On Saturday, December 7, 2024, at 2:00pm at the Vescio Community Center, 1 Library Road Briarcliff Manor Marc Cheshire, Village Historian, Croton-on-Hudson presented the story of the stone houses constructed between 1900 and 1938 on land Elizabeth Stevenson inherited from her father. Except for the first one, Wyndhurst, all the houses were designed by Elizabeth and her son Harvey, who once said his mother had “a unique obsession to plan and build.” Marc took us behind the stone walls to see these remarkable homes—two of which are hidden from view—and to learn about some of the famous people who lived in them.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
We are now considering our schedule of presentations for 2025. If there are any topics that you would particularly like to see us cover, please let us know. Please leave a comment on this post, drop by, give us a call at 914.941.4393, or send us an email at mail@briarcliffhistory.org with your ideas/suggestions. We’ll do our best to incorporate them into our schedule.
The Briarcliff Congregational Church has now scheduled five more public windows tours (see below for details). As always, if any group would like to inquire about arranging a private tour, please just call the church office and they will try to accommodate them.
What’s New on this site in January 2025
For What’s New items from previous months please go to Previous What’s New Items
Added a new Notebook: The Amazing Story of Matthias the Prophet. Notebook 2025-1
Added a new link: Hudson Valley Heritage to the Links section.
Added a new document: Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, A Portfolio of Prints to the Important Documents Section.