In 1876 a horse-drawn road coach known as "The Pelham Coach" began running between New York City's Hotel Brunswick and the "Pelham Manor" of yore. This road coach was not a simple hired coach that ferried passengers from New York City.
... and brutal assaults on Pelham residents. Known at the time as "tramps," these vagrants became such a problem in Pelham Manor that the residents of that settlement formed the "Pelham Manor Protective Club," a vigilance committee that served to police ...
... 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 ...
... history, and largest number of people of color, six. "I'm grateful to the people of New Rochelle, Pelham and Pelham Manor for choosing me to represent them at the Board of Legislators. It's a responsibility that I don't take lightly," said ...
In 1876 a horse-drawn road coach known as "The Pelham Coach" began running between New York City's Hotel Brunswick and the "Pelham Manor" of yore. This road coach was not a simple hired coach that ferried passengers from New York City.
... . Tue., Sep. 18, 2007: Installation of the First Full-Time Pastor of Huguenot Memorial Presbyterian Church in Pelham Manor in 1877 . The installation of Rev. Waite as pastor of Huguenot Memorial Presbyterian Church on December 4, 1877 was, of ...
As one might surmise from the 2,206 Historic Pelham articles published online so far, Pelham Manor -- indeed, the entire Town of Pelham -- is a very historic place. Histories of the Town have been written and published since at least 1848.
... or Yonkers for a single fare of eight cents. Early last century, one of those trolley lines in the Village of Pelham Manor inspired the creative genius of a man named Fontaine Talbot Fox (1884-1964). He created one of the most popular comics in the ...
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.
... (also known, informally, as the "Tally Ho!") began running between New York City's Hotel Brunswick and the "Pelham Manor" of yore. This road coach was not a simple hired coach that ferried passengers from New York City in the days before Henry Ford ...
... 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 ...
... at Red Church Corner, known today as Four Corners (the intersection of Boston Post Road and Pelhamdale Avenue). Pelham Manor posted John McCormack to handle the duties. He became known as "Mack," the "Smiling Cop," who became famous and even played ...
... 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 ...
... and New Rochelle women, the organization encompassed women, "Juniors" (younger woment), and some men from Pelham Manor, New Rochelle, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, and other parts of Westchester County. Many communities, including Pelham Manor, organized ...
It was a dirty little secret. Headmistress Emily Hall Hazen and the faculty of Mrs. Hazen's School for Girls on Esplanade at Boston Post Road in Pelham Manor wanted to keep it as quiet as possible.
For years after the New Haven Branch Line stopped running passenger service at the beautiful little Pelham Manor Depot designed by noted architect Cass Gilbert, a model railroad club used the station. The Westchester Model Club, Inc. built a massive model railroad that even included a tiny replica of the very Pelham Manor Depot within which the model railroad sat.
During the Civil War, one of the largest tracts in the Town of Pelham that fronted Long Island Sound along what we know today as Shore Road belonged to Patrick L. Rogers. The tract was immediately southwest of today's boundary between Pelham Manor and Pelham Bay Park.
... of the island also was important. It was only a few hundred feet off the mainland shores of New Rochelle and Pelham Manor. Moreover, it was only a quarter mile from an important steamboat landing at New Rochelle. On the morning of Thursday, August ...
... Emily Hall Hazen, the headmistress of Pelham Hall, otherwise known as Mrs. Hazen's School for Girls located in Pelham Manor between Esplanade and Edgewood Avenue at Boston Post Road. For one example, see : Wed., Sep. 06, 2006: Pelham Hall Shelter, a ...
... 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, ...
... and Davids Islands During and Shortly After the Civil War . Fri., Jun. 3, 2005: Davids' Island Off the Coast of Pelham Manor During the Civil War . Fri., Dec. 04, 2015: Early Celebrations of the Huckleberry Indians of the New York Athletic Club . ...
In 1876 a horse-drawn road coach known as "The Pelham Coach" began running between New York City's Hotel Brunswick and the "Pelham Manor" of yore. This road coach was not a simple hired coach that ferried passengers from New York City in the days before Henry Ford mass produced his Model T. Rather, this road coach was driven by Colonel Delancey Kane, one of the so-called "millionaire coachmen," who engaged in a sport known as "public coaching" or "road coaching" as it sometimes was called.
In 1876 a horse-drawn road coach known as "The Pelham Coach" began running between New York City's Hotel Brunswick and the "Pelham Manor" of yore. This road coach was not a simple hired coach that ferried passengers from New York City in the days before Henry Ford mass produced his Model T. Rather, this road coach was driven by Colonel Delancey Kane, one of the so-called "millionaire coachmen," who engaged in a sport known as "public coaching" or "road coaching" as it sometimes was called.
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, ...
... 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 ...
... it was fit for beasts. With the storm raging, a pair of burglars had been working the New Rochelle and Pelham Manor region. At about 2:30 a.m. the pair forced their way though a small window into the ticket office of the Pelham Manor Depot. 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 ...
... 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.
... floor, officials said. New Rochelle firefighters got an assist from crews in White Plains, Eastchester Yonkers, Pelham Manor, Eastchester and Greenville. It took upwards of 50 firefighters several hours to get the three-alarm fire under control. ...
... Crews from New Rochelle got an assist battling the three-alarm blaze from departments from Pelham, Yonkers and Pelham Manor. It was not immediately clear if there if any residents or firefighters were injured.
... call came in about 7 p.m., soon expanding to a 2nd and then 3rd alarm as mutual aide calls went out to Yonkers, Pelham Manor and other area fire companies. When fire fighters arrived in the scene the occupants of the house at 201 Elm Street were on ...
The origins of the Village of Pelham Manor can be traced back to March 2, 1866, when a newspaper notice announced an intent to incorporate the Harlem River and Portchester Railroad. The railroad was intended to run parallel to Long Island Sound to open up to development a vast section including the Pelham shoreline from Pelham Bridge to New Rochelle.
... little trolley shuttled back and forth, at that time, between the Pelham Station on the New Haven Line and the Pelham Manor Station on the New Haven Branch Line. In 1909, the rattletrap trolley click-clacked along tracks laid on Wolfs Lane to ...
For a number of years after the New Haven Branch Line stopped running passenger service in December, 1937 at the beautiful little Pelham Manor Depot designed by noted architect Cass Gilbert, a model railroad club was permitted to use the empty station. The Westchester Model Club, Inc. built a massive model railroad that even included a tiny replica of the very Pelham Manor Depot within which the model railroad sat.
When the New York Athletic Club of New York City bought the island it renamed "Travers Island" in Pelham Manor, there stood on the island a beautiful old home known as the "Old Hunter House." Named after John Hunter of Hunter's Island who had remodeled and improved the home during the mid-19th century, the main portion of the home was said to have been built in 1812 for Temple Emmett, a member of the Emmett Family that long resided in the area.
Today there is a very short stretch of roadway at the end of Pelhamdale Avenue parallel to Long Island Sound that runs a few hundred yards within Pelham Manor known as Shore Road. Shore Road continues into Pelham Bay Park, once part of the Town of Pelham, to Pelham Bridge and beyond.
In the early years after the founding of the New York Athletic Club facility on Travers Island in 1888, whenever a major event was held on the island all of Pelham buzzed with activity. Trains rolled into and out of the Pelhamville station on the New Haven Main Line and the Pelham Manor depot on the Branch Line.