Triebel's Garage - Red Hook, Dutchess Co., NY
Triebel's Garage
Red Hook, Dutchess Co., NY
Triebel's Garage was founded by William Frederick Triebel in the spring of 1917. My Uncle Don (Donald Franklin Triebel) remembered the following ("Pa" refers to William Frederick Triebel):
"Before buying the garage property in Red Hook they knew the Brenzels who lived on West Market Street in the house that faces the intersection of Linden Avenue. While visiting them they took a walk up to look at the garage property (on North Broadway where the Triebel Building was eventually built) there was a boarding house there at the time. After they bought the property they tore the boarding house down and saved the lumber. He built a shed in the back with it later on. They had a contractor build the garage out in the front near Broadway. Pa opened for business in the spring of 1917. With about $50 he had left after building the building, he bought some spark plugs and other parts to start business with. He traded in a boat for part of the cost of construction. This was after striking a deal with the contractor on the way the building was to be constructed. He added first to the back then to the north of the building.
In the early '20s they built the garage annex in Upper Red Hook. William Franklin and Dorothy (Simmons) Triebel lived as newlyweds in a house near the Episcopal Church in Upper Red Hook. That house had no indoor plumbing or water. When Route 9 was paved the road no longer went through Upper Red Hook. Traffic was also down and the crash had occurred. The annex was closed and Franklin and Dorothy moved to Red Hook to live in an apartment over the garage in Red Hook."
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A copy of a large photo of the original garage taken around 1924. This building still stands in the village of Red Hook (on the east side of Broadway just north of the intersection with Market Street), but it is now a storefront with shops or offices in the old service bays. William Franklin and Dorothy (Simmons) Triebel lived in the apartment upstairs with their children in the 1930s and 40s. There are some odd glares and reflections in this image because the original was behind glass when this snapshot of it was taken.
A postcard of the original garage, probably taken sometime in the 1920s. The back of the card mentions "Good Rooms" - I believe that some of the upstairs rooms were rented out before my grandparents and their family moved in in the 1930s.
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A postcard of the village of Red Hook, probably taken sometime in the 1920s. The view looks north along Broadway. The original Triebel's Garage building is visible in the background (someone has written an "x" over it). The Red Hook Hotel, on the left side of the photo, was torn down years ago and is now the site of a gas station.
A photo of the original garage, taken in 1943 by my late Uncle Don.
Photos of the original garage building as of May, 2002.
Two old business cards from the original garage.
Triebel's Garage towtruck on the job in 1943. Written on the back: "1943 Rt 9H near R66 - cold morning - BX Mack had been on its left side"
The former Triebel's Garage annex in Upper Red Hook that was closed in the early 1930s after the stock market had crashed and Route 9 had been rerouted so that it no longer ran through Upper Red Hook. I think this photo of the building was taken some time in the 1980s.
An aerial view of the "new" location south of the village of Red Hook, taken in 1962. The business is still located here, although it has grown quite a bit since this photo was taken. I seem to remember being told that this was a gas station before the family bought it for use as their garage. From the photo, it looks it may have been a farm once years ago.
A correspondent has generously contributed some photos he took of Red Hook in 1949.
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A copy of a large photo of the original garage taken around 1924. This building still stands in the village of Red Hook (on the east side of Broadway just north of the intersection with Market Street), but it is now a storefront with shops or offices in the old service bays. William Franklin and Dorothy (Simmons) Triebel lived in the apartment upstairs with their children in the 1930s and 40s. There are some odd glares and reflections in this image because the original was behind glass when this snapshot of it was taken.
A postcard of the original garage, probably taken sometime in the 1920s. The back of the card mentions "Good Rooms" - I believe that some of the upstairs rooms were rented out before my grandparents and their family moved in in the 1930s.
A postcard of the village of Red Hook, probably taken sometime in the 1920s. The view looks north along Broadway. The original Triebel's Garage building is visible in the background (someone has written an "x" over it). The Red Hook Hotel, on the left side of the photo, was torn down years ago and is now the site of a gas station.
A photo of the original garage, taken in 1943 by my late Uncle Don.
Photos of the original garage building as of May, 2002.
Two old business cards from the original garage.
Triebel's Garage towtruck on the job in 1943. Written on the back: "1943 Rt 9H near R66 - cold morning - BX Mack had been on its left side"
The former Triebel's Garage annex in Upper Red Hook that was closed in the early 1930s after the stock market had crashed and Route 9 had been rerouted so that it no longer ran through Upper Red Hook. I think this photo of the building was taken some time in the 1980s.
An aerial view of the "new" location south of the village of Red Hook, taken in 1962. The business is still located here, although it has grown quite a bit since this photo was taken. I seem to remember being told that this was a gas station before the family bought it for use as their garage. From the photo, it looks it may have been a farm once years ago.