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Brewster is a village and the principal settlement within the town of Southeast in Putnam County, New York. Brewster's population was 2, at the census. The village, which is the most densely populated portion of the county, was named for two early farmer landowners, Walter and James Brewster, who donated land for the Brewster railroad station in The village of Brewster derives its name from that of the landowner, Walter Brewster, who invited the New York and Harlem Railroad to build a depot on his property in Brewster's Station, New York sometimes just "Brewster's" , appeared on maps, [ 3 ] on postcards, and in directories of Putnam County throughout the second half of the 19th century.

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It was officially incorporated as the Village of Brewster, New York, in In his second chapter on the town of Southeast , he wrote: "The land now [] embraced within the limits of the village of Brewster consists of a farm which was sold by the commissioners of forfeiture to Peleg Bailey, in A portion of it afterward passed into the possession of Bailey Howes, his grandson, who sold 98 acres to Gilbert Bailey on April 1, Two other tracts containing 39 acres were sold to Gilbert Bailey, by William P.

Downs and Frederick Parks in The road was surveyed as far as Pawling , and the prospect of its being continued to that point seemed certain, and to the new purchasers of the farm it seemed just the place for a station. The first new house in the place was built by Walter F. Brewster, in and stood in front of the present [] Methodist church.

Brewster, who needed all sorts of materials in his building activities. Large shipments were billed simply to 'Brewster's Station' for lack of better designation. This is the apparent origin of the village's name, which many years ago was shortened to Brewster.