West Berne

From Albany Hilltowns

Contents 1 Location 2 History 3 Churches 4 Schools 5 Historic Businesses 6 Cemeteries 7 Photo Gallery

Location

West Berne is a small hamlet in the northwest corner of the Town near the west town line with Knox and the county line with Schoharie.

History

West Berne was once called Mechanicsville and Peoria. In the 19th and first half of the 20th century it had a number of stores and a couple of blacksmith shops; now it is strictly residential.

Churches

• West Berne Reformed Church
• West Berne Methodist Church

Schools

• West Berne School District School No. 15
• Waldenville School

Historic Businesses

This section will have the history of each business beginning from its establishment, through various ownerships and name changes. Pictures may be used provided you have authority to post them.

• Beaverdam Hotel
• Posson's Store
• Schoonmaker's Store
• Sisson's Meat Market
• Walden's Boarding House
• E.B.Schoonmaker Trucking
• Foxenkill Lodge
• Bogardus Grove
• West Berne Telephone Company

Cemeteries

Photo Gallery

West Berne road sign on Rte. 43	Bridge in winter	Heading West on Rte. 43 entering West Berne	Waldenville Covered Bridge
Waldenville Covered Bridge 2	George Townsend mailman	Heading west thru the hamlet of West Berne	The Switzskill between Gallupville and West Berne
L-R Lloyd Sisson, Almond Mattice, Everett Schoonmaker Sr.	Lloyd Sisson	Hop Pickers	L-R Luther Sand, Mrs. Chesebro, Watson Chesebro, Eve Chesebro and Morris Chesebro
Frink Farm framed in early 1900s, was the Gathen Farm on Zimmer Hill in 1963	Barn raising on the Ed French Place, November 23, 1911	The Seabury family at their farm on Seabury Rd.	Mr. and Mrs. Manford Cornell, Oct. 23, 1914.
Wila Gage in front, Wanda Gage Shedina 3rd from left in back row, Waunetta Gage VanVoris 5th in back row.	Wila Gage Gilman and Waunetta Gage VanVoris 1st and 2nd in front row	L-R Frank McFarland, Donald Cross, Starlene Haviland, Harold"Hap"Cross, Richard McFarland, Cindy Cross, Shirley Cross Ostermann	Harold Cross Sn. son of John Cross
Grace Cross and Henrietta Cross with their brother Raymond Cross	Ken Posson and Shirley Cross Ostermann	Building Rte 146, formerly known as the "Plank Road" photo courtesy of Shirley Ostermann	Phillip Messer's diary from 1906, from the collection of Willard Osterhout