Memories of Fred Bass

... on the strength of a book sale and a paycheck from a CBS TV series, my wife Susan and I bought a house in Pelham Manor, N.Y. Two weeks after our move, Susan said: "I got a call from Pat, Fred Bass's wife. Seems we're neighbors. She invited us to ...

News of Pelham Published February 12, 1875

... of publication. In its earliest days, the newspaper occasionally carried news of Pelham. In those early days, Pelham Manor had not been settled much. The settlement of Pelhamville was tiny and, as one might expected, generated little interest or ...

Early Postcard View of ‘The Dogwoods,’ the Black Family Mansion on Pelhamdale Avenue

Robert C. Black, a member of the well-known Fifth Avenue jeweler Black Starr & Frost, lived with his wife, Mary Witherbee Black, in a splendid mansion that stood on a large tract where the homes between 958 and 1000 Esplanade now stand. The couple moved to Pelham Manor in the 1870s and originally lived in the home that still stands at 1057 Esplanade, an example of the "Esplanade Villa" style of home offered in the early days of the development efforts of the Pelham Manor and Huguenot Heights Association.