Pelham’s Bay View Hotel In 1885

The 1870s and the 1880s were the Golden Age of summer resorts in the Town of Pelham with most facilities located in the Pelham Bridge and City Island area of the Town. One of several spectacular summer resorts at the time was the Bay View Hotel, occasionally referenced as the "Bay View House" and "Von Liehn's Bay View Hotel."

Afghani Au Pair From Pelham Nominated For International Award

An au pair from Afghanistan has been nominated for a prestigious international award for his continuing care for a Pelham family the last three years. Ali Hoseinzadeh has been nominated for the International Au Pair of the Year award, which celebrates a caretaker's "extraordinary impact on their host family, commitment to going above and beyond their duties and appreciation for meaningful culture change."

Was Abraham Lincoln Ever in Pelham?

A number of American Presidents have had connections, however fleeting, to the Town of Pelham. These include George Washington, Martin Van Buren, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, Warren G. Harding, and Chester A. Arthur.

Picture House In Pelham Screens ‘They Call Us Monsters,’ With Director Q&A

The Picture House Regional Film Center in Pelham will host a special advance screening of the new documentary "They Call Us Monsters" on Saturday, Jan. 21. The documentary is set in California where violent juveniles between the ages of 14 and 17 can be tried as adults depending on the seriousness of the crime. These young teens are accused of heinous crimes--murders and attempted murders--that leave their victims' families shattered.

Baseball Star Paddy Smith of Pelham

Recently I received a copy of the new book "Paddy Smith: Dexter Park's Eternal Firebrand" by Thomas F. Smith, a grandson of Lawrence Patrick "Paddy" Smith of Pelham. The book is an entertaining and informative account of the storied baseball career of Paddy Smith, a Pelham resident and baseball star who briefly made it to the major leagues during the 1920 season.

Westchester County Top Producers Holly Mellstrom, Kristin Bischof,…

Julia B. Fee Sotheby's International Realty today announced that seasoned real estate agents Holly Mellstrom, Kristin Bischof, Alison Schair-Trigona and Elizabeth Ritchie have joined the firm and will be based in the Bronxville, N.Y., brokerage. Holly Mellstrom has ranked as the highest producing real estate agent in the Pelham, N.Y., marketplace for five of the past six years including 2016, as well as one of the top producers in all of Westchester County.

Achieving the Impossible in 1873: Lifting the 160-Ton Draw of the…

In 1873, railroad crews were working furiously to construct the New Haven Branch Line through Pelham. Although the Branch Line did not open to passenger traffic until November, 1873, for many months before then crews worked to lay the tracks and to construct the railroad drawbridge next to the new Pelham Bridge that first opened on June 1, 1871 and permitted its first public travel across the bridge on June 3, 1871.

Images of Pelham Published in 1884

Recently I was able to purchase a copy of the August 9, 1884 issue of Harper's Weekly . Why? Because it included a brief article on the newly-acquired lands northeast of New York City intended to create parks including Pelham Bay Park and a page of engraved images of the area within what was, at the time, part of the Town of Pelham.

Pelham Marches Into World War I in 1917

... Serbia, Montenegro, and Japan. With the Centennial of that historic date approaching, it is time to document the role Pelham and its citizens played during World War I. The task, however, has proven exceedingly difficult since no copies of the local ...