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The Union Hotel, built in 1800, once stood on this site and for many years served as the official village stage house for the York and Albany Turnpike Stag Company. Many important persons stopped at the hotel, including Emperor Napoleon III of France, who dined there several times on visits to America. Next to the hotel stood the J.E. Buckhout Blacksmith Shop, which met the needs of the stage coaches and horses. In 1887, Dr. Edward B. Sherwood, a dentist who served the village as its president, the predecessor to the office of mayor, purchased the property, demolished the hotel, and built his grand residence. The Cynthard Building, which now occupies the site, was built in Renaissance Revival style in 1929.
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Ossining, New York · United States
