The Heathcote Manor of Scarsdale
Author | : Charles Barker Wheeler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Scarsdale Manor |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Charles Barker Wheeler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Scarsdale Manor |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Eleanor Phillips Brackbill |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2012-09-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1438443099 |
When Eleanor Phillips Brackbill bought her suburban Westchester house in 2000, three mysteries came with it. First, from the former owner, came the information that the 1930s house was "a Sears house or something like that." Thrilled to think it might be a Sears, Roebuck & Co. mail-order house, Brackbill was determined to find evidence to prove it. She found instead a house pedigree of a different sort. Second, and even more provocative, was the discovery of several iron stakes protruding from the property's enormous granite outcropping, bigger in square footage than the house itself. When queried about them, the former owner told her, "Someone a long time ago kept monkeys there, chained to the stakes." Monkeys? Was this some kind of suburban legend? A third mystery came to light at closing, when a building inspector's letter contained a reference to the house having had, at one time, a different address. Why would the house have had another address? Her curiosity aroused, and intent upon finding the facts, Brackbill gradually peeled back layers of history, allowing the house and the land to tell their stories, and uncovering a past inextricably woven into four centuries of American history. At the same time, she found thirty-two owners, across 350 years, who had just one thing in common: ownership of a particular parcel of land. An Uncommon Cape not only tells the story of an eight-year odyssey of fact-finding and speculation but also answers the broader question: "What came before?" and, through material presented in twenty-two sidebars, offers readers insights and guidelines on how to find the stories behind their own homes.
Author | : Ralph J. Caliendo |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 622 |
Release | : 2010-05-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781450088145 |
Author | : Library of Congress |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : Libraries |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Frederic Shonnard |
Publisher | : Jazzybee Verlag |
Total Pages | : 875 |
Release | : 2021-03-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 384966001X |
Long before this work, here in an edition containing three volumes, two of them of biographical nature, was first published, the authors cherished the hope that it could be a genuine narrative history of the county and wanted to be personally instrumental in achieving so important a result. Their attention was especially directed to the matter by their observations during their connection with the schools, from which they became convinced of the extremely elementary character of the general knowledge of this county's history, even in relation to the Revolution, whereof, indeed, anything like a well-coordinated understanding is most exceptional among the people, and quite incapable of being taught to the young because of the unsuitability for that purpose of all books heretofore published that bear on the subject. In formulating the plan for the present work they had fundamentally in view a lucid continuous narrative, thorough in its treatment of the outlines of the subject and reasonably attentive to local details without extending to minuteness. These lines have been followed throughout. This is volume one out of three.
Author | : Stephen Paul DeVillo |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2015-05-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1625854900 |
From Jonas Bronck to today, discover stories and legends of New York’s Bronx River. The Bronx River flows for twenty-three miles through Westchester County and the heart of the Bronx. It is New York City’s only freshwater river, and it is exceptionally rich in history, folklore and environmental wonder. From Revolutionary War battlefields to native forests and lost villages, its lore and remarkable history are peopled with an array of legendary characters like Aaron Burr and the redoubtable Aunt Sarah Titus. Today, the once-polluted river is revitalized by decades of citizen activism, and it once again plays a unique role in the diverse communities along its length. Stephen DeVillo traces the river’s long and colorful story from the glaciers to the present day, combining human history, local legends and natural history into a detailed portrait of a special part of New York.