Yesterday's Historic Pelham article detailed a little of the history of the Pelham Manor Golf Club founded in 1895 by a group of leading socialites from Pelham Manor and New Rochelle. The tiny golf course was located between today's Washington Avenue and the New York City Boundary and opened on November 6, 1895.
... on Fowler Avenue . Fewer, however, know that several years earlier a golf course opened on Prospect Hill in Pelham Manor. Pelham, it seems, was in the midst of the golf craze that swept over the New York Region in the mid-1890s. On Wednesday, ...
... The Early History of Pelham's Town Hall, Built in 1909 . Designed by architect Frederick Roosevelt Loney of Pelham Manor and built in 1909 to replace the previous wooden Town Hall building that burned down on the evening of October 23, 1908, Pelham ...
On Monday evening, Board of Legislators Vice Chairman Jim Maisano New Rochelle, Pelham, Pelham Manor was joined by 14 of his fellow Legislators in passing a $9.54 million Bond Act to completely rehabilitate the pool at Playland Amusement Park. As a youth, Legislator Maisano competed in the Westchester County swimming championships at Playland and fondly remembered going on the Dragon Coaster and other rides with other swimmers following their competition.
... agents and local police enforcing the law of the land. The Ash Tree Inn was a notorious roadhouse that stood in Pelham Manor at 4393 Boston Post Road very near the boundary with New York City. The establishment took its name from a large ash tree ...
... saying: "The Walsh family supplied butter, milk, and other dairy products to residents of North Pelham, Pelham Manor, and New Rochelle. The dairy farm included a large pasture and cattle barn. The pasture was enclosed by stone walls and, in some ...
The Beecroft Brothers, sons of John R. Beecroft who died in 1901, were a Pelham Manor institution in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. James, Chester, and Fred Beecroft grew up in Pelham Manor, roaming its rural countryside, swimming and fishing in its local waters, and playing baseball and other sports on its open fields.
... could carry outside to save. Still the persistent flames gnawed at the structure. Firemen from North Pelham, Pelham Manor, and Mount Vernon arrived and began fighting the flames with steam boiler engines that pumped water in high streams onto the ...
... Chest in the 19th Century . Thu., Feb. 19, 2015: Another Account of Gold and Silver Treasure Found in a Pelham Manor Backyard in 1889 . Wed., Jun. 11, 2014: Buried Treasure Off the Shores of Pelham: The Legend of Pirate's Treasure . Wed., Oct. 14, ...
... Town of Pelham had at least three, and perhaps four, vigilance committees: one or two on City Island, one in Pelham Manor on the mainland, and another in Pelhamville on the mainland. City Island clearly had a vigilance committee focused on ...
James D. Burnett was a celebrated citizen of Pelham Manor during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He served as Chief of Constables for the Town of Pelham and, later, became a member of the Village of Pelham Manor Police Department where he served into the 1920s.
James D. Burnett was a celebrated citizen of Pelham Manor during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He served as Chief of Constables for the Town of Pelham and, later, became a member of the Village of Pelham Manor Police Department where he served into the 1920s.
... at the ballot box or during votes taken at Town meetings controlled by City Island Democrats. Residents of Pelham Manor, Bartow, Prospect Hill, and Pelhamville grew angrier by the year about their circumstances. As far as they were concerned, "City ...
... at the ballot box or during votes taken at Town meetings controlled by City Island Democrats. Residents of Pelham Manor, Bartow, Prospect Hill, and Pelhamville grew angrier by the year about their circumstances. As far as they were concerned, "City ...