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Comment on Lawrence Mania! by Barblangeway

Barblangeway — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:37:14 +0000

Hi, my name is barbara, granddaughter of the helen lawrence that you refer to in your article. Some of my sisters and I have decided to pick up where grandma left off. Can I tell me if you ever got the photos you were looking for, and if the family history was ever published?

Comment on President Street by ilan

ilan — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:44:43 +0000

I recently stayed at president street and noticed that the now 1328 president street house now looks haunted in a way… any possible way you can tell me the reason behind its looks….

Comment on President Street by Valerie Somers

Valerie Somers — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:08:42 +0000

my mother said it was nick named “The millionairs’ St. ” .WE DEFINITELY HAD OUR SHARE OF THEM !!!! the sad thing is that little by little everyone moved away. we were the second owners. we stayed there until the 3 oldest children married and moved away. then we went to1338. . i knew very few young people on my street.one time when i was older i was on the subway when a young man started to talk to me. i swore i had never seen him before in my life. it seems that he had lived all his life across the street from me. i claimed severe nearsightedness. my best friends lived on CARROL St. just around the corner. their names were Regina and Catherine McNally. their father was a playwrite.

Comment on Monterey by pamela

pamela — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:16:18 +0000

Thank you, Caitlin!

I’m so happy to hear your memories. Especially you swearing that the place was haunted. I often thought so myself. Do you recall if you had an experience there? My Aunt, who is sensitive, said she had several experiences in one of the bedrooms down the hall. Not in the one you were in, which was actually my mother’s bedroom, which was across from the room that she called “the conservatory”. When we first arrived we found an attic FULL of bats! There are always bats flying around Lake Garfield at night. When we moved in we heard a story that there had been a bad girl living there, She was apparently an heiress who set fire to her home,and the house burned down and both her parents died. She was then sent to live at Rock Ridge with a governness, and one day she pulled a ladder out from under the governess, who was I believe killed. I can’t recall how we heard that story, or if it was really true. But my mother drew enough good spirits around the house that I’m sure they kept the evil ones at bay!

Pamela

Comment on Monterey by Caitlin Teifer

Caitlin Teifer — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:13:57 +0000

We had so much fun the two times we went to Rock Ridge. I remember swearing that it was haunted…lol…and I stayed in a bedroom that was across from some sort of room with like a table and a lot of crosses in it….and I remember a sign that said “bats in the belfry”…I remember the piano in the living room and when we went my mom used to play it for everyone…ahhh memories…we all wished we could go back…oh well..c’est la vie. Lol..
Take care pamela…thank u so much for all the information!!!
-caitlin

Comment on Monterey by pamela

pamela — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:45:04 +0000

Hi Caitlin,

Imaginary house, LOL! I recall now that my parents were renting it out during winters when they were in Florida, and that must have been your father’s company. I think they were using it as a base for going skiing in the area. We knew a lot of different people were using the house, but they always took good care of it. How nice that you have such fond memories of Rock Ridge! It was actually called Rock Ridge as far back as 1924, when my great-grandfather bought it for my grandparents, but my grandmother thought it was too far from the water for supervising small children, so they sold it and she moved over to his property. Then years later, my father bought it back! Since then it has changed hands twice.The house that my grandmother took is now a Bed and Breakfast called Lakeview Terrace, so if you have a real yen for staying in Monterey, you could try there. It is only open in the summer.

Pamela

Comment on Monterey by Caitlin

Caitlin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:39:45 +0000

I was there 2 times. It was probably about 17 yrs ago…I was only about 11 I believe and we went there because my father said his company had rented it or something along those lines and whoever wanted to could go there for the weekend….something like that…I was talking to close family friends recently and they came with us both times we went. All of us kids are older now and married and moved away and we still all remember and talk about rock ridge. We were scouring the internet trying to find it because we thought we would be able to spend a weekend up there again…I tried calling the Monterey MA municipal office and they thought I was crazy and talking about some imaginary house. Lol. My question is this? Obviously we are talking about the same place- do u rent the house out at all?? I hope to hear from you again! Thank you so much!

Caitlin

Comment on Monterey by pamela

pamela — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:17:30 +0000

Caitlin,

I’m not sure what you’re asking. Are you saying that you vacationed at Rock Ridge on Lake Garfield? If so, this is the same house. It was owned by our family at the time the pictures were taken, but it was called Rock Ridge before that. When would you have been there?

Pamela

Comment on Monterey by Caitlin Teifer

Caitlin Teifer — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:20:16 +0000

This is a bizzarre question, however, I will ask it anyways..as I was hunting on the internet for information regarding a childhood vacation spot of mine called Rock Ridge, I came across images from your website…they said something like “mother’s day at rock ridge”…or something along those lines. Anyways, I am just wondering if you have any information regarding this house on Lake Garfield..or if those pictures are totally unrelated…any information would be appreciated. Thank you.

Comment on President Street by pamela

pamela — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:49:04 +0000

My father went to Poly Prep Country Day School and often talked about how much he loved it. My Aunt Valerie went to School of the Holy Child in Suffern, NY. It’s possible that some of the others went to Brooklyn Prep.

Pamela