Early History of the Manor Club in the Village of Pelham Manor

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Today's Manor Club, located at 1023 Esplanade in the Village of Pelham Manor, is a cultural, civic and social club for women. Although it had its beginnings in the 1870s, it was not organized formally until January 10, 1882. The clubhouse that stands today is

1894 Account of Developments In Pelham Including a Reference to a Baseball Game Played that Year

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In yesterday's Blog posting, I collected numerous accounts of baseball played in Pelham during the 19th century.  Today's posting transcribes an article published in the May 10, 1894 issue of The Chronicle [Mount Vernon].  At the very end of the article, there

Obituary of Architect Frederick Carles Merry

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.Frederick Carles Merry was a well-known architect and civil engineer in New York City during the late 19th century. For a number of years he lived in Pelham Manor. While there he designed the original clubhouse of the Manor Club, Pelham Hall, the Pelhamville School

Pelham Women Stage Benefit for the "Summer School for Children" in 1900

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.While researching another topic, I recently ran across an unusual item in the New-York Tribune published on February 17, 1900. The item describes a benefit staged by the Junior Association at the Manor Club on February 16, 1900 to raise funds for the "Summer School

A Tragic Death in the Pelham Manor Fire House in 1897

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.The Manor Club, it seems, had an odd history of stricken women found on its steps in its early years. I previously have written of one such incident. See Wednesday, December 28, 2005: The Mystery of the "Manor Club Girl" That Set Pelham Tongues Wagging in 1913.