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Tuesday, April 4, 2006
More Information About the Prospect Hill Village Association Formed in
the Early 1850s
During the early to mid-19th century, several small hamlets sprang up
within the Town of Pelham in addition to the main population center on
City Island. One of those halets was called "Prospect Hill Village".
Occasionally I have published postings to the Historic Pelham Blog about
Prospect Hill Village. See, e.g.:
Wednesday, March 30, 2005:
Prospect Hill Village -- Yet Another Early Hamlet Within the Town of
Pelham
Monday, November 21, 2005:
Prospect Hill and Pelhamville Depicted on the 1868 Beers Atlas Map of
Pelham - Part I
Research in the Library of the New-York Historical Society has revealed a
set of the "Articles of the Prospect Hill Village Association" adopted
July 21, 1851 as well as a shareholder's certificate of Robert C. Voorhies
transferred to George T. Maxwell, May 29, 1852. Contained in the materials
is the following description of the area selected by the Association for
development:
"The site for the village is high and dry, consequently very healthy, and
the view therefrom the most beautiful in the country. It is located on the
Turnpike Road from New-York to new Rochelle, and within sight of the
Pelhamville station, on the New-Haven Railroad."
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