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Walter William Law [nb 1] (November 13, 1837 – January 17, 1924) was a businessman and the founder of the 8,000-person village of Briarcliff Manor, New York.He was a vice president of furniture and carpet retailer W. & J. Sloane, and later founded the Briarcliff Lodge, the Briarcliff Table Water Company, Briarcliff Farms, and the Briarcliff Greenhouses.
Briarcliff Nursery School is a preschool on Morningside Drive, just outside village borders in Ossining. It was established in 1947 at Briarcliff Manor's old recreation building; it moved to Walter Law's Manor House and then to the William Kingsland mansion, and moved to its current location in 1955. [7]: 156
The Briarcliff Lodge was a luxury resort in the village of Briarcliff Manor, New York. It was a notable example of Tudor Revival architecture, and was one of the largest wooden structures in the United States. It was also the first hotel in Westchester County. [1] Walter William Law had it built on his estate, and the Law family owned it until ...
[nb 2] Walter Law, founder of Briarcliff Manor After retiring as vice president of W. & J. Sloane , Walter Law moved with his family to the present Briarcliff Manor. He bought his first 236 acres (0.4 sq mi) with the James Stillman farm for $35,000 ($1,224,900 in 2024 [ 14 ] ) in 1890. [ 1 ]
Walter William Law (July 15, 1871 in Westchester County, New York – August 26, 1958) was an American lawyer and politician from Briarcliff Manor, New York. [1] He was President of Briarcliff Manor from 1905 to 1918; [2] he later served in the New York State Legislature and then as President of the New York State Tax Commission.
Briarcliff Farms was a farm established in 1890 by Walter William Law in Briarcliff Manor, a village in Westchester County, New York. One of several enterprises established by Law at the turn of the 20th century, the farm was known for its milk, butter, and cream and also produced other dairy products, American Beauty roses , bottled water, and ...
South State Road home of Michael Weiss and Kazuko Idemitsu-Weiss in Briarcliff Manor. The couple is charged with second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death there ...
1909 (): Walter Law forms the Briarcliff Realty Company to sell Briarcliff Farms' original property in the village. [ 11 ] 1910 ( 1910 ) : The Briarcliff Community Center, nicknamed "The Club", is established in the 1898 Briarcliff Schools building.