By Rick Pezzullo— The Village of Tarrytown is going to commemorate Juneteenth by correcting an error on an historic monument that was made almost 100 years ago. On Wednesday, June 19 at 10 a.m., a new plaque will be placed by the Board of Trustees at the Capto... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The historic Tarrytown Lighthouse in Sleepy Hollow officially reopened Thursday following the completion of a $3.4 million interior and exterior rehabilitation. The restoration of the Lighthouse included exterior repairs and repainting, addre... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Village of Sleepy Hollow will be hosting a 150th Anniversary Car Show on Saturday, May 18 on the former General Motors site. More than 40 classic and exotic cars will be on display adjacent to Sleepy Hollow RiverWalk, a public/private par... More »
By W.B. King– On November 16, 1944, 37-year-old Helen Ray Fowler was seated in “Old Sparky” in Sing Sing prison, facing her fate for committing the murder of a “hotheaded” boarder, George Knight, in the red light district of Niagara Falls. When the “crackling”... More »
It was 125 years ago when a remarkable piece of machinery made its debut as the controlling mechanism for the flow of water from the Croton Reservoir to New York City. Now this historic artifact, called an actuator, has found a new home at the Old Croton Aqued... More »
By Barrett Seaman– For those concerned about the future of the Ardsley-on-Hudson train station, now in the hands of Yonkers developer John-Michael DeGennaro, January 11th provided both bad news and good news. The bad news is that the MTA, which owned the build... More »
By Barrett Seaman— Visitors to McVickar House, headquarters of the Irvington Historical Society (IHS) at the top of Main Street, should enter the society’s most recent exhibit through the second door along the corridor if they are to absorb the full import of ... More »
By Barrett Seaman– The spacious second floor auditorium at the County Center was nearly full to capacity on Wednesday, September 27. Elected officials from County Executive George Latimer and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins to mayors and trustees... More »
By Barrett Seaman– A local group called Friends of the Ardsley-on-Hudson Train Station is urging the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to delay or amend transfer of ownership of the stationhouse to John Michael DeGennaro, a Yonkers-based developer wh... More »
By Jude Firpo-Cappiello– The Shiloh Baptist Church, located on North Washington Street in Tarrytown, recently received a $12,000 grant through the Sacred Sites Program of the New York Landmarks Conservancy, a private,not-for-profit group. The funds will allow ... More »
By Barrett Seaman— At its July 17 meeting, the Irvington Board of Trustees voted unanimously to grant a Special Permit to the owners of Villa Lewaro to use the 34-room, 20,000 sq. ft. mansion as “a historical, educational and cultural facility, specifically, a... More »
Additional Tours at Washington Irving’s Sunnyside, Philipsburg Manor, and Union Church at Pocantico Hills to Offer More Visitor Access Sleepy Hollow, NY (July 17, 2023) – In response to growing visitor demand, Historic Hudson Valley is pleased to announce the ... More »
By Barrett Seaman– The 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence was still eight years off when Constance “Connie” Kehoe, erstwhile deputy mayor of Irvington, launched Revolutionary Westchester 250 (RW250) in 2018. There were those wh... More »
By Krista Madsen– This is the third and last installment excerpt from a new introduction by Krista Madsen for Washington Irving’s 200 year-old collection. Copies of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories (RacePoint Publishing) are available online here... More »
By Barrett Seaman– On the last day of February, a goodly crowd of more than 70 crammed into the foyer of Irvington Town Hall and later on the plaza outside to unveil the plaque naming the square Madam C. J. Walker Plaza. Present for the occasion were local pol... More »
By Barrett Seaman— The 128-year-old, Stanford White-designed Trent Building at 50 South Buckout Street in Irvington has been sold to Carvi Properties Inc, a New York City-based subsidiary of a Portuguese Hotel chain. Advising Carvi during the transaction and s... More »
By Rick Pezzullo– It appears a fireboat that was part of two historic events in New York City will not be coming to Tarrytown–at least any time soon. At a Jan. 25 work session, the Tarrytown Board of Trustees instructed Village Administrator Richard Slingerlan... More »
By W.B. King– Driving south on Route 9 in Irvington, it’s hard not to notice Villa Lewaro, an Italianate styled 34-room, 20,000 square foot mansion located at Fargo Lane and North Broadway. The towering four white pillars not only provide entrance into the spr... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The caretakers of an historic fireboat are forging ahead with plans to hopefully dock the vessel on Tarrytown’s waterfront. Leaders of the nonprofit McKean Fireboat Preservation Project held two community information meetings Jan. 10 at the T... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The caretakers of a fireboat that just achieved preliminary historical preservation status are lobbying Tarrytown officials to allow the vessel to dock on the village’s waterfront. The John D. McKean Fireboat, which played a major role in res... More »
