Samuel Wilbor House, Old Chatham New York
Samuel Wilbor was a descendant of Samuel Wildboar one of the early settlers of Rhode Island. He moved to Chatham and between 1810 and 1820 built the two story main portion of the house. The rear wing and the story-and-a-half extension to the east were added by his grandson, who was the grandfather of the present owner (in 1936), Mrs. Ernest M. Smith,(Katharine Wilbor). Mr. Frederick M. Wilbor, the great-great grandson of the original builder, is still living (in 1936) in a house built nearby in 1807 by Edward Wilbor.
All the hand-carving inside the house is said to have been done by a Mr. Lay, whose handiwork was well known in the vicinity during the early 19th Century.
More...Church of the Holy Cross, Troy New York
The Church of the Holy Cross was founded by Mary Warren in the early 1840's. Under the direction of Mary Warren's son, Nathan B. Warren, the church nave was built from designs by Alexander Jackson Davis in 1844. The chancel addition, by Richard Upjohn, was completed in late 1848 and dedicated in January, 1849. In 1846, the Church of the Holy Cross instituted the first full choral service in an Episcopal church in the United States. In the full choral service, the psalter, creed and responses of the English Cathedral Service are chanted by the choir while the officiant intones his part. In 1863, the Mary Warren Free Institute was built adjoining the church to the south in order to further religious and musical instruction in the Episcopal Church.
The Church of the Holy Cross was founded by Mary Warren in the early 1840's. Her son, Nathan B. Warren, carried on the building project, employing Alexander Jackson Davis to design the original church in 1843, Richard Upjohn to expand the chancel in 1848, and Henry Dudley to complete the proposed additions to the ante-chapel suggested by the Ante-Chapel at New College, Oxford, England. The altarpiece for the original church, representing "The Evening of the Crucifixion", was presented to the church by Robert W. Weir, Professor of Drawing at West Point. The Bible was given by Amos S. Perry, a resident of Troy, and the prayer books were an offering from the Clergy of Northern New York who gave them as an expression of sympathy for the death of the founder and respect for her family's continuation of the enterprise.
More...Ferris Mansion, Bronx New York
This picturesque stone and shingle dwelling of per-Revolutionary times is located on Throgg's Neck, Bronx, near where Westchester Creek empties into the East River. It is reputed to be the oldest house in the Bronx, having been built in 1687 by Josiah Hunts son of Thomas Hunt, the patenteer of Hunt's Point.
It is said that "the Ferris Mansion in the Westchester Country Club Grounds was used as Howe's Headquarters after the British landing at Throgg's Neck in October, 1776. Marks on the stairs are said to have been made by one of their officer's horses. The house was saved from destruction by the British Fleet thru the heroism of the mistress who calmly walked up and down the veranda."
More...Fordham Manor Reformed Church, Bronx New York
This edifice is the. third in succession which its congregation has occupied in the same neighborhood. The western part of the Borough of The Bronx was included in Westchester County until 1874, and the eastern part until 1895.
The Manor grant was given to Jan Arcer (John Archer) by Governor Lovelace under date of November 15,1671. Fordham Manor was bounded on the west oy the Harlem River, on the east by the Bronx River, on the north by a line running nearly due east from Spuyten Duyvil, and on the south by a line running nearly due east from the present High Bridge.
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Varlan House, Bronx New York
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