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reconstruction. Did Van Cortlandt actually attend? What did he really think of the great event? Unfortunately his published correspondence contains just three letters from 1842 and none of them mention the Croton Water Celebration. Memoirs of John

…In the Codicil to the Will of Philip Van Cortlandt wherein he bequeathed, “all that piece or parcel of Land . . . whereas the Methodist Meeting House now stands . . . to be used for a burying place

On the afternoon of July 9, 1776, at the Court House in White Plains, Colonel Pierre Van Cortlandt voted to approve the Declaration of Independence. He was one of eleven deputies from Westchester County at the meeting of “the Provincial…

the Croton River during the 19th century the Van Cortlandt Bridge (also known as the Long Bridge and the Wagon Bridge) suffered regular damage from storms, ice and spring freshets and it was repeatedly repaired and rebuilt. Until at least…

…New York State eventually removed the old span, replacing it with the “Van Cortlandt Bridge” in 1922. This was the main route into Croton for more than 40 year until it was demolished in 1964—despite protests from villagers.

military purposed it notes the location of Croton Ferry, at Van Cortlandt Manor. Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook…

…The Van Cortlandt Manor Bridge , which spanned the mouth of the river and went up the road where Shoprite is today, had several incarnations and was there when this map was made. “Long Bridge” was built in 1871 and

…When the engrossed copy of the Declaration was made on vellum in early August 5 , 1776, the heading was changed as a result of the actions Pierre Van Cortlandt and

The Van Cortlandt Bridge over the Croton River in 1912. Courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society. It’s a beautiful day and you’ve decided to take a jaunt in your newfangled automobile, going north along the scenic Hudson…

…Van Cortlandt Manor in 1890. “All the country hereabout is historic ground,” he notes, “the scenery of the Hudson Valley is beautiful, and this happy blending of the historical with the picturesque made a tramp over the old road .

“This is Lovers Bridge of Croton so they say,” is written on the front of this early postcard (circa 1901-1907) of what was then officially called the Van Cortlandt Bridge. The photo shows the small section of what was…

Writing from Peekskill on October 8, 1842, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. replied, ”I have this day received your polite invitation from the Common Council of the city of New York, to join with them on the 14th instant, to celebrate…

bridge commonly known as the “High Bridge.” 4 This detail from a rare, badly damaged stereoview shows the Van Cortlandt bridge from the Ossining side. The building on the far side of the Croton River stood at the end of…

that Conklyn “has Way Withal to Improve the farm; he is to make an Orchard of 150 trees, to be planted within four years.” See the Van Cortlandt Family Papers , vol. IV, p. 350. Share this: Print (Opens in new…

Indeed, the Van Cortlandt family had engaged in extended litigation against the Croton Water Commissioners over the diversion of water. 5 Even if he had come to accept New York City’s diversion there was the matter of the Great…

. . throughly enjoyable.” The story he tells about the history of the Van Cortlandt family and the manor house is unremarkable, but as he continues on his journey he gives us a rare treat—a vivid description of the “quiet hamlet…

…The torrent of water and debris destroyed bridges and businesses, silted out the mouth of the Croton River and is said to have come within 8 feet of destroying Van Cortlandt Manor. 6 The Old Croton Dam after

…Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831) by John Ramage. Watercolor on ivory, circa 1783. Courtesy of the New-York Historical Society Museum and Library. The mills

rare look at what was then known as the Van Cortlandt Bridge, at the dawn of the age of the automobile. Let’s retrace the route this driver would have taken and see what the area was like in 1912…

with the Van Cortlandt’s ended acrimoniously in 1813. It’s unlikely this was the first freshet to damage the mill complex and it was certainly not the last. Indeed, the Great Freshet of 1841 —which caused the partial collapse…

Bridge, when it was first built in the 1860s to carry the Old Albany Post Road across the mouth of the Croton River, right by Van Cortlandt Manor. The manor house is hidden in the trees on the right in…

destruction by the risings of the River, or any outbreakings of the Dam above.” At a meeting on October 22, in the Ferry House at Van Cortlandt Manor, interested citizens and representatives of the three towns met to discuss plans…

Haywood, Architect, of Troy .” A postcard of the Van Cortlandt Manor Ferry House, circa 1907. Before we speculate that the watch may have belonged to Haywood we need to correct some of the errors in the article to learn more…

…With pleasure I accept your invitation, and will be in New York at the time appointed.” 4 If anyone at that time had a plausible claim to the water from the Croton River it was Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr.

embankment of the old Croton Dam—destroyed the Van Cortlandt mills, along with all the bridges and buildings on the banks of the lower Croton River. 3 What’s remarkable is that the water power produced at the site was…