The Gardens of Van Cortlandt Manor, 1930 These glass lantern slides document the gardens of Van Cortlandt Manor as they appeared in 1930, when the property remained in the hands of Van Cortlandt descendants. The photographs originate from the Garden Club of America collection housed in the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Gardens. The Van Cortlandt family maintained ownership until…

# Van Cortlandt Manor Van Cortlandt Manor House stands as a 17th-century property built by the Van Cortlandt family near where the Croton and Hudson Rivers converge in Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York. Currently operating as a museum and designated a National Historic Landmark, the structure exemplifies Dutch colonial architecture. ## Original Land Grant and Indigenous Peoples Ste…

A Van Cortlandt Manor Treasure - on eBay! The Westchester County Historical Society (WCHS) acquired an important historical document: a 22-page notebook from surveyor George W. Cartwright. The journal documents his detailed survey of Van Cortlandt Manor conducted between 1837-1838. Cartwright referred to the area as "Van Cortlandt Manor Farm" in his initial entry. The organization believes a sur…

Van Cortlandt Manor in Miniature The New York Botanical Garden's Holiday Train Show featured a miniature replica of Van Cortlandt Manor crafted entirely from natural materials. This rustic version was "made entirely of plant parts such as twigs, bark, and leaves." The exhibition was recommended as "a great trip for all ages." This miniature landmark representation was one of numerous New York la…

Accident on the Van Cortlandt Bridge, 1911 During the summer of 1911, a heavy truck's rear wheels broke through the wooden planks of the Van Cortlandt Bridge, which crossed the Croton River along the Albany Post Road. The accident occurred on the Croton side of the bridge, with Van Cortlandt Manor visible through the trees in the background of the photograph. The truck's occupants were identifie…

Croton in the 1850s In his classic work "The Hudson, from the Wilderness to the Sea", Benson John Lossing documented the Hudson River's beauty and historical significance. This excerpt presents his observations of the Croton area from the 1850s, featuring his detailed descriptions and wood engravings based on his own drawings. Croton Point and Its Vineyards Teller's Point, renamed Croton Point,…

CROTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2.0 CROTON-ON-HUDSON HISTORY AND PREVIOUS PLANNING EFFORTS 2.1 Croton-on-Hudson History Croton-on-Hudson was formally incorporated as a village in the Town of Cortlandt in 1898, but its history begins much earlier than that. Croton-on-Hudson’s colonial-era history dates back to the 17th century, and archaeological evidence indicates that it was populated by Native America…

Motoring Across the Croton, 1912 A 1912 photograph captures an early automobile crossing the Van Cortlandt Bridge over the Croton River, offering a glimpse into the dawn of motorized transportation in the Hudson Valley region. The narrative identifies three key landmarks from that era: the Crotonville School (today's Parker-Bale American Legion Post), the Croton Bay Pumping Station built in 1890…

Register, the style is brick Romanesque, featuring a bay window for the station master and a slate/tile roof. Today, the building is the office of F.A. Burchetta Co., electrical contractors. The inscription along the bottom of this circa 1906 postcard reads "This is where I'm spending my vacation." Croton's Waterfront This view of the Croton waterfront circa 1907-1914, probably shows the Osborn Bo…

named for the Indian chief of the Kitchawanc tribe, Kenoten, which means "wild wind." A plaque on a rock at Croton Point Park marks the spot where a peace treaty was signed in 1645 between the Dutch and the Kitchawanc, under an old oak tree. More Dutch arrived in the following decades, at first to trade and then, by the 1660s, to settle in the area. In 1677, Stephanus Van Cortlandt, who later beca…

# Cortlandt, New York Cortlandt is a town in Westchester County, New York, positioned at the northwestern edge of the county. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,545. The town is located at the eastern terminus of the Bear Mountain Bridge. ## History The Cortlandt area holds significant Revolutionary War importance. It was home to King's Ferry, a strategic crossing point between Stony …

Croton's Old Post Road Inn, 1890 In January 1890, Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly published an article by C. Hills Warren examining the Albany Post Road's history with nostalgic reverence. Warren observed that the road's significance had diminished considerably since its heyday as the primary stagecoach route between New York City and Albany. Steam navigation and railroad expansion had rendered it…

a new aqueduct, commenced in 1884 and finished in 1890, was constructed to the east of the earlier one. This has a capacity three times as great as the first, and taps the numerous lakes of a water- shed embracing between three and four hundred square miles. Above the bay into which the Croton enters is the old house of the Van Cortlandts, for we have now passed from the domain of Philipse to that…

# Croton-on-Hudson, New York Croton-on-Hudson is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 8,327 at the 2020 census. Located in the town of Cortlandt, it forms part of New York City's northern suburbs and was incorporated in 1898. ## History Human settlement in this area dates back millennia. The Kitchawanc tribe, part of the Wappinger Confederacy, signed a peace…

1894 and is one of Westchester's oldest surviving bridges. Indeed, survival was a real issue with 18th and 19th century Croton River bridges, because spring "freshets" of melting snow or heavy rain tended to wash away early wooden bridges with surprising regularity. The 1894 bridge is actually the fourth bridge built at this location. The first was built in 1809, to carry Albany Post Road traffic …