Commack Corners
Welcome to Commack Corners at the turn of the century when there were only a few stores and no traffic.
Commack Corners C.1910. Wm. Mahlers hotel and Otten's store were on the corners. Ketchams candy and cigar shop, then Hallock's Dry Goods is on hill.
The General Store was built by Joseph Whitman in c.1672 . In the background is the Methodist Church Parsonage built in 1895.
Herbert J. Harned owned the store until 1900 then the Otten's took over. Before this Miami Otten handled the mail at their  house nearby.
The first hotel was built in 1770 and burned down in 1895. Wm. Mahler built this one around 1900. Then Gordans the owned it for many years.