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The Thomas Pell Wildlife Sanctuary, named for Thomas Pell, makes up the westerly part of Pelham Bay Park. [191] Included within its bounds are Goose Creek Marsh, which once formed part of a 5,000-acre (2,000 ha) wetland that covered what is now Co-op City and the southern part of Pelham Bay Park, [ 192 ] as well as the saltwater wetlands ...
The Bartow–Pell Mansion is a historic house museum at 895 Shore Road in the northern section of Pelham Bay Park, within the New York City borough of the Bronx.The two-story building, designed in the mid-19th century by an unknown architect, has a Greek Revival facade and federal interiors and is the last surviving manor house in the Pelham Bay Park area.
Most of the neighborhood is land that was purchased by Thomas Pell in 1654, part of an original grant to the Dutch West India Company.. Despite the name, the area that is now the Pelham Bay neighborhood was not part of the historical Town of Pelham, which consisted of the modern-day town of Pelham in Westchester County as well as Pelham Bay Park and City Island in the Bronx.
Pelham Bay Park, Shore Rd. 40°52′18″N 73°48′21″W / 40.87167°N 73.80583°W / 40.87167; -73.80583 ( Bartow-Pell Mansion and Carriage Pelham Bay Park
Pell Estate: Pelham Bay Park Bronx, New York Thomas Pell of Fairfield, Conn., under tree known as Treaty Oak, bought Pelham Manor from the sachems Annhoock and Maminepoe: 16: Poe Cottage: Grand Concourse Bronx, New York Edgar Allan Poe lived here 1846-49 and wrote many of his poems, "Annabel Lee", Ulalume, and others. His wife, Virginia, died ...
Thomas Pell, 1st Lord of Pelham Manor (1608 – September 21, 1669) [1] was an English-born physician who bought the area known as Pelham, New York, as well as land that now includes the eastern Bronx and southern Westchester County, New York, and founded the town of Westchester at the head of navigation on Westchester Creek in 1654.
The islands were acquired by the government of New York City on April 29, 1939, and are now part of Pelham Bay Park. [1] City Island - originally known as “Great Minnefords”, the 235 acre island is the largest of the group. Before the Revolutionary War, Benjamin Palmer renamed it "City Island" as part of his plans to create a great port city.
On June 27, 1654, Thomas Pell purchased 9,166 acres (37.09 km 2) from the Native American tribe of the Siwanoys.The purchase included an area which is known today as Pelham, New Rochelle, and portions of Bronx County.