Main house at Traphagen
NEW CITY – Clarkstown officials announced an agreement with the Rockland Farm Alliance to operate a restored 18th century working farm and education center on the town’s open space property known as Traphagen, on Germonds Road, in West Nyack.
The Rockland Farm Alliance is a non-profit group dedicated to preserving and revitalizing the county’s remaining farmland before it is lost to suburban development. The alliance and Heritage West Nyack, a local not-for-profit, formed to preserve the history of West Nyack, proposed to restore the nine-acre historic property into a working farm and agricultural education destination, modeled on the original farm that was established on the property some 300 years ago.
“Traphagen Estate is a win for everyone, because it will bring the timeless architectural beauty and agricultural wisdom of our county’s past into a promising new future together,” said John McDowell, Rockland Farm Alliance founder and president.
