Valentine Homestead Historical Marker , NYS Dept of Education 1936 and Stone Tablet/Memorial erected by The Keskeskick Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution and Yonkers Branch of The Westchester Historical Society 1930.   “Gen. George Washington during the American Revolution frequently made his headquarters at the Valentine Homestead which stood One Hundred and Fifty Feet back of this tablet” The Read more...

New York State Education Department Historical marker dated 1936. Found on the edge (Saw Mill River Rd Side ) of Oakland Cemetery. Reads: “Site of The Glebe 125 east of this spot stood St. John’s Rectory, 1770 -1845 given by Frederick Philipse 1751. Scene of Skirmishes 1778.” Yonkers, NY – Westchester County Read more...

Nodine Hill Water Tower Yonkers, NY The water tower sits at the top of Nodine Hill, the corner of Elm St and Prescott St.  Originally constructed in 1891, it collapsed during a windstorm in 1937 and was rebuilt as shown below in 1939. Nodine Hill Water Tower Now and The Image Collage,  looking  down Alder St  towards Elm St.  1936, 1939, Read more...

Scarsdale, NY History – The Scarsdale Historical Society East Parkway Scarsdale, NY circa 1940 Scarsdale is a village in Westchester County . The Scarsdale Historical Society website  has local historical photographs. The society has also digitized a local newspaper ,  The Scarsdale Inquirer, and they state that it is a great source for local research and genealogy. Read more...

On November 28, 1776, the same year that 56 Americans signed the Declaration of Independence, well over 200 colonial New Yorkers placed their signatures on a “Declaration of Dependence.” These signers were Loyalists, citizens who remained faithful to their sovereign, George III, King of Great Britain. Prominent among the signatures was that of Frederick Philipse III, Lord of the vast Read more...

Oakland Cemetery began in 1866 as the Yonkers Cemetery Association. with land originally donated by Frederik Philipse in 1750. The land was donated as a glebe (See “The Glebe” Historical Marker) apparently for use and benefit of the local parish and priest. The land changed hands a few times before it was finally named a cemetery. The name was apparently  Read more...