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Front view of church

... that Calvary Baptist Church (pictured), the oldest religious building in Ossining, New York, was built with marble quarried by inmates at nearby Sing Sing Prison?
... that the black locust trees planted in 1767 when Cornelius Wynkoop's house was built along Main Street in Stone Ridge, New York, are part of its historic character?
... that Reed Memorial Library is the oldest library building in Putnam County, New York?

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