Farrington Post Cards

Like his rivals at Russell & Lawrie in Tarrytown, drugstore owner Edward Farrington had a line of souvenirs. Farrington’s Drug Store was located on the corner of Beekman Avenue and Washington Street in North Tarrytown. Farrington (or his printer) employed a numbering system for his images, typically a six-digit code on the image side of the card. In the mid-2000s former Rockefeller archivist Lucas Buresch cataloged Farrington’s “Lost Postcards of the Rockefeller Estate” with notes on each.

View our full collection of cards at our Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown Post Card Gallery.

Edward Farrington post card numbered 404,418 Orangerie, Estate of J. D. Rockefeller, Pocantico Hills, Tarrytown, N.Y. Winter Quarters for the Ancient Orange Trees. Today this is home to the The David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center.

Edward Farrington post card numbered 402,633 The Lake, J. D. Rockefeller Estate, Pocantico Hills, Tarrytown, N.Y.

404,416 Residence of J.D. Rockefeller, Pocantico Hills, N.Y., showing Sunken Garden and Japanese Tea House. Farrington is incorrect. The Rockefeller family refers to it simply as the “tea house”. The interior is in the style of ancient Pompeii, not Japan.

404,421 Marble Fountain in Circular Garden, Estate of J. D. Rockefeller, Pocantico Hills, N.Y. Many of the Orange Trees in this Garden are more than 400 years old.

901,121 Kidd’s Rock, Tarrytown, N. Y. Legend has it this massive boulder, known locally as Kidd’s Rock, was a meeting place for Frederick Philipse, lord of a 52,000-acre manor on the shores of the Hudson River, and the notorious pirate Captain Kidd.

An historic postcard of Kidd Rock on the shore of the Hudson River in Kingsland Point Park, Sleepy Hollow, New York.

401,131 Andre Brook, Division line of Tarrytown and North Tarrytown, N. Y. This is where British spy John Andre was captured in 1780. After he was hanged at Tappan, NY, Andre’s ghost was reputed to haunt the scene of his capture. This is also the spot in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” where Ichabod Crane first encounters the headless horseman.

901,130 St. Teresa’s Catholic Church, North Tarrytown, N. Y. The church and parish house still stand on Beekman Avenue.