... Courses Open . During this nationwide golf craze, driving ranges and a short course opened in the Village of Pelham Manor as well. Today's Historic Pelham Blog article tells the story of those Pelham Manor driving ranges and short course. The Pelham ...
... eventually became one of the two principal real estate developments from which much of today's Village of Pelham Manor evolved. (The other section, of course, was the development of the Pelham Manor & Huguenot Heights Association organized two ...
To this day Pelhamites chuckle fondly when they reminisce about the tiny little Pelham Manor Trolley that met all the trains and that inspired cartoonist Fontaine Fox to create the "Toonerville Trolley" that also met all the trains as part of the long-running comic "Toonerville Folks." Though the Pelham Manor trolley made its final run in 1937, more than eighty years later most residents of Pelham know of the trolley and the role it played in inspiring Fontaine Fox.
... IMPORTANT, VALUABLE AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE VILLAGES OF PELHAM, NORTH PELHAM, PELHAM HEIGHTS AND PELHAM MANOR Lying snugly between the flourishing cities of New Rochelle and Mount Vernon, on the New York, New Haven and Hartford ...
... 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 ...
... Connected Pelham to the Outside World in 1882 . The same year (1882), a telegraph office began operating in Pelham Manor daily (except Sundays) from 6:00 a.m. until 8:45 p.m. each day. See Tue., Aug. 11, 2009: News of Pelham Manor and City Island ...
... representation was cold at first, but after argument, confined their objections to the presumed attitude of Pelham Manor to such a proposition." In short, Pelhamville knew that the Town of Pelham would have to be annexed to block New York City from ...
... B. Randall, and B. Collins took the lead and decided to purchase a plot along today's Split Rock Road in Pelham Manor on land once owned by Aaron Burr and, later, the Prevost family. The land cost $1,500. The three men needed to raise $100 ...
... Avenue--beginning at the Shore Road, near the present boundary line between New Rochelle and the Village of Pelham Manor, and running north to where is now Hillcrest. When the New Haven Railroad, Harlem Division, opened the Pelham Manor Station in ...
... on What May Have Been the First Telephone Installed in Pelham . Tue., Mar. 29, 2005: The Earliest Telephone in Pelham Manor? Residents of the Town of Pelham seemed to recognize the importance and value of the new invention very early. On July 19, ...
... on What May Have Been the First Telephone Installed in Pelham . Tue., Mar. 29, 2005: The Earliest Telephone in Pelham Manor? Residents of the Town of Pelham seemed to recognize the importance and value of the new invention very early. On July 19, ...
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.
... 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 ...
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 ...
... building they built we know today as Siwanoy Elementary School located at 489 Siwanoy Place in the Village of Pelham Manor. The decision to build a new school, including how to pay for it and where to locate it, was not easy. Moreover, when the ...
... building they built we know today as Siwanoy Elementary School located at 489 Siwanoy Place in the Village of Pelham Manor. The decision to build a new school, including how to pay for it and where to locate it, was not easy. Moreover, when the ...
Introduction " Voila! ", Judge William F. Gay of Mount Vernon must have thought at that moment more than 110 years ago when his research seemed finally to have paid off. His research revealed a potential weakness in the chain of title involving a fifty-acre farm that had been sold many decades before for development in Pelham Manor.
With the holiday season coming to a close, DPW crews are gearing up to kick off long-awaited rehabilitation efforts at the Fulton Avenue Drawbridge along the Mount Vernon and Pelham Manor border. Beginning on Wednesday, Jan. 4, the bridge will be closed to motorists and pedestrians between Secor Lane and Edison Avenue.
... yet exist. (It was created by New York State statute in 1788.) The area was known as the Manor of Pelham (or "Pelham Manor" for short). The brief stretch of the Old Boston Post Road that ran through Pelham ran from the border with Eastchester ...
... five years. Beecroft became an active member of the community that, in 1891, incorporated as the Village of Pelham Manor. According to the minutes of the Pelham Manor Protect Club, a predecessor to village government, Beecroft was elected a member ...
... for the youngsters. It arranged for revolving appearances of local church ministers from Mount Vernon and Pelham Manor to deliver sermons to the congregation. Early services and Sunday School gatherings were held in the parlor of the home of Mr. ...
... did little to hamper our major transportation arteries. . . . One such accident occurred on Boston Post Road in Pelham Manor on the evening of Wednesday, June 20, 1906. The accident occurred on the roadway roughly where today's Our Lady of Perpetual ...
... Haven Branch Line railroad overpass where a few homes stood on Manor Circle adjacent to the railroad tracks and Pelham Manor Depot. Old growth woods lined both sides of the roadway. With no streetlights, the towering trees made the roadway ...
... Court on the Same Site Overlooking Pelham Country Club . In 1925, more construction occurred on the Village of Pelham Manor than ever before in its history. Planned construction of the Hutchinson River Parkway was well underway. Developments along ...
... occasions. For a few examples, see : Thu., Apr. 21, 2016: St. Louis Newspaper Described the "Exclusivity" of Pelham Manor in 1892 . Fri., Nov. 27, 2015: Detailed and Fascinating Description of the Village of Pelham Manor in 1892 . Tue., Apr. 28, ...
... that such a system would not suffice. Moreover, other nearby communities including the settlements known as Pelham Manor and Pelhamville were also beginning to look for a larger, more-reliable water source. To make matters worse, in 1886 the area ...
Recently I wrote about a pair of lawsuits brought by George H. Reynolds, President and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Pelham Manor Protective Club, in 1883 against Town of Pelham Supervisor James Hyatt and the Westchester County Board of Supervisors to stop a tax levy against Town of Pelham residents to fund construction of a new City Island Bridge. See Mon., Jun. 05, 2017: For Once, Pelham Manor Mainlanders Told City Islanders "No" in 1883 .