CLINTON Wilde CLAPP was the fifth son of Benjamin & Ruth Houghton Clapp. His father named one of his mills, the Clintondale Mill, after him. He built a 4-story Mansard-roofed, 2nd Empire Brick and stone mansion on South Avenue in the Village of Wappingers Falls, NY in the late 1800's. It was built on part of his father's estate. This victorian mansion was one of the first in the area that had a steam heating system that could be controlled in each room. Mr. Clapp built a large pipe organ in the rear parlor of the home.
During his life Mr. Clapp was a businessman & historian. He wrote and published many articles of historic value in the Wappingers Chronicle during the early 1900's.
He was also an amateur folk painter. Several of his paintings were donated by the Clapp estate to the Grinnell Library in the Village of Wappingers Falls. One of them is a large oil painting of the Clintondale Mill. They can be seen there today.
During his life Mr. Clapp was a businessman & historian. He wrote and published many articles of historic value in the Wappingers Chronicle during the early 1900's.
He was also an amateur folk painter. Several of his paintings were donated by the Clapp estate to the Grinnell Library in the Village of Wappingers Falls. One of them is a large oil painting of the Clintondale Mill. They can be seen there today.
CLINTON Wilde CLAPP was the fifth son of Benjamin & Ruth Houghton Clapp. His father named one of his mills, the Clintondale Mill, after him. He built a 4-story Mansard-roofed, 2nd Empire Brick and stone mansion on South Avenue in the Village of Wappingers Falls, NY in the late 1800's. It was built on part of his father's estate. This victorian mansion was one of the first in the area that had a steam heating system that could be controlled in each room. Mr. Clapp built a large pipe organ in the rear parlor of the home.
During his life Mr. Clapp was a businessman & historian. He wrote and published many articles of historic value in the Wappingers Chronicle during the early 1900's.
He was also an amateur folk painter. Several of his paintings were donated by the Clapp estate to the Grinnell Library in the Village of Wappingers Falls. One of them is a large oil painting of the Clintondale Mill. They can be seen there today.
During his life Mr. Clapp was a businessman & historian. He wrote and published many articles of historic value in the Wappingers Chronicle during the early 1900's.
He was also an amateur folk painter. Several of his paintings were donated by the Clapp estate to the Grinnell Library in the Village of Wappingers Falls. One of them is a large oil painting of the Clintondale Mill. They can be seen there today.
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