This photograph from an old book was kindly contributed by Joan Howe, who writes,
"The house belonged in 1925 to H. Judd Ward, a member of the
Rensselaer County Bar Association." Joan adds that the book says, "Ward-Haven Hall is a mansion of castle proportions, on the Troy Road, between Troy and Albany. One of the pieces of furniture which he [Mr Ward] prizes very highly is a bureau desk, on which he has been told was written the poem 'A Visit from Saint Nicholas', commonly called `The Night Before Christmas'."
