foot sections and reassembled.
  • May 31, 1957 The first Civil Service Chief of Police was appointed.
  • 1961 Putnam Valley Volunteer Ambulance Corps established.
  • April 26, 1968 Putnam Valley Historical Society was created.
  • March 31, 1983 Tompkins Corners Methodist Church was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.