Pelham Photo Catalog

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Subject: Architect Electus D. Litchfield posing in rear of home he designed for Lockwood Barr at 20 Beech Tree Lane, Pelham Manor, New York
Title (If Any): Architects and Their Work, Electus D. Litchfield, Barr House, Pelham, New York. Informal Portrait of Mr. Litchfield.
Date (Creation/Publication): 07/02/1931
Photographer/Creator (If Known): Gottscho, Samuel Herman (1875-1971), photographer
Medium (If Known): 1 negative: safety; 5x7 in.
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Collection (If Any): Gottscho-Schleisner Collection (Library of Congress)
Access Information: Library of Congress Call Number LC-G612- 16403-B; Library of Congress Reproduction Number LC-G612-T-16403-B DLC (interpositive); Library of Congress Digital ID (original) gsc 5a01931
URLs (If Any): http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/gsc/5a01000/5a01900/5a01931r.jpg
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Category(ies): Storied Structures Past and Present; Pelham Personages

Subject: Bolton Priory (a/k/a Pelham Priory)
Title (If Any): Pelham Priory, 1844
Date (Creation/Publication): 1844
Photographer/Creator: Unknown lithographer
Medium (If Known): Lithograph
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Collection (If Any): New York Historical Society
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Source(s): "1662. Picture. Pelham Priory, 1844. N.Y. Hist. Soc. 8 in. x 11 1/4 in. n.p., 1844. Lithograph, no engraver's name." (as referenced in Otto Hufeland, A Check List of Books, Maps, Pictures and Other Printed Matter Relating to the Counties of Westchester and Bronx 204 (New York, NY: The Knickerbocker Press 1929)).
Category(ies): Storied Structures Past and Present

Subject: First Town Hall of the Town of Pelham
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Date (Creation/Publication): Created prior to 1955, published in 1991
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Medium (If Known): Black and white photo printed in book
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Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 8 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Notes: "The first Town Hall of the Town of Pelham was located at the Shore Road and City Island Avenue (near the present stables) in what is now Pelham Bay Park in New York City. The majority of Pelham's population lived on City Island in the mid-1800's, with huge estates dominating the Shore Road. Town Hall was built in 1858 and razed in 1955."
Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 8 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): Storied Structures Past and Present

Subject: Mrs. Hazen's School (Pelham Hall)
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Date (Creation/Publication): Old photo published in 1991
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Medium (If Known): Black and white photo printed in book
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Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 12 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Notes: "In order to attract upper class buyers to Pelham Manor, Silas Witherbee persuaded Mrs. Emily Hazen, a well-known teacher from The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, to start a girl's preparatory school in the Village. Witherbee donated land on the Boston Post Road between the Esplanade and Edgewood Avenue and the three buildings of Mrs. Hazen's School, pictured here from the Esplanade, were erected between 1888 and 1892. By 1894 the school could boast of an enrollment of 90 young ladies, with 15 instructors. Pelham Hall, as it was familiarly known, was considered one of the finest girls' schools in the country until it closed in 1915."
Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 12 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): Storied Structures Past and Present; Pelham Schools

Subject: Notice of Election on June 8, 1891 to Determine Whether to Incorporate Pelham Manor as The Village of Pelham Manor
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Date (Creation/Publication): 1891
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Medium (If Known): Facsimile of notice published in book
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Collection (If Any):
Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 2 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 2 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): The Creation of the Villages

Subject: Pelham Hall (Mrs. Hazen's School) Girls Dressed in Their Finery
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Date (Creation/Publication): Created in 1890's, published in 1991
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Medium (If Known): Black and white photo printed in book
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Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 13 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Notes: "Dressed up in their finery, these 1890's Pelham Hall girls appear ready for a major social event. Perhaps it was a dance with the young men of The Taft School for Boys on nearby Pelhamdale Avenue"
Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 13 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): Pelham Schools

Subject: Pelham Manor Village Hall
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Date (Creation/Publication): 1991
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Medium (If Known): Black and white photo printed in book
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Collection (If Any):
Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 1 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 1 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): Storied Structures Past and Present

Subject: Pelham Personages - George Brehm
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Date (Creation/Publication): Old photo published in 1991
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Medium (If Known): Black and white photo printed in book
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Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 19 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Notes: "Noted illustrator George Brehm lived in Witherbee Court, where he also maintained his studio and from where he could cross the street to pursue his other great passion, golf, at the Pelham Country Club. Brehm's illustrations were featured on the covers of most major publications through the early decades of the 1900's. He also painted portraits of several Manor residents including that of Mrs. James F. Secor which hangs in the Manor Club."
Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 19 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): Pelham Personages

Subject: Pelham Personages - George Brehm, 1920 cartoon drawn for The Pelham Sun
Title (If Any): "My Goodness, How You've Grown"
Date (Creation/Publication): Old cartoon published in The Pelham Sun in 1920 and reprinted in book in 1991
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Medium (If Known): Newspaper cartoon
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Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 19 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Notes: "My Goodness, How You've Grown," a surprised Santa Claus says to a gangling, awkward boy representing Pelham in this 1920 Brehm cartoon drawn for The Pelham Sun, a reflection of the population expansion in the Town of Pelham from 1910-1920. Pelham Manor's development was even more dramatic in the next decade. From 1920 to 1930, the Village population exploded, jumping from 1754 to 4922, an increase of 180 percent, the greatest percentage gain of any municipality in Westchester County."
Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 19 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): Pelham Personages

Subject: Pelham Personages - Anne Marbury Hutchinson
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Medium (If Known): Facsimile of charcoal drawing printed in book
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Collection (If Any):
Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 21 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 21 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): Pelham Personages

Subject: Pelham Personages - Thomas Pell
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Date (Creation/Publication): Facsimile of pen and ink drawing from an original, published in book dated 1991
Photographer/Creator: Drawing by Thom Lafferty from an original by an unknown artist
Medium (If Known): Facsimile of pen and ink drawing printed in book
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Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 23 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Notes: "Thomas Pell of Fairfield, Conn., signed a treaty with Wampage, Sachem of the Siwanoy Indians, in 1654 to buy all of today's Borough of the Bronx and the land along Long Island Sound north to the Mamaroneck border and inland to the Bronx River. In 1666 Pell received a patent from the Royal Governor of the Colony of New York formally granting the land to him as a 'Lordshipp and Manour' by the English king. Pell named his manor 'Pelham' in honor of his tutor, Pelham Burton. What Pell paid the Indians for this land, some 50,000 acres, is not recorded. Pell began building a manor house, but never lived on the land he purchased and died in Fairfield in 1669. Drawing of Thomas Pell is by Thom Lafferty from an original by an unknown artist."
Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 23 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): Pelham Personages

Subject: Pelham Personages - Sir John Pell
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Date (Creation/Publication): Photo of painted portrait; photo published in 1991
Photographer/Creator: Photo is from a portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller
Medium (If Known): Black and white photo of portrait printed in book
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Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 26 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Notes: "Sir John Pell, Thomas Pell's nephew and sole heir, inherited the Pell land in 1670 and was the first of the Pells to live at Pelham Manor. Sir John provided protection and refuge for the Indian chief Wampage and his family, who lived on Pell's Neck and Hunter Island, and negotiated treaties between the Indians and the English that kept Westchester free from the Indian wars that ravaged New England. Sir John's son, Thomas, married Wampage's granddaughter, Anna, a union that solidified the Pell claim to the land. Until the Revolution, only the Pell family lived in Pelham."
Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 26 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): Pelham Personages; Sir John Pell and Descendants

Subject: Pelham Personages - Lady Rachel Pinckney Pell
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Date (Creation/Publication): Photo of painted portrait; photo published in 1991
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Medium (If Known): Black and white photo of portrait printed in book
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Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 26 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Notes: "Lady Rachel Pinckney Pell, wife of Sir John Pell. Lady Pell was daughter of Philip Pinckney, one of the original ten proprietors of East Chester and a close friend of Thomas Pell. Soon after their marriage, Sir John built his manor house on the shore of Long Island Sound near where the Bartow-Pell mansion now stands in Pelham Bay Park."
Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 26 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): Pelham Personages; Sir John Pell and Descendants

Subject: Pelham Personages - Edward Penfield
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Date (Creation/Publication): Old photo published in 1991
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Medium (If Known): Black and white photo printed in book
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Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 17 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Notes: "Village resident Edward Penfield (1866-1925) was one of the most prominent illustrators of the late 1800s and early 1900s and is credited with initiating the poster craze of commercial art to this country before the turn of the century. Penfield was Art Editor for Harper's Magazine for 10 years and later provided covers and other illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, the Ladies Home Journal and other publications. Active in the affairs of the Village, he served as Commissioner of Streets and planning director for some 10 years and maintained a close check on aesthetic development during the boom years of the roaring 20's."
Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 17 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): Pelham Personages

Subject: Pelham Personages - Edward Penfield, Christmas Greeting Card for Christmas, 1921
Title (If Any): "MERRY XMAS 1921 EDWARD PENFIELD PELHAM MANOR N.Y."
Date (Creation/Publication): 1921, published in book in 1991
Photographer/Creator: Edward Penfield
Medium (If Known): Black and white photo of card printed in book
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Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 17 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Notes: "A cat lover, Penfield used a somewhat larger feline for his 1921 Christmas greeting."
Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 17 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): Pelham Personages

Subject: Pelham Personages - Edward Penfield, Harper's Poster by Penfield in the Late 1890's
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Date (Creation/Publication): Late 1890's, published in book in 1991
Photographer/Creator: Edward Penfield
Medium (If Known): Black and white facsimile of poster printed in book
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Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 17 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Notes: "Harper's poster by Penfield in the late 1890s. His view of poster-making: 'A poster should tell its story at once - a design that needs study is not a poster"
Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 17 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): Pelham Personages

Subject: Residence of William H. Blymyer
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Date (Creation/Publication): early 1920's
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Medium (If Known): Black and white photo printed in book
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Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 14 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Notes: "In the early 1920's, William H. Blymer, a lawyer, owned the large home which still stands at the southern end of Roosevelt Avenue overlooking the Sound and Shore"
Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 14 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): Storied Structures Past and Present

Subject: Residence of the David Lyon Family
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Date (Creation/Publication): ca. 1890
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Medium (If Known): Black and white photo printed in book
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Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 15 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Notes: "The Lyon Homestead at Colonial Avenue and Wolfs Lane, about 1890. Born in this house were David Lyon, who was Supervisor of the Town of Pelham and many other members of the Lyon family related to Warren Lyon, Assistant Chief of the Pelham Manor Fire Department in 1991. The property is now the site of the old First Church of Christ, Scientist, which will become the Town of Pelham Library in 1993."
Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 15 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): Storied Structures Past and Present

Subject: Residence of Mr. and Mrs. James Francis Secor
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Date (Creation/Publication): 1991
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Medium (If Known): Black and white photo printed in book
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Collection (If Any):
Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 1 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 1 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): Storied Structures Past and Present

Subject: The Shrubbery (Residence of Joshua Pell, later owned by Aaron Burr)
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Date (Creation/Publication): Old photo printed in book in 1991
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Medium (If Known): Black and white photo printed in book
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Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 30 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Notes: "The 'Shrubbery,' at Split Rock Road and the Boston Post Road, was built in 1740 by Joshua Pell, grandson of Thomas Pell, first proprietor of the Manor of Pelham. It was purchased in 1782 by Aaron Burr for his wife, Theodosia, who previously had been married to a Mr. Prevost. In 1790, Burr conveyed the property to his stepson, Augustine Frederick Prevost, and the home continued to be known as the Prevost home until the 1890's, when it became the Pelham Home for Children. It was destroyed by fire later in that decade."
Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 30 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): Storied Structures Past and Present

Subject: The Taft School for Boys
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Date (Creation/Publication): 1991
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Medium (If Known): Black and white photo printed in book
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Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 11 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Notes: "The Taft School for Boys, founded in the mid-1880's by Horace D. Taft, brother of William Howard Taft who would become 27th President of the U.S., was originally located in this home at 964 Pelhamdale Avenue near Huguenot Church. The school relocated to Watertown, Conn., in the 1890s to remove the boys from the 'distractions of New York City and the girls at Pelham Hall.'"
Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 11 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): Storied Structures Past and Present; Pelham Schools

Subject: Thomas Pell's November 11, 1654 Treaty With the Siwanoy Indians, With Transcription
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Date (Creation/Publication): Photos of treaty and transcription of November 11, 1654 Treaty published in book in 1991
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Medium (If Known): Black and white photos printed in book
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Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 24 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Notes: "Thomas Pell's treaty with the Siwanoy Indians to purchase 50,000 acres is said to be the earliest legal record of the acquisition of land by Europeans in the area now known as Westchester County."
Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 24 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): Thomas Pell and the founding of Pelham

Subject: Treaty Oak
Title (If Any):
Date (Creation/Publication): 1924 photo published in book in 1991 (erroneously dated)
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Medium (If Known): Black and white photo printed in book
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Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 25 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Notes: "Pell and his small band of Englishmen met the Indians to sign their Treaty under the spreading branches of an oak tree located on the present grounds of the Bartow-Pell Mansion near the Shore Road. This picture shows the Treaty Oak in 1924, its circumference about 17 feet, height 90 feet and spread of 130 feet. A circular iron fence, later erected to protect the tree, proved more of a danger than a protection when leaves gathered there were set afire and the blaze destroyed the historic tree."
Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 25 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): Thomas Pell and the founding of Pelham

Subject: Village of Pelham Manor Seal
Title (If Any):
Date (Creation/Publication): 1890
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Medium (If Known): Black and white photo printed in book
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Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 9 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Notes: "The residence of Mr. and Mrs. James Francis Secor stood on the west side of Wolfs Lane between the Post Road and what is now Secor Lane, occupying part of the farmland of 113 acres owned by the Secor family between the Hutchinson Rover and the Esplanade. The photo is from 1890. Mrs. Secor and Mrs. Robert C. Black were the social leaders of the Village in the late 1800's and early decades of this century. Julius Manger, owner fo the Manger hotel chain, purchased the Secor residence in the 1920's. The grounds of this huge property along the Post Road and Wolfs Lane became the unofficial Village playground for football and baseball through the 20's and 30's, thanks to the generosity and understanding of the Manger family. One of the Manger properties in New York City was the Manger Hotel at 51st Street and Seventh Avenue (later the Taft Hotel and now the Parc 51 Hotel). In 1927, rooms at the Manger Hotel were priced at $2.50 to $4.00 per day for one, $3.50 to $6.00 per day for two, and special luncheons at the hotel's 'beautiful Moorish Grill, with music by Cass Hagan and is orchestra' ranged from 80 cents to one dollar. Present homes on Manger Circle, developed in the 1950's, stand on what was the Secor-Manger estate."
Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 9 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): The Creation of the Villages

Subject: Young Ladies of Mrs. Hazen's School (Pelham Hall)
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Date (Creation/Publication): Created in 1896, published in 1991
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Medium (If Known): Black and white photo printed in book
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Access Information: The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 13 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
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Notes: "Anyone for cricket? Young ladies of Mrs. Hazen's School (Pelham Hall) dropped their bat and ball on the Esplanade lawn in 1896 long enough to pose for the photographer before engaging the girls of Rosemary Hall in a serious contest of cricket. Results of the game are lost in history."
Source(s): The Pelham Manor Story 1891 - 1991 13 (Pelham Manor, NY: James B. Saunders, ed. 1991).
Category(ies): Pelham Schools

Subject: Pelhamwood Clock Tower with man standing in dirt road
Title (If Any): None
Date (Creation/Publication): Ca. 1915
Photographer/Creator (If Known): Unknown
Medium (If Known): B/W Photo
Repository: Available via Stiefvater Real Estate Web Site
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Access Information:
URLs (If Any): http://www.pelhamny.com/images/landmarks/clocktower.jpg
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Sources: Village of Pelham, Village of Pelham ~ Centennial Celebration Walking Tour 1896 - 1996 (Village of Pelham 1996).
Category(ies): Pelham Landmarks

Subject: Stairs Leading from Benedict Place to Pelhamwood Avenue (Where Clifford B. Harmon Sales Office for Pelham Development Was Located)
Title (If Any): None
Date (Creation/Publication): Ca. 1915
Photographer/Creator (If Known): Unknown
Medium (If Known): B/W Photo
Repository: Available via Stiefvater Real Estate Web Site
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URLs (If Any): http://www.pelhamny.com/images/landmarks/stairs.jpg
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Sources: Village of Pelham, Village of Pelham ~ Centennial Celebration Walking Tour 1896 - 1996 (Village of Pelham 1996).
Category(ies): Pelham Landmarks

Subject: Pelham's H-Line Trolley Car with "Skippers" Dan and Louie Standing in Front of It
Title (If Any): None
Date (Creation/Publication): Pre-1937
Photographer/Creator (If Known): Unknown
Medium (If Known): B/W Photo
Repository: Available via Stiefvater Real Estate Web Site
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URLs (If Any): http://www.pelhamny.com/images/landmarks/train.jpg
Notes: The H-Line Trolley was the trolley car that inspired Fontaine Fox to create his famous "Toonerville Trolley" used in the "Toonerville Folks" comic strip that ran for nearly 50 years and, at one point, was included in nearly 300 newspapers
Sources: Village of Pelham, Village of Pelham ~ Centennial Celebration Walking Tour 1896 - 1996 (Village of Pelham 1996).
Category(ies): Toonerville Trolley

Subject: Chester Park Stone Steps Leading to the Green from Maple Avenue (Part of the Old Standen Estate)
Title (If Any): None
Date (Creation/Publication): Unknown
Photographer/Creator (If Known): Unknown
Medium (If Known): B/W Photo
Repository: Available via Stiefvater Real Estate Web Site
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URLs (If Any): http://www.pelhamny.com/images/landmarks/cp8.jpg
Notes: These steps lead to the Chester Park "Green" from Maple Avenue. Central Avenue, which is often noted to be the only street in Chester Park the name of which is not a type of tree, was the original entrance to the Standen Estate. These steps reportedly were part of that estate, as were the stone pillars on each side of Central Avenue where it meets Pelhamdale Avenue. Central Avenue, which is the main road leading to the Chester Park Green, was also the driveway to the Standen Estate.
Sources: Village of Pelham, Village of Pelham ~ Centennial Celebration Walking Tour 1896 - 1996 (Village of Pelham 1996).
Category(ies): Pelham Landmarks

Subject: Stone House at 45 Maple Avenue in Chester Park, Originally Intended To Be A Church, But Converted to a Residence
Title (If Any): None
Date (Creation/Publication): Unknown
Photographer/Creator (If Known): Unknown
Medium (If Known): B/W Photo
Repository: Available via Stiefvater Real Estate Web Site
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URLs (If Any): http://www.pelhamny.com/images/landmarks/cp9.jpg
Notes: This lovely stone house, located at 45 Maple Avenue in Chester Park, reportedly was originally intended to serve as a church but was converted to a residence.
Sources: Village of Pelham, Village of Pelham ~ Centennial Celebration Walking Tour 1896 - 1996 (Village of Pelham 1996).
Category(ies): Pelham Landmarks

Subject: The Highbrook Avenue School, Previously on Site of Today's Colonial School
Title (If Any): None
Date (Creation/Publication): Pre-1926
Photographer/Creator (If Known): Unknown
Medium (If Known): B/W Photo
Repository: Available via Stiefvater Real Estate Web Site
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URLs (If Any): http://www.pelhamny.com/images/landmarks/highbrookschool.jpg
Notes: The Highbrook Avenue School, around the beginning of the 20th Century, was located on the site of today's Colonial School. According to material prepared by the Village of Pelham, "the building consisted of four rooms with a 'very noisy' wooden staircase - so loud that teaching ceased when students went out for recess. It was replaced by another school that was later torn down because it proved to be a fire hazard. In 1926, a temporary annex was set up at Boulevard and Cliff while the present school building [the Colonial School] was constructed at the same location as the old school."
Sources: Village of Pelham, Village of Pelham ~ Centennial Celebration Walking Tour 1896 - 1996 (Village of Pelham 1996).
Category(ies): Pelham Landmarks, Pelham Schools

Subject: Gas Station That Became The Pelham Art Center at Corner of Third Street and Fifth Avenue
Title (If Any): None
Date (Creation/Publication): Pre-1970
Photographer/Creator (If Known): Unknown
Medium (If Known): B/W Photo
Repository: Available via Stiefvater Real Estate Web Site
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URLs (If Any): http://www.pelhamny.com/images/landmarks/artcenter.jpg
Notes: This photograph shows the gas station at the corner of Third Street and Fifth Avenue, the workspaces of which were incorporated into the design of the Pelham Art Center. According to the Village of Pelham ~ Centennial Celebration Walking Tour, "[t]he brick section at the rear is the former station workplace. The 'recycled' structure has won awards for its unique design."
Sources: Village of Pelham, Village of Pelham ~ Centennial Celebration Walking Tour 1896 - 1996 (Village of Pelham 1996).
Category(ies): Pelham Landmarks

Subject: "Happy Land", Pelham's First Movie Theater Located on the West Side of Fifth Avenue Opposite Seventh Street
Title (If Any): None
Date (Creation/Publication): Ca. 1918
Photographer/Creator (If Known): Unknown
Medium (If Known): B/W Photo
Repository: Available via Stiefvater Real Estate Web Site
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URLs (If Any): http://www.pelhamny.com/images/landmarks/happyland.jpg
Notes: According to the Village of Pelham's ~ Centennial Celebration Walking Tour 1896 - 1996, "Pelham's first movie theatre was called the 'Happy Land'. Located on the West side of Fifth Avenue opposite Seventh Street, moviegoers in 1918 sat on board seats after paying a five cents admission fee."
Sources: Village of Pelham, Village of Pelham ~ Centennial Celebration Walking Tour 1896 - 1996 (Village of Pelham 1996).
Category(ies): Pelham Landmarks

Subject: The North Pelham School, a Predecessor to the Hutchinson School, Built in 1888
Title (If Any): None
Date (Creation/Publication): Ca. 1915
Photographer/Creator (If Known): Unknown
Medium (If Known): B/W Photo
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URLs (If Any): http://www.pelhamny.com/images/landmarks/hschool.jpg
Notes: The North Pelham School was built in 1888 to replace a two-room school building called the Pelhamville School built in 1878 on the same site as today's present Hutchinson School
Sources: Village of Pelham, Village of Pelham ~ Centennial Celebration Walking Tour 1896 - 1996 (Village of Pelham 1996).
Category(ies): Pelham Landmarks, Pelham Schools

Subject: St. Catharine's Church, Prior to 1939
Title (If Any): None
Date (Creation/Publication): Pre-1939
Photographer/Creator (If Known): Unknown
Medium (If Known): B/W Photo
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URLs (If Any): http://www.pelhamny.com/stcatherines.jpg
Notes: "Founded in 1896, this Catholic parish is celebrating its centennial year [written in 1996]. Remarkably, in its one hundred year history, there have been only five pastors. St. Catherine's Lyceum was built in 1903 as a recreation and meeting place. Later it served as a parish school until construction began in 1939 on the present building (now called the "Msgr. Murphy Parish Center"). The present Rectory was completed in 1968. St. Catharine's also had property and buildings donated by William T. Grant, the dime store chain founder, located on Boston Post Road where it had a mission church. In 1954 it was established as a parish of its own under the title of Our Lady of Perpetual Help."
Sources: Village of Pelham, Village of Pelham ~ Centennial Celebration Walking Tour 1896 - 1996 (Village of Pelham 1996).
Category(ies): Pelham Landmarks, Pelham Houses of Worship

Subject: Skaters and Hockey Players on Frozen Reservoir Near Railroad Arch Over the Hutchinson River Close to First Street
Title (If Any): None
Date (Creation/Publication): Unknown
Photographer/Creator (If Known): Unknown
Medium (If Known): B/W Photo
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URLs (If Any): http://www.pelhamny.com/resivior.jpg
Notes: "Located near the railroad arch over the Hutchinson River close to First Street, the reservoir was part of the old New York Inter Urban Water Company. It was used by local residents for swimniing, fishing and as a skating pond. A lagoon that was part of the reservoir was filled in during construction of the scenic Hutchinson River Parkway. Today only Pelham Lake remains from the original body of water."
Sources: Village of Pelham, Village of Pelham ~ Centennial Celebration Walking Tour 1896 - 1996 (Village of Pelham 1996).
Category(ies): Pelham Recreation and Sports

Subject: Railroad Arch Overpass on Highbrook Avenue to Carry Trains of Defunct New York, Westchester & Boston Railway
Title (If Any): None
Date (Creation/Publication): Ca. 1912
Photographer/Creator (If Known): Unknown
Medium (If Known): B/W Photo
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URLs (If Any): http://www.nycsubway.org/us/nywb/nywb4-05.jpg
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Sources: Tracks and Stations of the New York, Westchester & Boston, XXXIX(23) Electric Railway Journal (June 8, 1912) (reprinted vy NYCSubway.org at http://www.nycsubway.org/us/nywb/nywb4.html). See also Village of Pelham, Village of Pelham ~ Centennial Celebration Walking Tour 1896 - 1996 (Village of Pelham 1996).("Railroad Arch on Highbrook Avenue Benjamin Corlies sold a portion of his holdings to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad for a right-of-way with two stipulations; that trains stopping in Mount Vernon also had to stop at Pelhamville and that the railroad was required to construct this artistic stone arch over Highbrook Avenue.").
Category(ies): Pelham Landmarks