... in 1868, shows the location of the home in 1868. Although numerous sources indicate Flagg was born in "Pelham Manor, New York" it is debatable whether the Split Rock Road location where he was born is properly labeled "Pelham Manor." The Village of ...
... 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 ...
... in a number of previous postings. See , e.g. : Fri., Sep. 09, 2005: Reminiscences of Lockwood Barr of Pelham Manor Published in 1940 . Tue., Sep. 27, 2005: I. C. Hill's Reminiscences of Early Public Schools in Pelham . Tue., Mar. 28, 2006: More ...
One of the two oldest homes in the Town of Pelham is the beautiful historic home known as "Pelhamdale." The address of that home today is 45 Iden Avenue in the Village of Pelham Manor.
... artistically delightful from an artist's viewpoint is the William L. Curtin residence at 35 Beech Tree Lane, Pelham Manor. The Country Club, Bolton Priory, the High School facade, and our own chief joy, the Westchester & Boston R.R. arch over Fifth ...
... of course, is a good thing. At about the same time, members of the Bolton Family who lived in the Priory at Pelham Manor and who had built Christ Church there were vying for the souls of City Islanders as well. Beginning in about 1849, Adele Bolton, ...
... 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 ...
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.
... tried to be first to reach the designated suburban destination. It was time for a change. It turns out that the Pelham Manor area and Pelham Bay Park played a role in that change. In October, 1901, the chairman of the Runs and Tours Committee, Mr. ...
... 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 ...
... City region. Among the areas considered, of course, was a portion of today's Pelham Bay Park adjacent to the Pelham Manor border and even extending into a portion of Pelham Manor. See Mon., Sep. 28, 2015: Pelham Manor Narrowly Avoided Becoming Part ...
... of the proposal in the late 1920s to construct the world's largest airport across the Hutchinson River from Pelham Manor and to build an associated dirigibles landing field on sixty acres of Pelham Manor land to be annexed by New York City. See ...
... 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 ...
When most think of the inventor of the telephone and the phono graph, most think of Thomas Alva Edison. Pelhamites, however, think of Pelham Manor resident Ezra Torrence Gilliland who actually assisted Edison in the creation and improvement of both inventions.
... 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, ...
... all of Pelham grew increasingly concerned with the quality of the water sourced from Pelham Reservoir. As Pelham Manor, Pelham, and North Pelham worked on finding alternative water sources, construction began on the new Hutchinson River Parkway that ...
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 .
... Turnpike and Post Road, otherwise known as the section of today's Boston Post Road that passes through Pelham Manor, was a toll road. Other bridges and highways in the county required tolls as well. The people of Westchester were not happy about it. ...