East Berne
From Albany Hilltowns
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Location
East Berne is a hamlet a few miles east of the hamlet of Berne.
History
Situated on the Foxenkill, this hamlet was known as Werner or Warner's Mills when the town was organized and took it's present name from the establishment of the post office in 1825. Locally East Berne was called "Philley," a name given by Elnathan Stafford, who kept a small tavern in the neighborhood in 1820, and purchased his liquors in Philadelphia. It now has a gas station, a couple of restaurants, and a hardware store.
Churches
Schools
Businesses
Hotels and Taverns
- Binns' Boarding House
- Glenwood Farm - This was a boarding house for many years and later became the Glenwood Inn
- Long's Boarding House
- Overlook House - now Maple Inn
- Restseeker's Inn
- Robert's Grove
- Wagner's Hotel
Mills
Blacksmiths
Other Businesses
- Camp Pinnacle
- Albany, Helderberg and Schoharie Railroad
- Long's Dairy
- Duke's Dairy Bar - A popular Ice Cream and Snack Bar, building still exists as a private residence
- Northrup's Garage
- Quay's Garage
- Brownell's Store
- Snyder's Garage
- Skiland
Cemeteries
Photo Gallery
Photos and Postcards of the hamlet of East Berne.
Main Street going North 
I wonder what they considered speeding 
Going South past the East Berne Hotel on the right in 1921 
The Prose of Millie Ball Willsey 1889-1978 
Pages from Mildred's Diarys 
1866 Beers map of hamlet of East Berne 
A local group that often performed at BKW Highschool 
Clarence Pitcher Farm on Filkin's Hill Rd. in 1871. Clarence is on the far left. 
Now Helderberg Bluestone 
East Berne in 1913 
Gallup's Island 
Auction Poster, James Brownell the Auctioneer is Willard Osterhout's GGGG Grandfather. photo courtesy of Roy and Charlotte Jones
