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Haviland is a community and census-designated place (CDP) in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 4,174 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area.
Well over a century ago - in 1839 - a young American named David Haviland, then living in New York, was engaged in the retail china business in that city. To his shop came many of New York’s prominent families to choose the china—that with great talent and interest—he was importing from England.
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Haviland began to speculate in his own projects, most notably commercial arcades in Philadelphia (1825-1828) and New York (1826-1827) and an ill-conceived amusement park called the Labyrinthine Garden (1828). Threatened by bankruptcy, Haviland diverted funds from the Naval Hospital (1826-1833) at Port Nelson, VA, to cover some of his debts.
Laura Smith Haviland (December 20, 1808 – April 20, 1898) was an American abolitionist, suffragette, and social reformer. She was a Quaker and an important figure in the history of the Underground Railroad .
Haviland is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Dutchess County, New York, United States
John Haviland. 1792-1852. John Haviland by John Neagle (1828) Haviland was born in Somerset England and bound to an architect in 1811. He left the firm in hope of securing an appointment to the Russian Imperial Corps of Engineers. In Russia, he met John Quincy Adams who encouraged him to come to the United States — which he did in 1816.
Dec 16, 2016 · I sent the webmaster an email inquiring if they had any information on the architect and the Haviland Cemetery in Harrison, New York that lists two burial sites for a John Haviland. I received a reply from Chris Haviland, 12th cousin to John Haviland’s third great grand-nephew, descended from the architect’s father, James Haviland, and ...
