Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886.
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Prior to the adoption of the Constitution of 1846 all the members of Assembly were elected on a general ticket ; since then the counties have been divided into districts. The representation from this county has varied from six in 1777 to two in 1836. At the present time it is entitled to three. List of Members of Assembly from Westchester County, 1777-1885. 1777 to 1847 …
^Rthnnicl Dplevan . 1781-82. 1826. Sfl>niu6l Drake 1777-81, '86, '88. 1844. Benjamin Ferris 1808 '24. 179G, 1809 -10. . . 1839-40. 1848 to 1885. Andrew Findlay . 1843-44. District. Name. Years in Assembly. John Fisher 1827-28. 2. 1872. TVilliani Fisher 1836-37. 2. 1871. Peter Fleming 2. Theodore H. Benedict . . 1851. Joel Frost . 1806, '08. 1. 1866. 2. 1879, '80. 1824. 3 …
1798-99 3. 1858. Thomas R. Lee . 174'>. 3. 1859, '60. Philip Livingston 1788-89 1. Ebenezer Lockwood 1778-79 1784-88. 2. Lawrence D. Huntington 1866. Ezra Lockwood 3. 1869-78, '81, '84, '85. Horatio Lockwood , . . 1833-3G 1841-42. 1883-85. Ezra Marshall 1846-47 1882, '83. Seth Marvin 2. 1849. Abraham Miller 1808 1811-14 1810-17 1820-21 2. Edward D. Lawrence . . . 1869, '70 …
1 780-8'? 1 787-1 K( JO 1. 1877, '78. Joseph Scofield ...... . 1825-37. 1. 1867, '68. Walter Seaman 1788-90 George W. Kobertson . 1882. 1. William £1, Robertson . . 1849, '50. Abel Smith 1704-96 1798-1802 1829-30 2. Charles 31. Schietfelin . 1875, '76. John H Smith 1871. Thomas Smith 1(^92-23 '3*^ 2. 1859. Joseph Strang 1780-81 1787-88 1. 1875. Joseph Strang 1839-40 1. 1856 …
Gouverneur Morris 1777, '78. Lewis Morris' 1775. Philip Pell 1788. Residents of Westchester County who have Represented their District in Congress. -- This county originally was divided ; the northern tier of towns formed, with Dutchess County, one district, while the remainder was, with New York, in another. Later it formed with Richmond a district. Since then it has been in …
Stephen Van Cortlandt October 30, 1700. Abraham De Peyster January 21, 1701. William Atwood August 5, 1701. William Smith June 9, 1702. John Bridges April 5, 1703. Roger Mompesson luly 15, 1704. Lewis Jlorris March 13, 1715. James de Lancey August 21, 1733. Benjamin Pratt November 11, 1761. Daniel Horsemanden March 16, 1763. AssocUtte or Puisne Judges of Colonial Supreme …
State Supreme Court. -- Under the Constitution of 1777 appointment was vested in the Council of Appointment, and the term was during good behavior or until si.xty years of age. Under that of 1821 the Governor appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate. The term remained the same. The Constitution of 1846 made the office elective and the term eight years. The amendment …
John Lansing, Jr September 28, 1790. Morgan Lewis December 24, 1792. Egbert Benson January 29, 1794. James Kent February 6, 1798. John Cozine August 9, 1798. Jacob Radcliff December 27, 1798. Brockholst Livingston January 8, 1802. Smith Thompson January 8, 1802. Ambrose Spencer February 3, 1804. Daniel D. Tompkins July 2, 1804. William W. Van Ness June 9, 1807. Joseph C. Yates …
McCown June 7, 1847. Nathan B. Morse June 7, 1847. Seward Barculo June 7, 1847. John W. Brown November 6, 1849. Selah B. Strong November 9, 1851. AVilliam Rockwell November 8, 1853. Gilbert Dean June 26, 1854. James Emott November 6, 1855. Lucien Birdseye August 13, 1856. John W. Brown November 3, 1857. John A. Lott November 3, 1857. William W. Scrugham November 8, 1859 …
The act of March 27, 1818, abolished the office of assistant judge and limited the number of judges to five. Under the State government the appointment was at first vested in the Council of Appointment, and the office was held during their pleasure. Later, the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appointed the county judges, and the term was five years. The …
Gifford November, 1871. Isaac N. Mills 2 November, 1883. Surrogates. -- The authority to grant probates was vested in the Governor as the representative of the King, and he was the ordinary of the Prerogative Court. All wills relating to estates in New York, Orange, Richmond, Westchester and Kings Counties were to be proved in New York. In the towns under the Duke's Laws the …
The office was filled by appointment of the Council of Appointmeni ; later by the Governor and Senate. Under the Constitution of 1846 it became elective. The term was at first during the pleasure of the appointing power. From 1821 to 1846 they were appointed for four years. Since the office became elective the term has been six years. Colonial Sutrogates of Westchester County …
District Attorneys. -- By the act of February 12, 1790, the State was divided into seven districts, each of which had an attorney, called assistant attorney-general. The Assistant Attorney-General became, in 1801, district attorney. By the act of April 1818, each county became a district, and had its own district attorney. Under the Constitution of 1777 the Council of …
Baker < November, 1877. Sheriff.^*. -- During the colonial period the sheriffs were appointed annually by the Governor, usually in the month of October. The Constitution of 1777 vested the appointment in the Council of Appointment. The term was one year, and no person could hold the office for more than four successive years. The Constitution of 1821 made the office elective …
Edmund Ward October, 1699. Jeremiah Fowler October, 170(1. Isaac Dunham October, 1701. Roger Barton October, 1702. Israel Honeywell, Jr October, 1709. Gilbert Willet October, 1723. Jacobus Van Dyck October, 1727. Gilbert Willet October, 1730. Nicholas Cooper October, 17.33. Isaiic Willet October, 1737. Lew is Graham October, 1767. John De Lancey October, 1769. James De Lancey …
•\llan McDonald November, 1825. David D. Webbers November, 1828. Aaron Brown November, 1831. Joseph H. Anderson November, 1834. .\mos T. Hatfield November, 1837. Joseph Lyon November, 1840. William H. Briggs November, 1843. James M. Bates November, 1846. Benjamin D. Miller November, 1849. .\lsop H. Lockwood November, 1852. Daniel H. Little November, 1855. William Bleakley, Jr …
County Clerks are now likewise Clerks of the Supreme Court in their respective counties."" During the colonial period appointment was vested in the Governor; under the ( Present incumbent. • avil List of State of New York, 1880, p. 384. €54 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. first Constitution of 1777, in the Council of Appointment; since then the ofiBce has been elective and the …
Nehemiah S. Bates NoTember, 1822. Nathaniel Bayles November, 1828. John H. Smith November, 1834. Chauucey Smith December 7, 1839. Charles A. Purdy November, 1840. Munson I. Lockwood November, 1843. Robert R. Oakley November, 1849. John P. .Jenkins November, 1855. Hiram P. Rowell Novemuer, 1858. Chauncey M. Depew > May 25, 1867. William W. Pierson 2 July 22, 1867. J. Malcolm …
Samuel L. Holmes. John Hobbs. ' Appointed vice Rowell, deceased. - .\ppointed I'ice Depew, who failed to qualify. Present incuinbent. -•Appointed vice Willetts, resigned. ' Present incumbent. School Commissioners. -- "Prior to 1857 School Commissioners were appointed by the Boards of Supervisors. Since that year they have been elected on a separate ballot. The first election …
1698 . 1703 . 1712 . 1723 . 1731 . 1737 . 1746 . 1749 . 1756 . 1771 . 1782 . 1790 . 1800 . 1810 . 1,063 1,946 2,815 4,409 6,033 6,745 9,235 10,703 13.257 21,745 7,330" 24,003 27,347 30,272 1814 26,367 1820 32,638 1825 33,131 1830 36,456 1835 38,790 1840 48,687 1845 47,578 1850 58,263 1855 80,678 1860 99,497 1865 101,197 1870 131,348 1875 103,.564H 1880 108,987 LIST OF …
12 Towns of Morrisania, West Farms and King's.Bridge anne.ved to New York City by chap. 613 of laws of 1873. 13 Records of Board of Supervisors. CIVIL HISTORY. Abij»b Gilbert Salem. William Davis Pbilipsbiiigh. David Daton Xurtb Castle. Stephen AVarJ Kast 01ie.ster. William Siitton Mainaroueck. Ebenezei- Lockwood Pouudridge. 1774. Pierre Vau C'ortlandt Manor of Cortlandt …
March IS, 1779. Ebenezer Lockwood. Joseph Pauliling. Joseph Strang. Jacob Purdy. Israel Lvon. Maij 13, 1780. Samuel Haight Manor of Cortlandt. Jacob Purdy North Castle. Israel Loon Bedford. William Dandier Poundridge. Abijah Gilbert Salem. October 9, 1780. Isniel Lyon Bedford. William Dandier Poundridge. John Van Tassel Kyck's Patent. 1781. Samuel Haigbt Manor of Cortlandt …
Abel Smith North Castle. Daniel Horlon White Plains. Gilbert Budd Maniaroiieck. Abijah Gilbert Salem. Peter B'leming Town of Bedford. 1784. Abel Smith Precinct of North Castle. Thomas Hunt Borough Town of Westchester William Paulding Manor of Philipsburgh. Jonathan G. Tompkins Manor of .Scarsdale. Thaddeus Crane Town of Upper Salem. William^ Miller Harrison's Precinct. Joseph …
Je.'se Hunt Town of Rye. Benjamin Stevenson Town of New Rochelle. William Davis Manor of Philipoburgb. Daniel Hunt White Plains. Lewis Morris Manor of Morrisania. Philip Pell Manor of Pelham. Thaddeus Crane Town of Upper Salem. Peter Fleming Town of Bedford. Abraham Leggett Town of Westchester. James Cronkbite Ryck's Patent. Jonathan G. Tompkins Manor of Scarsdale. Joseph …
Zebediah Mills Town of Bedford. Ebenezer Lockwood Parish of Pouudridge. Hachaliah Brown Town of Upper Salem. Abi,iah Gilbert Town of Lower Salem. 178G. Jesse Hunt Town of Rye. Gilbert Budd Town of Mamaroneck. Abraham Guion Town of New Rochelle. Philip Pell Manor of Pelham. James Hunt Town of East Chester. William Hadley Precinct of Yonkers. Jonathan Horton Manor of …
Stahlnecker, Yonkers. (District composed of Westchester County and Twenty-third and Twenty-fouith Wards of New York City.) State Senator -- 12th District. Henry C. Nelson, Sing Sing. (Senatorial district composed of Westchester and Rockland Counties.) Members of Assembly. First District, Charles P. McClelland, Dobbs Ferry. (District composed of Greenburgh, Mount Pleasant and …
Miller, New Castle ; Deputy Register, B. Frank Palmer, Mamaroneck ; Searcher, Benjamin S. Dick, M hite Plains. Sheriff. John Duffy, White Plains; Under Sheriff, William Ryan, Rye ; Jailer and Deputy Sheriff, Frank G. Shirmer, White Plains; Clerk and Deputy Sheriff, Charles E. Johnson, Mount Vernon ; Deputy Sheriffs : John 0. Verplanck, White Plains; Stephen .4. Marshall, Port …
Sutton, Sing Sing. Superintendents of the Poor. Aaron F. Read, Arinonk ; James E. Hoyt, Katonah. School Cominissioners. Jared Sandford, Mount Vernon ; James B. Lockwood, ASTiite Plains; John W. Littel, Peekskill. Loan Commissiomrs. Isaac B. Noxon, Sing Sing ; Jonathan Vail, Yonkers. David Blizzard. SCARSDALE. Totm Cleris. William 11. Pierce, R. John Bowilen, D. Frank Wiley …
Dem. Dem. Rep. West Chester . . Dem. White Plains . . Dem. Dem. Dem. TOWN HISTOEIES. SCARSDALE. BY ALL.\>' M. BUTLER, M.D. The town of Scarsdale is in its general outline rhomboidal, the long diameter running nearly due north and south and extending from a point about a mile south of the county court-house in White Plains in a southerly direction for two miles. The shorter …
The town is bounded on the northeast by White Plains and a small part of Mamaroneck; on the southeast, by Mamaroneck and New Rochelle ; on the southwest by New Rochelle and East Chester and on its entire northwest border by Greenburgh. In the centre of the town rises the Hutchinson River, which flows in a southerly direction, and on the east, another stream, the " Shelldrake," …
Although this forest once covered from twelve to fourteen hundred acres, most of it has been cleared, and, except for a few inconsiderable portions, the " Saxton Forest " remains only in name. Bolton, in his history of the county, says : " The most prominent features of Scarsdale, however, are the extensive tracts of woodland which completely cover its wild and romantic hills …
The Bronx, though unaavigable, was formerly a stream of some magnitude, furnishing water-power for a saw and grist-mill, which stood from before the days of the Revolution until the Rebellion near Scarsdale Station, but now fully one-half of the volume of water has been diverted to the new aqueduct or pipe-line which skirts the town on the Greenburgh bank of the river …
It appears, however, that the town was once part of a large tract ceded by the Indian owners to one John Richbeli, a native of England, about whom little is known. This tract formed part of the Indian district of "Quaroppas," then occupied by the Mohegans or Mohicans. This was in the year 1660, and Richbeli was probably the first white man to settle in the town. For this …
In this deed, which is still in the possession of the descendants of Colonel Heathcote, the said Indians, " for and in consideration of a certain sum of good and lawful money," -- the amount of which is not stated, -- sold to Colonel Heathcote, free of all encumbrance or limitation, " a certain tract of land lying and being in the county of Westchester, bounded as follows: To …
This tract, together with the other large purchases of Colonel Heathcote -- an exception being made of White Plains, to which Colonel Heathcote had a claim which he afterwards raised -- was, on March 21, 1701, by royal patent of AVilliam III., John Nanfan, Lieutenant-Governor of the province, subscribing to it, erected into the " Lordship and Manor of Scarsdale," to be holden …
The entire Indian history of Scarsdale, so far as it is known, is summed up in the account of the transactions of Richbeli and Colonel Heathcote with the Indian proprietors. There is no account of any disturbance from them since the town was settled, nor are there any Indian remains of any account, nothing more than a few arrow-heads and similar relics having been found to …
The State census of 1825 shows a decrease of 8 persons, the total in 1830 being again slightly reduced, the returns showing 317 inhabitants. In 1835 the number of the inhabitants was the same as in 1820, being 329. Of these, 162 were males and 167 females, among these being included 89 colored persons. The number of births this year was 10. and of deaths there were 4. It is …
The families of the town numbered 57, with 297 natives of the United States. The foreign born numbered 44, of whom 26 remained aliens. In 1850 the population had risen by one, while the next five years saw a rise of over a hundred, the census of 1855 showing a population of 445, including 28 colored. Of these 205 were males and 240 females; the total of foreign born was 123 …
171 married, 11 were widowers and 23 widows. In 1875 the population had dropped to 529, including a colored population of 35. The foreign born numbered 131 and the natives 398, of whom 344 were natives of the State, and 226 of the county. The males in the town numbered 244 and the females 285 and their civil condition was : single 346, married 153, widowers 13, widows 17, the …
In 1875 the town valuation amounted to $588,850, and the town debt was $29,109, of which $3689 had been contracted on the account of war bonds and bounties, and $25,500 for roads. In 1880 the town valuation was $620,084, of which 1560,284 was real and $53,800 personal property. Thirty years ago there were in the town sixty- two dwellinghouses, valued at .$84,550. ' Ten years …
In 1785 overseers of the poor had been chosen for the first time, and the positions were afterwards filled at each annual election. In succeeding years the amount raised by the town for the support of the poor was much diminished, $25 being voted for this object in 1800, and $35 in 1804. This amount reached $100 in 1818, $130 the next year and $150 in 1822, but in the …
Our next information is forty-three years later, and is gained from a " list of slaves taken April ye 5th, 1755, by Joseph Sutton, Cap'"." This information is, of necessity, inaccurate, as the names given are chosen from a list including inhabitants of other places beside Scarsdale, to which some of them may belong, although these names are all familiar in Scarsdale, -- David …
In another such document, dated three years later, a negro woman named " Sibb," the property of Abigail Cornell, was adjudged capable of maintaining herself without the assistance of the town. According to the census of 1800, the total number of slaves in the town, which then only included Scarsdale proper, was twenty-four, showing even a smaller ratio of increase than before …
Industries. -- Although Scarsdale has never contributed largely to the supply of the markets, the chief industries of the town have always been agricultural. There are no statistics in relation to agricultural products in the early days of the town, but from the records of the town-meetings we may infer-- from the number of times the animals are mentioned-- that much of the …
In the town-meeting of 1790 it was voted that all fences must be four feet six inches high and that they were " not to exceed six inches under the bottom rail, except well underpined with stones, nor to exceed six inches betwix rails until it comes to the fift rail." Even as late as 1837 we find that the office of " Hog Howard" was continued, the duties of the office …
The same year 262 yards of homespun cloth were made and the dairy products amounted to 18,635 pounds of butter. The live-stock on farms consisted of 78 horses, 420 neat cattle, 416 swine, 386 sheep, yielding 730 pounds of wool. No returns are given in respect to the value of farm stock or of farm produce, but the latter, so far as the outside market is concerned, was probably …
The census for 18()5, some of the statistics, however, referring to the previous year, gives the following figures : The population amounted to 557 persons, of whom 61 were land-owners. The farm valuation was $712,800, and the acreage divided thus: Improved, 3168 acres ; unimproved, 948 acres ; pasture, 1264 acres ; meadow, 993 acres. The yield of the princicipal crops was as …
The farms of the town were put at a valuation of $630,500, and the acreage was described, thus : Improved, 2566 acres; unimproved, 875 acres; woodland, 531 acres; pasture, 503 acres; and meadow, 1207 acres. The crops were as follows : Hay, 1635 tons ; corn, 5145 bushels ; oats, 2490 bushels ; rye, 2668 bushels ; potatoes, 5275 bushels. The apple orchards contained 9950 trees …
In 1835 there were si.K hundred and twenty-four sheej) owned in the town, but in the ensuing ten years the number had decreased to three hundred and eighty-six. It is very probable that before the first-mentioned date the number was even greater; but the decrease has been steady, and at the present date the industry is practically extinct. The principal reason for this has …
Maxufactures axd Other Enterprises. -- Manufacturing has always occupied a very secondary place in Scarsdale, but little capital being devoted to it and almost all capital going to farming. Just above and a short distance to the west of Scarsdale Station, on the Bronx Eiver, and within the limits of the Popham estate, are the ruins of a grist-mill and its dam. This was built …
As no mention appears to have been made of it in either the town records or census reports its output in either capacity was probably not great. Within a year from this time, in 1863, it took fire and was burued to the ground and has never since been rebuilt. Nothing but a few ruins and several fragments of machinery remain to mark the site of this venerable mill, which was …
This was erected about the year 1847, when the Hudson River Railroad was in process of construction, and furnished much powder for this work. Near the main building stood a magazine and a cooper-shop and other outbuildings. Although the manufacture of powder was successfully carried on here for a time, it was finally abandoned, as the works were ruined by several destructive …
"By order of the Council of Appointment, by the Act of the Legislature, lutitled an Act to provide for the temporal government of the Southern parts of the State, whenever the enemy shall abandon or be dispossessed of the same, and until the Legislature can be convened, -- Passed Oct. 23d, 1779. And by virtue of direction, Jesse Hunt, Esq., Sheriff of Westchester County …
In 1785 the offices of overseers of the poor were instituted, John Barker and Francis Secor being the first incumbents. In the town-meeting of 1789 it was enacted that the "Fence and Damage Viewers" should receive for their services at the rate of six shillings per diem, this being the first mention of any remuneration for town officers. The next year three "Commissioners of …
In 1809 he was succeeded as town clerk by his brother Enoch, and held no local office of importance until 1822, when he was for the third time chosen supervisor, and that year Enoch Tompkins was succeeded in the town clerkship by Richard M. Popham. In 1823 William A. Popham held his first town office, that of school commissioner, and in 1825 he was chosen town clerk to succeed …
In 1832 the first mention is made of the election of justices of the peace in town-meeting, the following being chosen : Nathaniel Brown, Elijah Purdy and John Bennett, Jr., and in 1835 the first tax was laid upon the owners of dogs. For the next succeeding years the office of town clerk was held by the following persons : 1838, Francis Losee ; 1839-40, Caleb Tompkins …
Palmer, justice of peace ; Richard Palmer, and Lawrence Dobbs, overseers of the poor ; Richard Palmer, James Willetts and Jonathan G. Tompkins, inspectors of elections ; Orrin A. Weed, constable SCARSDALE. and collector ; and William H. Boda, constable. At the next town-meeting it was voted " that the Rail Road depot, the School-House and the apple tree near and West of house …
In 18G7 an attempt was made to change the southern boundary of the town so as to include a part of the township of East Chester, but this was unsuccessful, and, although subsequent attempts to obtain this have been made, the boundary of the town remains unchanged. The next year the place of meeting was changed from the "Fox Meadow School-House" to the residence of James F …
Extensive and unnecessary alterations were made then under the management of the " ring " which was then in power in New York, and the debt of the town was thereby largely increased. In 1872 it was voted to raise four thousand and sixty-five dollars to pay principal and interest on the town road bonds, thus reducing the town indebtedness in part, and also to raise $569.30 to …
Mc- Nulty, inspectors of election ; Lawrence Dobbs and Charles Griffin, overseers of poor; Francis Secor and Isaac Lepugy, town auditors, and C. Bayard Fish and Benj. J. Carpenter, commissioners of excise. On the 11th of September, 1882, a town health board was organized for the first time, Charles Nordquist, M.D., being chosen town physician and Francis Secor health officer …
Two years afterward the total fell to nineteen votes in the election for governor, Clinton receiving eleven and Rochester eight. In the election for governor in 1828 Van Buren received twenty-four and Thompson twenty votes, and the same year in the choice of presidential elctors Jacob Odell received twenty-four votes and John Odell twenty-one. In the next eighteen years the …
During the next decade the population increased HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. by one hundred and four souls, the number of votes rising to eighty-two in the same time. The next ten years saw the population again increased by more than one hundred souls, and the number of voters at the end of this period (1865) was one hundred and nine. In 1875 the total of voters had fallen …
For governor, Griswold (Republican) received forty-five votes and Hoffman (Democrat) forty-three. For Congress, Potter (Democrat) received forty-four votes and Haggerty (Republican) forty-one. At the next general election the town went strongly Republican, giving Grant fortyeight votes for president against twenty-four for Greeley, and at the same time Dix (Republican) …
From the above it will be observed that Scarsdale has come out on the winning side in all but three of the jiresidential contests there recorded, whence it has been said -- -as of many other towns also, however, -- " As Scarsdale goes, so goes the country." Military History. -- Although the scene of no battle or famous military exploit during the Revolution, Scarsdale was …
The Varian family, who occupied what is now known as " Wayside Cottage," after enduring for some time the importunate demandg of the guerrillas fled to Connecticut for refxige, not returning till the end of the war ; while Caleb Tompkins was obliged to leave his home and flee for his life, before the British. In the " Spy," Cooper treats of this time and locality with great …
The number furnished by Scarsdale is unknown, but the name of James Verian (Varian) appears as first-lieutenant of the company. Of him, we find that during the war, he rendered service under the Colonial flag, and his possessions were despoiled by the human wolves infesting this part of Westchester County during the war, and who were known as ' Skinners ' and ' Cowboys.' For …
When he arrived at the swamp just northeast of the village of White Plains he was so closely pursued that he abandoned his cattle, sending them on into the woods near Kensico, while he himself descended into the swamp and hid in the water, his head only above the surface. In this waj' he managed to escape from his pursuers and afterwards was able to return to his home …
This camj) was broken uj) on the 25th, and the army moved forward to a position upon the high grounds of Scarsdale, on the site of the late John Bennet's farm, and there remained till the morning of the 28th of October. Then they moved from camp in two columns, the right under command of General Clinton and the left under that of General de Heister. and coming in sight of the …
During the second war with England, or the War of 1812, Scarsdale varied its peaceful routine little if at all. It furnished the State, however, with its War Governor, Daniel D. Tompkins, who so thoroughly identified himself with his work that the history of these times in New York is the history of his own life. Besides Governor Tompkins, Scarsdale furnished the country with …
There are no accurate records of the exact number volunteering from the town of Scarsdale, and of those sent as substitutes or drafted, but the most reliable figures give the number credited to Scarsdale during the Rebellion as follows: Serving in the army, thirty-eight, and in the navy, eleven. Fourteen of those credited to the army were enlisted as follows : Fifty-first …
Wetmore, writing to the Gospel Society in 1744, observes: 'I have a considerable congregation at the White Plains and Scarsdale, above seven miles west of the i)arish church, which I also attend once in two months." By far the oldest religious organization actually settled in the town is the Society of Friends, who have had a meetinghouse of their own here for more than a …
This meeting-house dated from about this time, being set down on the site of the present structure upon a map " of the White Plains constituting part of Scarsdale," 6G6 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. bearing the date 1779. Two buildings are now used by tlie Society -- one by the Orthodox Friends and the other by the Hicksites, both being of comparatively recent construction …
At the latter date the seating capacity of the buildings was three hundred and eightj', and the usual attendance seventy persons. But while on the eastern side of the town the Society of Friends was slowly growing and becoming firmly established, the western side, and in fact all the rest of the town, had no religious organization of any kind. At odd times the services of the …
The consecration of the completed edifice took place on the 28th of June, 1851, the services being conducted by the Rt. Rev. W. H. De Lancey, bishop of Western New York, acting in the disability of the bishop of New York. The first wedding in the new church was celebrated on the 27th of May, 1852, and the first confirmation service took place on the 12th of September of the …
Seeing the goodwill and earnestness shown by the initiators of the enterprise, others outside became interested, and came forward with gifts and helpful deeds, so that a great many persons not immediately connected with this church had a substantial investment in it." In June, 1850, the grounds immediately surrounding the church, to the amount of about three and a quarter …
James in each and every year ; and, also, the parties of the second part, or their successors in office, shall not at any time during the continuance of the time hereby granted, let, underlet, assign, sell or convey the whole or any part of said premises to any person or persons, sole or corporate whatever, except the right or privilege of burial in said ground ; and upon the …
Andrew in every year, after the same shall have been due, that then said parties of the second part shall forever thereafter be discharged from the payment of the same." The church is situated upon a slight eminence, a quarter of a mile from the Bronx River and the Harlem Railroad, and about the same distance from the old Boston turnpike, in a convenient location, while to the …
It is circular, supported on a central octagonal stem, surrounded by four detached pil- I lars of white marble, and was presented by the sisters ' of the first rector of the parish. The seats areopenand entirely free of any charge for rent or use -- the church being supported by voluntary contributions at the i offertory. The organ, presented by a member of the 1 vestry, is …
John Bolton, of Pelham. Over the central lancet, in the chancel, and in the middle of the west gable, are triangular, trifoliated lights, with colored glass." Frank Wills, of New York, was the architect, and the cost of the entire edifice is put by Mr. Bolton as about five thousand dollars; but this is probably too small, as much labor and material were contributed by …
The central lancet contained a representation of the Saviour holding in his arms the Sacramental Loaf. The glass of the left lancet represented St. Philip, and that of the right, St. James the Less. The large bell, cast by Meneely, of Troy, was a present to the parish, and, as it was found to be too large for the small beUry at the summit of the west gable, it was put in …
In the north wall, and lacing the entrance to the sacristy, was cut a tablet to the memory of Susan Bailey Lang. This edifice contained sittings for about thirty-three persons, and was chiefly used for the Sunday-school and for week-day services. On the evening of Palm Sunday, April 2, 1882, the beautiful little church was almost totally destroyed by fire, -- owing ai)parently …
Of these ceremonies the Churchman for November 17th has the following account : " This church was re-consecrated on Sunday, November 4th, by the assistant bishop of the diocese, aided by the Rev. Francis Chase, rector ; the Rev. Dr. Olsen, a former rector; the Rev. W. W. Montgomery, of Mamaroneck ; the Rev. F. B. Van Kleeck, of White Plains ; and the Rev. ilessrs. Forbes and …
The tone of the walls and woodwork is, however, much lighter than in the foi'mer building, while the stained glass is but a parody upon the beautiful chancel windows of the old church. The font has been almost exactly restored, and stands just outside of the chancel, on the right. The new furniture, consisting of altar, chancel-chair, double stall, reading desk, pulpit and …
The chapel is nearly an exact counterpart of the one it replaces. Belonging to the church is a commodious rectorj', situated on a pleasant spot nearly due north of the church, and about five minutes' walk from it. Following is a list of all the i-ectors of Scarsdale : Election or Acceptance of Call. Besigiiation. January 31, 1850, Rev James F. Le Baron .\pnl 1, 18.M, Rev …
In 1865 the valuation of the property had risen to 88000. There were 60 communicants and an average attendance of 40 persons. The following are the latest parish statistics: Families, 45 ; souls, 214; baptisms,?; confirmations, 3 ; marriages, 3 ; burials, 6; communicants, 74; Sunday-school scholars, 44; teachers, 7. Total amount collected for all objects, §2555,02. The …
To the southwest of the church are the vaults of the Bleecker, McFarlan and Popham families, and in the last-named repose the remains of the late William Popham, of Revolutionary fame, and his son, William Sherbrooke Popham. In this churchyard lie the remains of several unknown persons who died within the town limits, and so were given burial here. The following curious …
For many years the chapel was used by no organized society, but its pulpit was occupied, upon invitation, by various Presbyterian clergymen, among others, by the Rev. Drs. Lyman Abbott and Irena'us Prime. At a later period the chapel was used by the Methodist Society of Hartsdale, who held there their Sunday-school and afternoon services, -- their own church being …
For this purpose use was made of the old " Fox Meadow " school-house, which formerly stood on Fish's Hill, the ^Methodists and Presbyterians holding services on alternate Sundays. The Rev. George Donovan, a clergyman of the former denomination, who contributed so much to the early success of the public school, often officiated here as pastor as well pedagogue. Again, during …
Barker, William Popham and Caleb Angevine being chosen to fill the position for the first year. In 1809 was built a new school-house to replace the one destroyed, and this still remains, but is now occupied as a dwelling. It formerly stood part way up Fish's Hill to the north of the roadway, but was moved many years ago to its present site, to the north side of the Hartsdale …
Popham, their offices being in addition to the school commissioners before mentioned. During these early days of the century the school came to be known as the " Scarsdale Academy," from the high grade of its instruction. Later on, however, when the conduct of the school passed into other hands, much of its reputation was lost, and it is stated that two of the old time …
In this year five hundred dollars was voted for the expenses of the school, and the teacher was Miss Eliza Algood, who occupied the position for a number of years. In 1874 it was determined to erect a new and more suitable building for school purposes, and a thousand dollars was voted by the town for procuring the necessary land, while in the following year twenty-five hundred …
The following are the statistics for 1884 : Trustees, David A. Weed, Benjamin J. Carpenter and F. W. Brooks ; Clerk, Gilbert W. Dobbs ; Teacher, Miss Marsland; number of weeks of school, forty-three ; children in district between the ages of five and twenty-one, one hundred and thirty-six ; between the ages of eight and fourteen, sixty-six. Books in library, two hundred and …
The building is neatly painted in a light shade of gray, with darker trimmings. The ground iloor proper is occupied by a commodious and well-arranged school-room, fitted up with modern school furniture, and adjoining are the vestibule and cloak-rooms, the former opening upon a small porch. The loft above is unfurnished, but the basement is fitted up for the uses of the town …
The next year the convention records contain no report of the parish school, but in 1855 we find the following: Daily Parish Schools, One, part free -- Males, 6 ; Females, 11." That year eighty dollars was contributed by the church toward the parish school building. The next year the number of scholars had risen to twenty -- males, fourteen ; females, six -- and one hundred …
During the winter a nightschool had been held for three months, which probably accounts in some measure for the decrease. The attendance at the night-school aggregated twenty-one, thus giving a total of fifty-one scholars. The parish contribution had fallen to fifty dollars for this year. Shortly after this last report the school was given up, apparently from lack of support …
His ancestors were among the first to settle in the town, and they have at all times figured conspicuously in its history. It is said of him that he embodied in himself, besides the noble virtues, the more commonplace, but none the less important ones of activity, energy and perseverence, while his talents, no matter how tried, were always equal to an emergency. The reputation …
Jonathan Griffin Tompkins, father of the Governor, though not as distinguished in the history of the nation, was more identified than his son with the history of the town. But besides holding very many town offices, he was a member of the State Convention which adopted the Declaration of Independence and the first Constitution of the State. Mr. Tompkins was one of the …
Of the sons of Jonathan G. Tompkins, several settled j)ermanenth' within the town, and proved useful and worthy citizens. The first of these was Caleb, the oldest of the Governor's brothers, who was born in 175ii, and he left a son, J. G. Tompkins, Jr. The former held the offices of poor master, town clerk and supervisor in the town, being chosen to the last-named office at …
It is now in the possession of the Popham family, of whom we subjoin a sketch. The Pophams trace their English ancestry as far into HON. DANIEL the past as the beginning of the thirteenth century, when their records show that one Gilbert Popham, of the Manor of Popham, married Joan, a daughter of Kobert Clarke, also of that manor. Members of the family held high offices during …
so obnoxious to Charles I. by his course at that time, that his son John, who was colonel in command of a cavalry regiment, was forced to remove into Ireland, where he purchased the estate of Bandon. Mindful of the family reverses, he named his oldest son Ichabod. John Popham, the son of Ichabod and father of William Popham, from whom are descended the family so long …
By them he was entered at Princeton College, from which he graduated just as the Revolution was breaking out. Joining the Continental army, he almost immediately rendered himself famous by the cai)ture of the notorious Captain Rugg and eighteen others at the battle of Long Island. As a reward for his bravery, he received a captaincy, which was subse- TOMPKINS. HISTORY OF …
While Major Popham was yet a young man his father, journeying a second time to this country, was taken sick upon the voyage and died. He was buried by his son at Perth Amboy, N. J. The major at the time of his death was president of the New York State Society of the Cincinnati. He was also its president-general by virtue of his right as oldest member. Upon the occasion of his …
He married Eliza, daughter of William Hill, of East Chester, and after her decease was united to her sister Jane. Mr. Popham closed a long life of quiet usefulness June 18, 1885, in the same room in which he was born more than ninety years before. His unassumed humility and his simplicity of manner charmed all with whom he came into contact, and made his loss both to his …
He was finally induced by his father-in-law to enter the oil business with him, and in this he was engaged at the time of his death, June 27, 1880. J While in the oil trade he was also associated with William C. Haxton, now vice-president of the Washington Life Insurance Company. Mr. Popham was a gentleman of peculiarly cordial disposition, and his genial manner made him many …
Harris, at White Plains, he joined his father in business, and in due time succeeded to it and the family estate. Beside carrying on his large business interests in Xew York City, he has been for the last sixteen years justice of the peace of the town of Scarsdale. Like his brother, William H., Mr. Popham is of an exceedingly social disposition, and he is justly reckoned among …
Morris was commissary or judge of the Court of Admiralty, as well as at one time chief justice of the State, and filled both these offices with much distinction. The Morris house stands on the eastern slope of the ridge, running parallel to the post-road on the west, and is a few hundred yards to the south of the Popham mansion. Although more than a century and a half old, the …
Prominent among the families of the eastern side of the town in former years were the Secors, the Angevines, the Griffins and the Palmers. The first-named family has always figured prominently in the town's history. In 1809 and for the next two years James Secor held the office of supervisor, while Francis Secor, lately deceased, of a generation later, held the same office at …
Of the Palmer family, Richard served as supervisor of the town for thirteen years, between 1831 and 1837 and again from 1839 to 1844, and James F. Palmer, besides holding other offices, was town clerk in 1860. In the house of the latter, on the Mamaroneck road and in a central location, town-meetings and elections were held for a number of years until the erection of the new …
The only record in connection with Scarsdale pertaining to this member of the family is that of his death, showing that Samuel Drake, son of Joseph Drake, of East Chester, " died at the Fox Meadows in 1774, aged seventy-five years." The present head of the family in Scarsdale is the venerable Elias G. Drake, now in his eighty-si.xth year, having been born just before the close …
He accumulated considerable property and died at his residence in Bowery Lane, about the year 1800. He left five sous, of whom three -- James, Richard and Michael -- were ardent patriots and warmly espoused the Revolutionary cause. Of these, however, only James and Michael appear to have been identified with Scarsdale. In the " Book of the Varian Family " the following record …
He married, February 25, 1759,' Deborah Dibble, of Connecticut, by whom he had seven children, five of whom were born in Scarsdale. " Michael Varian, butcher, born in New York City, December 9, 1738, and was in that vocation for many years at that place. At the time of the Revolution (1775) he moved to Scarsdale, Westchester County, N. Y""., but returned at the close of the …
He married a daughter of John Cornell, by whom he had nine children. On the death of Jonathan, in 1824, the estate in Scarsdale appears to have been occupied by James, and after his death, in 1841, by his son, James, from whom it passed into the hands of Charles Butler in 1853. Another son, William A. Varian, is now living at Kings' Bridge, being a practicing surgeon, and in …
Thomas Cornell, of Cornell's Neck, was also an ancestor of the Westchester Willets, once a prominent family in the county and in the province -- and also of the Woolse\'s, of Bedford and elsewhere, and therefore should be named here. Cornell's Neck was situated on the East River and was granted to Thomas Cornell in June, 1646, by the Dutch Governor, Kieft, who described it as …
Throckmorton and of Mr. Cornell. " Probably the slain were servants, and Thomas Cornell and his family were then in New Amsterdam, where his eldest daughter, Sara, married, on the 1st of September, 1613, Thomas Willett, of Bristol, England, the ancestor of a distinguished family. W'illiam Willett, the eldest son of Thomas Willett and Sarah Cornell, was baptized in New …
He was colonel of the Queens County militia, then the most niimeroua regiment in the province, and was i)ultlicly thanked by the Governor, Lord Cornbury, in November, 1704, that, on an alarm of an invasion by a French fleet, he had in ten hours brought a thousand men to within an hour's march of New York. Colonel Thomas Willett's cousin, Colonel John Cornell, of Kockaway …
But this is not the place to pursue the history of the "Willettsof We,stchester, further than to show their descent from Thomas Cornell, of Cornell's Neck. The Neck has sometimes been called Willett's Neck. Rebecca Cornell, a younger dausjhter of Thomas Cornell, was with her sister Sara, in New Amsterdam, and tliere married, in 1G47, George Woolsey, of Varmouth, Eufrland, said …
Thomas Cornell, of Cornell's Neck, had eleven children -- six sons (Thomas, Richard of llockaway, William, Samuel, John of Cowueck and Joshua) and five daughters (Sarah, Ann, Rebecca, Elizabeth and Mary). Several of his children settled in tne Eastern States, and he subsequently returned to Rhode Island and died there about lir)7. Two of his sons settled in Queens County. The …
One of the grandsons of Thomas Cornell, of the Provincial Assembly, was Whitehead Cornell, who represented (ineens County in the State .\ssembly in 1788-98, and lived in dignity in the old homestead of his grandfather, while his elder and his younger brothers, who were Royalists in the Revolution and officers in the British Army, were glad, after the war, to take refuge in …
In a sheltered valley of his grant, John Cornell set apart a burial plot, where are interred the remains of himself and of his wife and of umuy of their descendants. His children were: 1. Richaixl of Scai-sdale, born 11170; married Hannah Thome. 2. Joshua, married Sarah Thorne. 3. JIary, born 1679 ; married James Sands. 4. John born lO.Sl ; married Mary Starr. .'>. Caleb, born …
Richard Cornell was a diligent and prosperous man, and his will, dated in 175*), divides among his children much land in Scarsdale, Mamaroneck, and New Rochelle, besides other property and slaves. For even Friends then held slaves, although intiuences were already at work which abolished slavery in the Society before the American declaration of the inalienable right to liberty …
Burke's " Landed Gentry of Great Britain " gives two branches, the senior one writing Cornewall and the other Cornwall. Burke's " Peerage and Baronetage" adds a third branch, a family of Baronets in Hereford, who retain Cornewall, and Burke traces the lineage of the whole family up through the Barons ofBurford to Rii hardde Cornewall, son of Richard, Earl of Cornewall, second …
' The four sons and six daughters of the first Richard Cornell, of Scarsdale, were as follows : I. Mary, born at Cowneck, 1703, died 1762 ; married Kev. Henry Sands. II. Deborah, born at Cowneck, 1705, died 1772; married Matthew Franklin, a Quaker preacher. III. Richard Cornell, .Ir., born 1708 ; married Mary Ferris, and had Peter of Maniamneck, born 1732, died 1765, married …
(1.) Peter, named after his grandfather, born 1780 ; married Margaret Gedney, and had : (a.) JohnG., born 1812, died 1834. (b.) Thomas Cornell, of Bondout, born 1814 ; maiTied Catharine Ann Woodniancie -- member of Congress etc., named in above text, (c.) Hannah, born 1816. (d.) Nathaniel, born 1818. (c.) Anthony, b«rn 1820. (/.) Elizabeth. (g.) Mary, born 1824. (h.) …
Joseph, born in Cowneck, 1708, died 1770 ; married, 1734, Phebe Ferris, daughter of I'eter Ferris, and had : First -- Joseph, of Slamaroneck, who married Sarah Hadden and had ; Susannah, born 1757; married Newberry Fowler. Deborah, born 1700 ; married John Fowler. Richard, born 1762, died 1795. Jonathan, born 1764, died 1834 ; married 1st. Lydia Carpenter ; married 2d, Jemima …
He married 1st, Anne Cornell ; married 2d, Hannah Quimby ; married 3d, Sarah Cox, and left Thomas I , born 1779; married 1st, Amy Fisher ; married 2d, Gulielma Wood, and had several children -- and Samuel, born 1782 ; married Martha Bonnett, and left a family. V. Hannah, born 1711 ; married Joshua Quimby. VI. Phebe, born 1715 ; married Ebenezer HaWland. VII. John, born 1717 …
(o.) Deborah, born 1809 ; married Henry M. Carpenter. (b.) Mary, born 1812 ; married Jacob Miller, (c.) Stephen, born 1815, died 1852 ; married Rachel Tompkins, and left William H., Jr., Charles W. and Albert. (<?.) William, born 1818 ; was supervisor in 1845-62 ; married Ist, 1842, Sarah Theall, who died, 1848, leaving: 1. William T., born 1845; married Lucinda \. Rushmore …
his father, had ten children, three sons, -- one of whom died in infancy, and seven daughters. His eldest son, Stephen, of Mamaroneck, is now represented by his grandson, William, who was supervisor of Scarsdale in 1845-- W) and in 18(52, and by William's son, William T. Cornell, of Mamaroneck, now cashier of the l^nion Bank in Wall Street. Benjamin gave to his youngest son …
His name appears in early manhood as town clerk, about the time of the Revolution and for some years after, and then as supervisor. Like his father and his grandfather, he was in dress and manner a strict member of the Society of Friends, of high character and fine personal appearance, nearly six feet in height, and bearing himself with grace and dignity. The only portrait of …
Jesse, born 178.5, died 1805. 3d. Jane, born 1787, died IS ; married David Arnold. 4th. Silas, I)om 1789, died at Rochester, 1854 ; marrie<i, 1815, Sarah Mott. born 1791, died 1872, daughter of Adam and .-Vnnie Mott, and had : First -- Thomas Clapp, of whom further mention is made in our account of Yonkers, l>orn 1819 ; married, 1850, Jane K. Bashford, borii 1829, daughter of …
Cornell's house in Yonkers. The name of the Secor ' family has been variously spelt Sicard, Secord and Secor. In 1(590 Ambroise Sicard came to this country. He was a French Huguenot, and was forced to the step in consequence of the persecution to which he was subjected at home. He married Jennie Perron, and the first entry upon the records of the Huguenot Church in New York …
James, his son, born in 1700, married Mary A. Arvon in 1724, and had seven sons and three daughters. Their fourth child, Francis, was born in 1732. He purchased the present homestead at Scarsdale in 1775, the original deed of which is still in possession of the family. He married Sarah Horton in 1761, and had three sons and five daughters. His oldest son, Caleb, born in 1763 …
For thirty years he was an active and consistent member of the Presbyterian Church of White Plains, and the confidence of his brethren in his integrity was manifested by their election of him to the eldership. Ten years afterward, when the church adopted the rotary system, he was re-elected, but two years previous to his death, feeling that his strength would not admit of a …
Gilbert married Eliza, daughter of Solomon Wright, and they were the parents of ten children -- Green ; Elizabeth, wife of Lewis Travvis; David; Jackson, who married Sarah A. Hall, and is now living at White Plains ; Susan, wife of Ampellas Youmans ; Zilphia, wife of David Parent ; Simon, who married Eliza Hance, and resides in New Y'^ork ; Pheda, wife of Nathaniel Springsteel …
1 Prepared and inserted by the publishers. of Third Avenue was one of the most important of his works. About 1861 he became connected with the Morrisania Steamboat Company, and was made a director in 1876. This company ran freight and passenger boats to Fultou Slip, and in 18S1 he purchased the boats and organized the North and East River Steamboat Company the following year …
For picturesque elegance this is excelled by few places in the county. As a man of business he is well known and respected throughout this section of country, and his skill and ability are attested by his success. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Moses Hall, of Mount Pleasant. They have five children -- Moses G. (who married Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. M. D. C. Van Gasbeeck) …
the Manor of Phillipsburg, which ht3 afterwards purchased. His son, Isaac Hall, wlio married Klizabeth Fields, was the father of Moses Fields, who married Mahala Fowler. Their children were Nathaniel F., Tamar J., Sarah A., Aaron, Daniel, Mary A. and Elizabeth, who married Green Wright, as mentioned above. The old homestead of the Hall family is now owned by Fields Hall …
McCabe has lived in the tow'n, always occupying her present residence, since 1802, and although now in her eighty-fifth year, is possessed of an excellent memory and relates many events of interest connected with the early history of the town. Mr. McCabe has for many years been prominent in the affairs of the town, especially in connection with the management of the school, of …
A lover of fishing, he was accustomed to pursue the sport in that neighborhood, and on the day of his death he had wandered to the old mill, and was sitting upon the dam with his pole, when, by some mischance, he fell from his position to the rocks below, dying shortly thereafter. After him came Mr. Sherbrooke, an eccentric old gentleman, whose constant companion in the …
The house has been changed very much of late years, but still preserves in part its original shape and appearance. It stands very near to the road, surrounded by tall locusts and in the midst of pleasant lawns, presenting a picturesque appearance. Upon the death of Jonathan Griffin, Jonathan G. Tompkins, his adopted son and father of Daniel D. Tompkins, moved thither from his …
Directly adjoining this residence on the south is the large estate of Charles Butler, an uncle of the preceding, known as the " Fox Meadows," which has so often been mentioned in the town's history. Mr. Butler first made the town his home in 1853, purchasing the original " Fox Meadows " from the heirs of Caleb Tompkins, and ha* since added largely to its extent by the purchase …
Much of the estate was swamp and marsh when Mr. Butler made his purchase, but nearly all has been reclaimed and the whole estate laid out and beautified with great taste. There are large lawns surrounded with many stately trees and for nearly a mile along the bank of the river Bronx stretch many acres of woodland, through which run several small tributary streams*, and a …
Popham, who now occupies the homestead. The mansion was built in 1784 by William Popham, Sr., who made it his home, with the exception of a few years sjjent in the city of New York, until 1835, since which date his son and grandson have resided here. The mansion stands a few rods west of the post road, in a small valley surrounded by a grove of locusts, being a few hundred …
The house, now known as the Wayside Cottage, is one of the oldest in the town, dating from a period jirior to the Revolution, and, although considerable additions have of late years been made to it, the old part has changed in no essential particular. It stands in the shade of several handsome trees, close to the road, at the very southeast corner of the property, and was …
It is an interesting fact that the sabre-marks of the British are still to be seen in the woodwork of both the front-door of the house and the door to the stable -- vivid reminders of the depredations practiced in the Neutral Ground. After the war the house and estate passed into the hands of Colonel Jonathan Varian, who also brought credit upon the family by his services in …
Arriving at the Varian farm, they would turn their droves of several hundred head of cattle out to graze and themselves would rest at the tavern for several days, making their sales with the dealers, who would drive out from the city and select their purchases. Then, after this interval of rest, the cattle, much improved after their long march, would be driven directly to …
Although being much exposed (the family being patriotic) to the depredations of British soldiens, and especially of the ' cow-boys ' -- those notorious brigands of the period, so well described in Cooper's 'Spy ' and Bolton's ' Historj- of Westchester County " -- this farm-house escaped both the torch and their pillage, and the dark cellar at the dawn of peace, true to its …
The only other one is the former residence of the late PMward Nelson, brother of the preceding, and is now occupied by Charles P. Crane, a lawyer practicing in New York City. The mansion is a spacious structure, with turreted tower on the southeast corner and broad verandas on the south and west, and stands among a number of handsome trees, on the north side of the back road …
Just north of this stood, till within a few years, a small, weatherbeaten cottage of two stories and steep, pitched roof, wliere, it is reported. Cooper wrote the "Spy," his famous novel, the scene of which is the "Neutral (iround" of the Revolution, of which Scarsdale formed a i)art. About eight years ago this cottage was torn down to make way for the large and more …
The building is of two full stories, nearly square in plan, with flat roof, on which is a stpiare cupola, with a minaret surmounting the whole. The front is deeply recessed to form the porch or veranda, which is two stories and sup|>orted by large round pillars. On either side of the building the hillside is terraced and an avenue of shade-trees extends from the main road to …
One room in particular is especially interesting as being an exact counterpart of one of the rooms of the famous Cliiny Palace in France. This room has a large tiled fireplace on the north, opposite the entrance, while on either side of the room are large windows filled with diamond-shaped panes. The floors, walls and raftered ceiling are of polished oak or similar wood, and …