Wyndclyffe, Rhinebeck

I am contacting you on behalf of The Museum of Rhinebeck History and because I read the message to you from "Mike." First:
- to ask you to please let me know if you have definite knowledge that Jacob Ruppert Sr., at any time, ever lived in the house called Wyndclyffe. I have never heard that before. My understanding is that he bought Linwood at a foreclosure sale through the efforts of a relative, John G. Gillig, for $29,000. Linwood is in Rhinebeck, a neighboring property to the south of Wyndclyffe.

My second question is whether Jacob Ruppert Sr. was related to or socially (or through business) familiar with the Andrew Finks who bought Wyndclyffe. With the Finks were the Schwartzwieler/Conrad Stein families who were related to each other and bought or built houses on land that might have been part of the Linwood property.

If your research has uncovered any answer to these questions, I would appreciate your passing it along to me. Or if I can be of any help to you, do not hesitate to contact me. 

Stein family

I am interested in your site as my Great Grandmother was
Josephine Stein Uterhart, one of the daughters of Conrad
Stein.
I understand that the orginal Brewery sign still hangs on a
building...or at least up until a couplde of years ago.
I am anxious to learn more of the family history. we do
have some in the attic also.
I currently live in Vermont.

breweries

I can recall riding the Third Ave. EL in the 50's and looking down on the vats where they made the beer. We could smell the beer from blocks away.

Schlimmer/Wyndcliffe/Linwood

Kerri!  E-mail me about William Schlimmer.  I have yet to get an answer at the number you left for me.

Also, Michael of Wyndclyffe, I welcome your call or e-mail.  Sure hope to make contact with both of you!
JACOB
jacob@jacobruppert.com

Ruppert Brewery

I grew up in the 1950s on 92nd Street between First and Second Ave. I can still smell the pungent aroma of "Knickerbocker" beer brewing. I remember hearing stories of the Tap Room at the brewery where (I was told) one faucet contained water and one contained beer. I remember playing ball between the buildings on 93rd Street and trying to throw a "spaldeen" ball over the brewery roof from accross First Avenue between 92nd and 93rd Street. I also remember, unfortunately, the attempt to save the Ruppert Tower after the buildings had been demolished and vandals set the tower on fire. I remember the brass name plate, which read, I believe, Jacob Ruppert Brewery above the main entrance to the building on Third Avenue. ,I also believe that my Uncle, Frank Faulhaber, who owned a custom truck building business at 307 E 92nd Street may have worked on some of the Brewery trucks. The Ruppert family was always very supportive of the neighborhood and it was a wonderful time  growing up in Yorkville in those days.

Brewery photos

contact:
TAKIS@prodigy.net

Rupperts Brewery

I just bought, out of an attic in a massachusetts house, a sign that looks to be quite old and possibly was on the Brewery building. The metal sign reads "J RUPPERTS BREWERY, 92ND ST & 3RD AVE, LAGER BIER". Any thoughts on this sign? I have pictures.

Father Knick

Jake,my father worked in package sales during the 50's and took me once as a boy to the brewery and I still remember the huge copper vats. In Aug 1954 he won a sales contest and I still have the 3ft stien he was awarded...I'll send you a pix of it..Tom

Conrad Stein sign

Someone mentioned the Conrad Stein brewery -- I can attest that one sign remains, heavily painted-over but still discernible.  It reads "Conrad Stein and Sons Malt House."  It's atop 514 W. 57th St., now home to cbsnews.com and other CBS News facilities (including my office). 

query re.

oops, sorry.
e-mail is: momrox@optonline.net

RHINEBECK-LINWOOD-JACOBRUPPERT

I HAVE A HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENT TITLED: 1686-1884 RHINEBECK - LINWOOD. HISTORY OF RHINEBECK. THE FIRST NAMES MENTIONED ARE INDIANS (3- WITH THEIR NAMES) TO HOLLAND DUTCHMEN SETTLERS (3- WITH THEIR NAMES).NEXT IS A LIST OF THE "SUNDRY LOT DIVISONS" LISTING 15 FROM/TO NAMES. THE FIRST BEING:GERRIT ARTSEU to EBERT VAN WAGEN. THE INTERESTING PART OF THIS DOCUMENT,AT THE END OF THESE 15 + NAMES IS "MORTGAGEE" JACOB RUPPERT. THERE ARE 25 PAGES IN THIS OLD HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENT. I AM CURIOUS AS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PAPER. ON THE BOTTOM OF FIRST PAGE IS THE NAME JAS.T.SPARKMAN,NEW YORK 1884. THANK YOU FOR ANY INFORMATION. 

Ruppert Family Treet

To John J. Ruppert of Philadelphia.  You state that your "great-great-grandpop" was Jacob Ruppert's first cousin.  And who was your great-great-grandpop?
K. Jacob Ruppert
jacob@jacobruppert.com