Portal:Hudson Valley/Did you know/42

• ... that Oscar Wilde praised the location of a resort hotel at the foot, rather than the summit, of the Catskills' Mount Tremper (pictured) because it provided better views?
• ... that the South Presbyterian Church in Dobbs Ferry, New York, is the only known work of architect Julius Munckowitz, despite his later career with New York City's parks?
• ... that William Shay, a ragman in New Hamburg, New York, built a duplex and warehouse/stable that were unusually ornamented for their time and region?