From 1932 to 1946, I lived with my parents in a house and store at the northwest corner of North Middletown Road and old Route 59 (the old Nyack Turnpike) in Nanuet in Rockland County, New York . It was then known as "Cardinal's Luncheonette" and was what remained of the Hanover Hotel, part of which burned in a fire about 1902. Old timers in the 40's still spoke of the fire. I have a picture postcard with writing dated in 1901, showing the hotel at that time with a horse and buggy in front. I also have a scanned copy of a photo taken in 1922 showing an old fire ring at the southeast corner of that intersection. The original is in the possession of a resident of Nanuet, who has a number of old pictures of the town as it was 70 and 80 years ago. The hotel was owned in 1901 by one Gustav Arwe. I was told many years ago that the hotel was built before the Civil War and was a stop on the stage from Nyack to Suffern and beyond. The site is now buried under the southbound lanes of the much widened North Middletown Road and the adjacent mall (not the Nanuet Mall, which is across Route 59 to the southwest). Does anyone have any information about the Hanover hotel, such as when it was built and when the fire took place that nearly destroyed it? In addition, does anyone have any information as to the stage routes, if any, on the old Nyack Turnpike and when the Turnpike was built? I now live in Henderson, Nevada and do not have ready access to research material about New York State or Rockland County. Thank you for your help. Some may remember me as the Town Historian of Scarsdale, New York from 1970 to 1974 who published articles in The Westchester Historian in the early 70's on matters relating to Westchester County history, including the series on the hangings in White Plains entitled "Eight Who Were Hanged" and "The County Seat is Moved"