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The historic Pelham Picture House. In 1654, Thomas Pell bought the area within the present-day town from the Siwanoy Indians. He named his manor "Pelham" in honor of his tutor, Pelham Burton. [6] The Town of Pelham was part of Westchester County when it was established by the post-Revolution New York State legislature in 1788.
The village of Pelham is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 6,910 at the 2010 census. [ 2 ] It is located in the town of Pelham , which is colloquially referred to as Pelham.
Pelham Manor is an affluent village located in Westchester County, New York. As of the 2020 census, the village had a total population of 5,752. [ 2 ] It is located in the town of Pelham .
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.
View of Long Island Sound, near Pelham Manor, by Edward Gay.. Upon the death of his uncle in 1669, who died without male heir, John inherited the whole of his estate, becoming the 2nd Lord of Pelham Manor, and sailed to New York, arriving in 1670, [6] with a letter proving his claim from Lord Brereton to Governor John Winthrop of Connecticut.
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.
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.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Westchester County, New York, excluding the cities of New Rochelle and Yonkers, which have separate lists of their own. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the southern half of ...