This Day in Pelham History
August 8
08/08/1860 - The Town of
Pelham's first Post Office, initially established in 1849, is "discontinued"
although it reportedly is reestablished one month later.
08/08/1883 - Frederic W.
Stevens and Adele Livingston Sampson Stevens (who formerly was a pupil of
Nanette Anne Bolton at the Priory School for Girls in Bolton Priory) purchase
Bolton Priory. She presents it to her daughter Mrs. Frederick H. Allen as
a wedding gift and it remains in the Allen family for many years.
08/08/1892 - William and Elizabeth
Standen deed "The Green" (in Chester Park) to the Pelhamville Land & Homestead
Association.
08/08/1921 - The Village of Pelham
Manor enacts a zoning ordinance establishing three districts for the purpose of
"more carefully regulating and restricting the character and location of
buildings and the location and restriction of trades and industries in said
village".
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