Sparta had become the reputed center of drug and liquor smuggling into Sing Sing Prison. Prostitution and murder occurred. The Vanderlips formed a corporation and hired architects and contractors to redesign and restore the houses that were worth saving. Some houses were torn down, others moved to relieve the crowding. The renovated houses were rented to teachers and others of modest income. The Vanderlip corporation retained title to some houses for more than 50 years, as the houses were gradually sold to private owners over the period from the 1930s to the 1970s.|
|1974||The Jug Tavern was purchased jointly by the Town of Ossining and the Ossining Restoration Committee.|
|1975||Part of Sparta was designated by the Village of Ossining as the Sparta Historic Architectural and Design District.|
|1976||The Jug Tavern was entered onto the National Register of Historic Places.|
|1986||Title to the Jug Tavern was passed to Jug Tavern of Sparta, Inc., a tax exempt not-for-profit corporation, whose sole purpose is to preserve the historic building.|
Copyright 1997 Sparta Association. References: A Walking Tour of Sparta, Ossining Restoration Committee (ORC): 1976; A Land of Peace, Philip Field Horne, ORC, 1976; Ossining, N.Y., Carl Oechsner, North River: 1976; Retrospectives, Ossining Historical Society: 1981.
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