Memorials and Historical Markers

Memorials and Historical Markers

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This page collects information about: (1) local historical markers, monuments, plaques and other markers of interest; and (2) memorials including plaques dedicated in connection with living tree memorials in the Town of Pelham. There are a tremendous number of such markers and memorials, so this page will be evolving as more and more entries are added.

Local Historical Markers, Monuments, Plaques and Other Markers of Interest

Commemorates: John Pell, Lord of the Manor; Philip Jacob Rhinelander; and Antone Lispenard
Text: Front of Bell: "IN MEMORY OF / JOHN PELL. LORD of the MANOR / PHILIP JACOB RHINELANDER / ANTONE LISPENARD / 1669 + 1894 [+ = Maltese Cross] / PRESENTED by their DESCENDANTS / HOWLAND PELL WILLIAM RHINELANDER / T.J. OAKLEY RHINELANDER / PHILIP RHINELANDER & HENRY G. TREVOR / "COME FOR ALL THINGS ARE READY."; Rear of Bell: "CLINTON H. MENEELY / BELL COMPANY. / TROY, N.Y. / A.D. 1892."; Plaque at foot of stone monument on which the bell rests: "IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / MY BELOVED PARENTS, / JAMES AND HELEN LEALE / HARPER / FROM THEIR DEVOTED DAUGHTER / HELEN LEALE HARPER, JR."
Date: 1892
Location: On front lawn of Richard J. Daronco Town House, 20 Fifth Avenue, Pelham, NY, 10803.
Notes: Memorial Bell sitting on stone pedestal inscribed 1892. This was the original bell of the Church of Christ the Redeemer.

Commemorates: Encampment of Glover's Brigade before the Battle of Pelham
Text: "ON THE ADJACENT HILLSIDE / 'GLOVER'S BRIGADE' / OF THE / CONTINENTAL ARMY / CAMPED / OCTOBER 17, 1776, / ENGAGING IN THE BATTLE AT / PELHAM MANOR / THE FOLLOWING DAY. / ------------------ / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE / MOUNT VERNON ROTARY CLUB / 1926"
Date: 1926
Location: Just inside the entrance to Memorial Field, Mount Vernon, New York
Notes: None

Commemorates: Bicentennial of the The Battle of Pelham, October 18, 1776
Text: "1776 1976 / BICENTENNIAL / OF THE / BATTLE OF PELHAM / OCTOBER 18, 1776 / KNAPP CHAPTER. NSDAR / HONORS / COLONEL JOHN GLOVER / COL. JOSEPH READ / COL. WILLIAM SHEPARD / COL. LOAMMI BALDWIN/ AND / THEIR 750 CONTINENTALS / THEIR COURAGEOUS ACTION / DELAYED / GEN. WILLIAM HOWE'S BRITISH INVASION / AND ENABLED / GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON / TO MOVE THE / CONTINENTAL ARMY TO WHITE PLAINS"
Date: 1976
Location: On the grounds of the Prospect Hill School near intersection of Washington Avenue, Hudson Street and Peace Street.
Notes: Plaque affixed to monument stone.

Commemorates: Col. John Glover and the Battle of Pelham
Text: "GLOVER'S ROCK / NEAR THIS SITE ON OCTOBER 18, 1776 / COL. JOHN GLOVER AND 600 PATRIOTS HELD OFF / BRITISH AND HESSIAN FORCES UNDER GEN. HOWE / LONG ENOUGH TO SAVE WASHINGTON'S TROOPS / FROM DESTRUCTION ENABLING THEM TO WITHDRAW / TO WESTCHESTER AND ULTIMATE VICTORY / BRONX COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY / OCTOBER 18, 1960"
Date: October 18, 1960
Location: On Orchard Beach Road, west of the Meadow and north of Turtle Cove, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx County, New York
Notes: This tablet is one of two signs at this location. See the entry immediately below for the text of the second sign. This is the second tablet placed on the rock; the first was stolen by vandals. The first tablet read: "Glovers Rock. In memory of the 550 Patriots who, led by Gen. John Glover, held Gen. Howe's Army in check at the Battle of Pell's Point 18 October 1776, thus aiding Washington in his retreat to White Plains. Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds. Erected .by Bronx Chapter of Mount Vernon, D.A.R.". Both markers contain erroneous information. The marker was placed based on the erroneous belief that the Battle of Pelham actually began on Pell's Point. This appears to have resulted from work published in 1901 by William Abbatt. This book states the British landed on Pell's Point near the glacial boulder and that the battle commenced near this glacial boulder. Abbatt's conclusion since has been disproved by several historians, including Otto Hufeland in his book Westchester County During the American Revolution 1775-1783, privately printed in 1926. The battle actually began at a point quite distant from Glover's Rock.
Date: October 18, 1960
Location: On Orchard Beach Road, west of the Meadow and north of Turtle Cove, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx County, New York

Commemorates: Col. John Glover and the Battle of Pelham
Text: "Glover's Rock marks the site of the Battle of Pell's Point on October 18, 1776. Before / the American Revolution, the Siwanoy Native Americans used the rock as a lookout point along / their trading route. The glacial granite rock is now named for Colonel John Glover (1732-1797) / the man who led a small brigade of 843 Americans against British General William Howe (1730- / 1814) and 4,000 British soldiers. / John Glover was born on November 5, 1732 in Boston, Massachusetts. He married / Hannah Gale on October 30, 1754, and they had eleven children together. As Glover's brothers / went into shoemaking, he decided instead to enter the fishing trade, at the time a successful business with markets in France, Spain, and the West Indies. The port of Marblehead, / Massachusetts brought in many sailors and traders. Glover joined the Third Military Foot / Company in the Town of Marblehead as an Ensign on March 12, 1759. He was promoted to / Captain Lieutenant on February 26, 1762 and to Captain on February 8, 1773. On May 22, 1775, King George of England took control of the Marblehead Militia, and Glover was made a / Colonel. / On June 21, 1775, the British ordered Glover and his Marblehead Militia to Cambridge, / but the next day he and his regiment defected to the Continental Army. General George / Washington (1732-1799) organized the Continental Army on July 3, 1775, and on January 1, / 1776, the Marblehead regiment became the 14th Continental Regiment, led by Colonel Glover. / Colonel Glover soon commanded a brigade, and on September 13, 1776, he safeguarded the / evacuation of New York City through Harlem, across the King's Bridge, and into the Bronx and / White Plains. General Howe and a British fleet had landed on Kip's Bay, and the British Army / was threatening General Washington's position in White Plains. Glover spied the fleet off Pell's / Point, the site of present-day Rodman's Neck. / There were four regiments in Glover's brigade, one being his own Marblehead regiment, / the other three under the command of Colonel Joseph Read (b. 1731), Colonel William Shepard / (1737-1817), and Colonel Loammi Baldwin (1745-1807). On October 18, 1776, Colonel Glover / separated each regiment, spreading them along Split Rock Road behind the stone walls that / marked property lines. He then led 40 men in a direct attack on the British. After an exchange / of fire, two Americans were killed and Glover retreated north along the path with the British in / pursuit. / Soon, the British forces hit the other three Continental Regiments, and, surrounded, they retreated back to Pell's Point. Only 12 Americans were killed, yet between 800 to 1,000 British / soldiers were killed or wounded in the battle. Colonel Glover then enabled General Washington / to position and hold his forces in White Plains before moving south. Glover's 'Marbleheaders,' / with their experience as sailors, were also essential in Washington's famous crossing of the /Delaware River on December 25, 1776, for the Battle of Trenton. Glover was promoted to / Brigadier General on February 23, 1777. While General Glover was stationed in Rhode Island, / his wife died on November 13, 1778. After the war, Glover returned to Massachusetts and was / elected to the state legislature in 1788 and 1789. He died in Marblehead on January 30, 1797. / Glover's Rock is located in Pelham Bay Park along Orchard Beach Road, west of The Meadow / and north of Turtle Cove. The Bronx Chapter of the Daughters of the American / Revolution erected a tablet on October 18, 1901 to honor the 125th anniversary of Glover's / heroic victory. Vandals stole the sign in the 1930s, and the Bronx County Historical Society / dedicated another bronze tablet on November 11, 1960 to commemorate the site that is so / important in both Bronx and American history. / City of New York / Parks & Recreation / Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mayor / Henry J. Stern, Commissioner / December 2001 / www.nyc.gov/parks"
Date: October 18, 1960
Location: On Orchard Beach Road, west of the Meadow and north of Turtle Cove, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx County, New York
Notes: This tablet is one of two signs at this location. See the entry immediately above for the text of the tablet affixed to the boulder. Both markers contain erroneous information. The marker was placed based on the erroneous belief that the Battle of Pelham actually began on what was then called Pell's Point. This appears to have resulted from work published in 1901 by William Abbatt. This book states the British landed on Pell's Point near the glacial boulder and that the battle commenced near this glacial boulder. Abbatt's conclusion since has been disproved by several historians, including Otto Hufeland in his book Westchester County During the American Revolution 1775-1783, privately printed in 1926. The battle actually began at a point quite distant from Glover's Rock.

Commemorates: Patriots of the American Revolution buried in cemetery of St. Paul's Church
Text: "IN MEMORY OF THE PATRIOTS / OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION / WHO LIE BURIED IN THIS CHURCHYARD / [Left Column] HEZEKIAH DAVIS [Right Column] PHILIP PELL / [Left Column] GEORGE HAMILTON [Right Column] COMFORT SANDS / [Left Column] CAPTAIN THEODOSIUS FOWLER [Right Column] LIEUTENANT DANIEL SEARING / [Left Column] CAPTAIN GILBERT LYONS [Right Column] CAPTAIN CHARLES TURNBULL / [Left Column] MAJOR SAMUEL PELL [Right Column] CAPTAIN MOORE / [Left Column] COLONEL DAVID I. PELL [Right Column] STEPHEN WARD / [Centered Between the Two Columns Above] ISAAC WARD / AND MANY UNKNOWN / ERECTED BY BRONX CHAPTER. / DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. / MAY 30, 1924."
Date: May 30, 1924
Location: Affixed to the wall of St. Paul's Church in Mt. Vernon, [formerly Eastchester,] N.Y.
Notes: None

Commemorates: Members of the Farnsworth Post No. 170 G.A.R.
Text: "TO THE MEMBERS OF FARNSWORTH POST NO. 170, G.A.R. PAST AND PRESENT, WHO ON EACH MEMORIAL DAY HAVE ASSEMBLED HERE IN HONOR OF THEIR DEPARTED COMRADES, THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED BY THE BY 'THE ASSOCIATE SOCIETY' - MCMXXII - "
Date: 1922
Location: Affixed to the wall of Saint Paul's Church in Mt. Vernon, [formerly Eastchester,] N.Y.
Notes: None

Commemorates: German soldiers who died in St. Paul's Church when it was used as a hospital following the Battle of Pelham on October 18, 1776
Text: "THIS MARKS THE SITE / OF THE SAND PIT / IN WHICH ARE BURIED / THOSE HESSIAN / SOLDIERS / WHO DIED IN THE / CHURCH / WHEN USED AS A / HOSPITAL. 1776. / ERECTED BY BRONX / CHAPTER D.A.R. / 1910"
Date: 1910
Location: At the very rear of the churchyard cemetery on the grounds of St. Paul's Church National Historic Site in Mt. Vernon, N.Y. (formerly Eastchester, N.Y.)
Notes: None

Commemorates: Saint Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
Text: "Saint Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church This Church stands on the Ancient Village Green of Eastchester, a General Training Ground and Election Place in Colonial Days and Enlisting Headquarters for Revolutionary Soldiers. The First Meeting House, erected on the Green North of this Church 1692 - 1699, adopted the worship of the Church of England 1702. This Church erected 1761 - 1765 was used as a Military Hospital during the American Revolution; Converted into a Court House, 1787, Incorporated 1787; Reopened as a Church 1788; Re-Incorporated 1795 with the name of "Saint Paul's Church in the Town of Eastchester and Consecrated 1805. This Tablet was erected by the Empire State Society Sons of the American Revolution 1911."
Date: 1911
Location: Affixed to the wall of Saint Paul's Church in Mount Vernon
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Commemorates: The Joshua Pell II Home Located on Shore Road in Pelham Manor
Text: "THE WESTCHESTER LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMITTEE / HEREBY DESIGNATES THE / PELL-ROOSEVELT-KEMBLE HOUSE / AS AN HISTORIC LANDMARK / 1761 BUILT BY JOSHUA PELL 2ND, LOYALIST, GRANDSON OF THOMAS PELL 2ND, / THIRD LORD OF THE MANOR OF PELHAM. / 1781 PURCHASED BY WILLIAM AND SARA PELL BAYLEY, WHOSE NIECE, / MOTHER ELIZABETH BAYLEY SETON, RESIDED HERE IN HER / GIRLHOOD IN THE 1780'S. MOTHER SETON WAS THE FOUNDRESS / OF THE AMERICAN SISTERS OF CHARITY IN 1809. / 1801 BOUGHT BY ELBERT ROOSEVELT, RELATIVE OF PRESIDENT / THEODORE ROOSEVELT. / 1869 ACQUIRED BY THE EMMET FAMILY FROM WASHINGTON ROOSEVELT, SON OF ELBERT ROOSEVELT. REMOLDED BY ROBERT EMMET C. 1869. / 1889 PURCHASED BY THE FOREBEARS OF THE PRESENT OWNER, RICHARD / MORRIS KEMBLE./ PLAQUE DONATED BY THE VILLAGE OF PELHAM MANOR / THIS THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF MAY 1970"
Date: May 24, 1970
Location: Affixed to the "Rocking Stone" boulder that stands immediately south of the Joshua Pell II home.
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Commemorates: The Underhills, Descendants of Son of John Underhill Who Arrived at Boston in 1630, Who Lived, Worshiped and Died Near Saint Paul's Church
Text: "IN MEMORY OF THE UNDERHILLS WHO LIVED, WORSHIPED, AND DIED NEAR HERE THEY WERE THE DESCENDANTS OF NATHANIAL SON OF CAPTAIN JOHN UNDERHILL WHO ARRIVED AT BOSTON IN 1630. ERECTED BY THE UNDERHILL WESTCHESTER BURYING GROUND ASSOCIATION AND THE UNDERHILL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 1950"
Date: 1950
Location: Affixed to the wall of Saint Paul's Church in Mount Vernon
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Commemorates: The Old Boston Road (now Colonial Avenue in Pelham) and the British encampment following the Battle of Pelham during the Revolutionary War
Text: "THE OLD BOSTON ROAD / ORIGINALLY AN INDIAN TRAIL / NEW YORK CITY TO BOSTON / FIRST TRAVELED BY A POST RIDER JAN. 13, 1673. / MAKING THE ROUND TRIP IN ONE MONTH. / FIRST STAGE ROUTE ESTABLISHED IN 1732. / SITE OF BRITISH ENCAMPMENT / BATTLE OF PELHAM OCT. 18, 1776. / ERECTED BY NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION / KNAPP CHAPTER, PELHAM MANOR. / COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, STATE OF NEW YORK. / 1930"
Date: 1930
Location: On grounds of Pelham Memorial High School at corner of Colonial Avenue and Wolfs Lane
Notes: Plaque is on a boulder inside a chain link fence that surrounds the athletic field.

Commemorates: Colonel Philip Pell (1753 - 1811) and his farm
Text: "THE GROUNDS OF THE / PELHAM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL / WERE PART OF THE FARM BELONGING TO / COLONEL PHILIP PELL / 1753 - 1811 / JUDGE ADVOCATE CONTINENTAL ARMY / MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY / REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / SURROGATE OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. / DELEGATE TO THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS / ------------------ / THE DATE STONE 1750 WAS TAKEN FROM HIS HOMESTEAD. / ------------------ / THIS TABLET IS PRESENTED TO THE TOWN OF PELHAM / IN MEMORY OF MARY SARGENT GAUSE / OCTOBER 15, 1938"
Date: October 15, 1938
Location: To the right of main entrance of the High School which is on property bounded by Boulevard to the north, Wolfs Lane to the west, Corlies Avenue to the east and Colonial Avenue to the South.
Notes: Inset into the lower right side of the stone monument to which the tablet is affixed is the datestone from the homestead with "1750" carved into the stone.

Commemorates: United States Bicentennial
Text: "DEDICATED TO THE / USA BICENTENNIAL / 1776 - 1976 / KNAPP CHAPTER NSDAR"
Date: 1976
Location: On hill to north of New Haven Line railroad overpass on Wolfs Lane
Notes: The marker sits beneath a tree planted in honor of the Bicentennial

Commemorates: 17 Mile Marker on Boston Post Road
Text: "THIS MILE STONE / WAS ORIGINALLY ERECTED IN 1804 / TO MARK THE DISTANCE OF 17 MILES / FROM NEW YORK CITY HALL / BY THE WAY OF / THE NEW BOSTON POST ROAD / THIS MONUMENT WAS RE-ERECTED BY THE / DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION / KNAPP CHAPTER / PELHAM / NEW YORK / APRIL 30, 1937"
Date: April 30, 1937
Location: In median of Esplanade at intersection of Boston Post Road and Esplanade,
Notes: Plaque is affixed to large boulder; the actual mile marker was stolen by vandals years ago; all that is left is the plaque affixed to the boulder.

Commemorates: Pelhamdale, a pre-Revolutionary War home in Pelham
Text: ""PELHAM DALE" / BUILT BEFORE 1776 / OLDEST HOUSE IN PELHAM / HOME OF COL. DAVID J. PELL / NY STATE / HISTORICAL / MARKER"
Date: Unknown
Location: In the front yard of Pelham Dale on Iden Avenue near the Hutchinson River Parkway
Notes: New York State Historical Site

Commemorates: Bartow-Pell Mansion
Text: Circular Medallion Centered at the Top With New York City Seal and "Designated Landmark / New York City" Around Outer Edge of Circle and "Landmarks Preservation Commission" and "Parks Recreation and Cultural Affairs Administration" Around Inner Edge of Circle; Beneath the medallion is "BARTOW-PELL MANSION / Built between 1836 and 1842 as a country seat for / Robert Bartow, descendant of Thomas Pell who established / the Manor of Pelham here in 1654, this house is one of the / finest examples of the late Federal style in the country. / It was restored by the International Garden Club in 1914. / The handsomely furnished interiors are Greek Revival / in style and overlook the beautiful formal gardens. / Plaque provided by the New York Community Trust, 1971
Date: 1971
Location: Affixed to exterior of Bartow-Pell Mansion to right of entryway; Pelham Bay Park, 895 Shore Road across from the Split Rock Golf Course.
Notes: National Historic Landmark and is on the National Register of Historic Places; the Mansion's Greek Revival - style interior is also a designated New York City landmark

Commemorates: Bartow-Pell Mansion
Text: "BARTOW-PELL MANSION / Pelham Bay Park / This historic house stands on a tract of land in Pelham Bay Park that was purchased from the Siwanoy Indians in 1654 by Thomas Pell, an English doctor of medicine who / had settled in Connecticut. The original acquisition, encompassing much of what is now / Pelham Bay Park and part of the County of Westchester, became the Manor of Pelham in / 1666 when a land grant was issued to Pell by Richard Nichols, the first English Governor / of New York. The original house, completed in 1670 by Pell's nephew, Sir John Pell, was / destroyed during the American Revolution. / Robert Bartow, a publisher and Pell descendant, purhcased the estate in 1836. He / undertook to build the elegant gray stone mansion whose Greek Revival interior featured / a free-standing spiral staircase, a high-ceilinged double parlor and floor-to-ceiling / windows on the second floor. The property remained in the family's possession until / 1888, when it was sold to the City. / The house served briefly as a Home for Crippled Children, but by 1911 had been / abandoned. In 1914 the house was restored and the sunken garden was added by the / noted architectural firm of Delano and Aldrich. The mansion served Mayor Fiorello / H. LaGuardia as a summer office in 1936. It was opened as a public museum in / 1947. The building, with its sweeping view of Long Island Sound, is the only / surviving estate out of more than two dozen that once overlooked Pelham Bay. The / carriage house was restored and opened to the public in 1993. / The house and grounds have been designated New York City and National / Historic Landmarks. They have been operated by the International Garden Club / since 1914. The property is one of the 19 historic houses located in city parks which / the Historic House Trust of New York City helps to support. / The Bartow-Pell Mansion stands within the bounds of Pelham Bay Park, the largest / property in the City park system. Its 2,764 acres are bounded on the north by / Westchester County, on the east by City Island and Long Island Sound, on the south by / Watt Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard, and on the west by the Hutchinson River / Parkway. Acquired by the state legislature in 1888 at the prodding of the New York Park / Association, the park now includes many active recreational amenities like Pelham Bay / Golf Course (1914), Split Rock Golf Course (1936), Orchard Beach (1936) with its / public bathing facility, ballfelds and tennis courts. The Thomas Pell Wildlife Sanctuary / and the Hunter Island Marine Zoology and Geology Sanctuary, established by local law in / 1967, protect 489 acres of marshes and forests within the park. / Historic House Trust / Of / New York City / City / City of New York / Parks & Recreation / Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mayor / Henry J. Stern, Commissioner / December 1997"
Date: December 1997
Location: Sign on post to left of entrance to the Bartow-Pell Mansion, Pelham Bay Park, 895 Shore Road across from the Split Rock Golf Course.
Notes: National Historic Landmark and is on the National Register of Historic Places; the Mansion's Greek Revival - style interior is also a designated New York City landmark

Commemorates: The Carriage House at Bartow-Pell Mansion
Text: "THE CARRIAGE HOUSE AT BARTOW-PELL MANSION / Pelham Bay Park / An architectural and historical treasure, the Carriage House at Bartow-Pell is the only unaltered / masonry structure of its type and age still standing in New York City. The building dates to the original / construction of the mansion around 1842. It housed the hayloft; storage for coaches, sleighs, and other / vehicles used on the estate; and a small tack room that doubled as a home for the stableboy. Three stories / tall, the Carriage House was built into an artificially created hillside giving the appearance of a smaller one-and-a-half-story building when viewed from the front. It remains the only extant outbuilding of the once / large Bartow estate, and complements the nearby Bartow-Pell Mansion in architectural scale and / composition. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977, the building was restored in 1993 and is open to the public from April through October. / Historic House Trust / Of / New York City / City of New York Parks & Recreation / Rudolph W. Giuliana, Mayor / Henry J. Stern, Commissioner / July 1999"
Date: July 1999
Location: Sign on post in front of The Carriage House at Bartow-Pell Mansion, Pelham Bay Park, 895 Shore Road across from the Split Rock Golf Course.
Notes: National Historic Landmark

Commemorates: Christ Church (Parish of Christ the Redeemer)
Text: "Westchester County Tricentennial / 1683-1983 / CHRIST CHURCH / c. 1843 / BUILT BY THE REV. ROBERT BOLTON. / SONS JOHN & WILLIAM JAY / EXECUTED AMERICA'S FIRST FIGURED STAINED GLASS WINDOW HERE."
Date: 1993
Location: To right of the entrance to Christ Church located near the intersection of Pelhamdale Avenue and Shore Road
Notes: Painted sign hanging from crossbar on post, placed for the Tricentennial of Westchester County in 1993.

Commemorates: Those from Pelham who gave their lives in World War II
Text: "CHRISTMAS TIDE / 1947 / THIS TREE WAS PLANTED / AS A LIVING MEMORIAL / TO THOSE OF OUR COMMUNITY / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN WORLD WAR II"
Date: 1947
Location: At foot of giant evergreen tree in the median of the Esplanade directly across from The Manor Club.
Notes: Plaque nearly obscured by lower limbs of the tree.

Commemorates: Gene Sarazen's Victory in the 1923 PGA Championship at Pelham Country Club
Text: "ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1923 / AT / PELHAM C.C. / GENE SARAZEN / DEFEATED / WALTER HAGEN / IN THE FINAL OF / THE P.G.A. CHAMPIONSHIP / THE 38 HOLE MATCH IS CONSIDERED / THE MOST DRAMATIC MATCH PLAY / FINAL IN THE HISTORY OF THE / P.G.A. CHAMPIONSHIP"
Date: Unknown
Location: To the left of the driveway leading up to parking area near the clubhouse, near the putting green by the 1st hole of the course.
Notes: Plaque does not indicate when it was placed.

Commemorates: Pelham Firemen
Text: Bell Sitting on Top of Stone Monument - Front of Bell: "1ST FIRE DISTRICT TOWN PELHAM / ORGANIZED FEB., 1893. / BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS / V. BARKER, PRES. / C.A. BARKER, SEC'Y / J.H. YOUNG A. ANDERSON / A. FLETCHER J.F. FAIRCHILD, TREAS."; Front of Stone Monument: "PELHAM FIRE DEPARTMENT / [Logo shows Minuteman with "Battle of Pelham • 1776" inside circle and "FOUNDED" above circle with "1893" below circle, a fire hydrant to the right of the circle and a hook and ladder to the left] / "In dedication to all those past, present, / and yet to come who have been and / always will be known as Pelham's Bravest. / This monument shall forever stand to honor those who selflessly put themselves / in harm's way time and time again to / protect the lives and property of this / community. Let no one forget the / service they provide. / DEDICATED IN THE YEAR OF OUR CENTENNIAL / SEPTEMBER 11, 1993"; Left Side of Stone Monument: "FIRST FIRE DISTRICT TOWN OF PELHAM / 1893 / LIBERTY ENGINE & HOSE CO. NO. 1 / 1893 / RELIEF HOOK & LADDER CO. NO. 1 / 1893"; Right Side of Stone Monument: "PELHAM HOSE CO. NO. 2 / 1911 / LOCAL NO. 2213, IAFF / 1973 / FIRE DEPT, VILLAGE OF PELHAM / 1975"
Date: Bell is Feb. 1893 and Stone Monument is September 11, 1993
Location: Firemen's Memorial Park on lot of corner of First Street and Wolfs Lane
Notes: Bell sitting on stone monument which, together, constitute the Pelham Fire Department Memorial

Commemorates: Doris Celene Bleidner, Judge Richard J. Daronco and Betsey Ketels
Text: "THE TOWN OF PELHAM GAZEBO / DONATED BY / THE ROTARY CLUB OF THE PELHAMS / SEPTEMBER 17, 1994 / SPECIAL GIFTS / MR. & MRS. DAVID G. BLACK, JR. / CHIAMULERA TRAVEL / COURTIEN FAMILY / FLORENCE D'URSO / MR. & MRS. THOMAS FENLON / JENNY & JAMIE / DON ELLANOR KELLY / DR. & MRS. JOHN S. LEWIS / McCLELLAN REAL ESTATE / ALICE & DAVID McCONNELL / THE McCUSKER FAMILY / PARISH OF CHRIST THE REDEEMER / PELHAM MANOR, P.B.A. / THE PELHAM WEEKLY / MR. & MRS. ROCCO POLERA / ROC POLERA, THANK YOU, LSJS / MR. & MRS. DOUGLAS N. REMY / MR. & MRS. DOUGLAS N. REMY / MR. & MRS. JOSEPH SOLIMINE / STIEFVATER REAL ESTATE / MR. & MRS. ROBERT G. TRITSCH / UFFA 2181 P.M.F.D. / SENATOR GUY J. VELELLA / MR. & MRS. DAVID D. WEILD III / IN MEMORY OF / DORIS CELENE BLEIDNER / JUDGE RICHARD J. DARONCO / IN MEMORY OF BETSEY KETELS / DONATED BY / BOBBI & WARNER BURKE / C-TOWN - JOHN DeCICCO / FORTUNA COMMUNICATIONS / MR. & MRS. GEORGE E. SHAW, JR."
Date: September 17, 1994
Location: At the Town of Pelham Gazebo next to the Richard J. Daronco Townhouse; property located at intersection of 5th Avenue and Pelhamwood Avenue
Notes: The Honorable Richard J. Daronco was murdered by a family member of a disappointed litigant.

Commemorates: Those Who Gave Their Lives in World War I
Text: "HALLOWED IS THE PLACE / WHERE MEMORIES OF HEROES LIVE / <•> / DEDICATED BY THE TOWN OF PELHAM / IN PROUD RECOGNITION / OF THOSE WHO SERVED / MAY 30th 1924"
Date: May 30, 1924
Location: In Memorial Park next to Town Hall, Fifth Avenue, Pelham, N.Y.
Notes: This photograph shows the monument before it was moved in connection with the renovation of Memorial Park which was rededicated in 2002

Commemorates: Members of the Pelham Manor community who were killed during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack at the World Trade Center
Text: "[American Flag] / MAY THIS PLAQUE SERVE AS A LASTING / TRIBUTE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE / PELHAM MANOR COMMUNITY WHO WERE KILLED DURING THE TERRORIST ATTACK / ON OUR COUNTRY ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 / AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER / DEDICATED THIS DAY MAY 27, 2002 / LEST WE FORGET / JOSEPH SHEA ROBERT SCANDOLE / DANIEL SHEA MICHAEL TAMUCCIO"
Date: May 27, 2002
Location: In front of the Pelham Manor Fire Station at 4 Penfield Place, Pelham Manor, N.Y.
Notes: None

Commemorates: Nanette Bolton
Text: "NANETTE BOLTON MEMORIAL"
Date: Undated
Location: Embedded in exterior wall of Christ Church near intersection of Shore Road and Pelhamdale Avenue
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Commemorates: Richard J. Daronco
Text: "THE RICHARD J. DARONCO TOWN HOUSE Dedicated with pride and affection to the memory of United States District Court Judge RICHARD J. DARONCO 1931 - 1988 For his integrity and wisdom as a jurist For his dedication and service to his country and community For his deep devotion to his faith For this we will remember By Resolution of Pelham Town Council October 8, 1991"
Date: October 8, 1991
Location: On the front facade of the Richard J. Daronco Town House, Fifth Avenue
Notes:

LIVING MEMORIALS IN THE TOWN OF PELHAM

Commemorates: Arbor Day 1991
Text: "DONATED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF THE PELHAMS ARBOR DAY 1991"
Date: Arbor Day 1991
Location: Outside 87 Wolfs Lane (West Side)
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Commemorates: Mrs. Arpinee E. Andon
Text: "IN MEMORY OF MRS. ARPINEE E. ANDON"
Date: Undated
Location: Outside 532 Fifth Avenue (East Side)
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Commemorates: John W. Balet
Text: "DONATED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF THE PELHAMS IN HONOR OF JOHN W. BALET JUNE 1998"
Date: June 1998
Location: Outside 109 Wolfs Lane (West Side)
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Commemorates: Richard R. Blessing
Text: "IN HONOR OF RICHARD R. BLESSING VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR 1971 - 1995 THE ROTARY CLUB OF THE PELHAMS"
Date: 1971 - 1995
Location:
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Commemorates: Jean and Ralph Bencivengo and Camille Caruso
Text: "IN LOVING MEMORY OF JEAN AND RALPH BENCIVENGO AND CAMILLE CARUSO"
Date: Undated
Location: Outside 149 Wolfs Lane (West Side)
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Commemorates: Chris Bohn
Text: "GOOD NEIGHBOR PARK Dedicated May 25, 1997 in Memory of CHRIS BOHN 1926 - 1996 "It is in giving that we receive"
Date: 1926 - 1996
Location: In park opposite 201 Wolfs Lane (on East side of Wolfs Lane)
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Commemorates: Adrian and Ruth Bornand
Text: "IN MEMORY OF ADRIAN AND RUTH BORNAND"
Date: Undated
Location: Near 404 Fifth Avenue (East Side)
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Commemorates: Ralph M. DeSantis
Text: "DONATED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF THE PELHAMS IN HONOR OF RALPH M. DeSANTIS"
Date: Undated
Location: Outside the Old T&L Property on Wolfs Lane (West Side)
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Commemorates: Hannibal and Madeline Dinunzio
Text: "IN MEMORY OF HANNIBAL AND MADELINE DINUNZIO"
Date: Undated
Location: On Fifth Avenue Near the Western End of 330 Fifth Avenue (East Side)
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Commemorates: Irene Rose Drago
Text: "IN MEMORY OF IRENE ROSE DRAGO"
Date: Undated
Location: Outside 106 Fifth Avenue (East Side)
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Commemorates: Richard T. Falvey, D.D.S.
Text: "DONATED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF THE PELHAMS IN HONOR OF RICHARD T. FALVEY, D.D.S."
Date: Undated
Location: Outside 123 Wolfs Lane (West Side)
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Commemorates: Thomas B. Fenlon
Text: "IN MEMORY OF THOMAS B. FENLON 1904 - 2002 ------- VILLAGE ATTORNEY, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TOWN SUPERVISOR AND LIFELONG PELHAM RESIDENT -------- THE THOMAS B. FENLON MEMORIAL TREE FUND"
Date: 2002
Location: In median at intersection of Harmon and Highbrook
Notes: Thomas B. Fenlon, in his will, provided funding for The Thomas B. Fenlon Memorial Street Tree Fund. He also was the author of Fenlon, Thomas B., Pelham New York Memories of a Century After Incorporation (Klein Information Resources, Inc. 1996).

Commemorates: Gilda Giordano
Text: "IN MEMORY OF GILDA GIORDANO - 1993"
Date: Undated
Location: Outside Lot North of 412 Fifth Avenue (East Side)
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Commemorates: Leo Greenfield
Text: "IN HONOR OF LEO GREENFIELD"
Date: Undated
Location: Outside of 432 Fifth Avenue (East Side)
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Commemorates: Edward A. Hardy, M.D.
Text: "DONATED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF THE PELHAMS IN MEMORY OF EDWARD A. HARDY, M.D. 1997"
Date: 1997
Location: Outside the Pelham Picture House at 175 Wolfs Lane (West Side)
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Commemorates: Lawrence Keepnews
Text: "IN LOVING MEMORY OF LAWRENCE KEEPNEWS"
Date: Undated
Location: Outside 340 Fifth Avenue (East Side)
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Commemorates: Betsey Rice Ketels
Text: "DONATED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF THE PELHAMS IN MEMORY OF BETSEY RICE KETELS ARBOR DAY 1993"
Date: Arbor Day 1993
Location: Outside 103 Wolfs Lane (West Side)
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Commemorates: Leon Kurie, M.D.
Text: "IN MEMORY OF LEON KURIE, M.D."
Date: Undated
Location: Outside 310 Fifth Avenue (East Side)
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Commemorates: Lieutenant Colonel Thomas J. Lighbody
Text: "IN MEMORY OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL THOMAS J. LIGHTBODY"
Date: Undated
Location: Outside 130 Fifth Avenue (East Side)
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Commemorates: Carmine Lippolis, Sr.
Text: "IN LOVING MEMORY OF CARMINE LIPPOLIS, SR. MARCH 8, 1920 - OCTOBER 30, 1985"
Date: March 8, 1920 - October 30, 1985
Location:
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Commemorates: Robert F. Montgomery
Text: "DONATED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF THE PELHAMS IN MEMORY OF ROBERT F. MONTGOMERY 1994"
Date: 1994
Location: Outside 115 Wolfs Lane (West Side)
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Commemorates: Josephine Mosca, Agnes Courtien and Constance Finch
Text: "IN LOVING MEMORY JOSEPHINE MOSCA AGNES COURTIEN CONSTANCE FINCH"
Date: Undated
Location: Outside 149 Wolfs Lane (West Side)
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Commemorates: Mary Elizabeth Neale
Text: "IN MEMORY OF MARY ELIZABETH NEALE"
Date: Undated
Location: Outside 230 Fifth Avenue (East Side)
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Commemorates: The Pelhamwood Association, Inc.
Text: "THE PELHAMWOOD ASSOCIATION, INC. FOUNDED 1912"
Date: Undated
Location: Outside 156 Fifth Avenue (East Side)
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Commemorates: John F. Ryan
Text: "IN MEMORY OF JOHN F. RYAN"
Date: Undated
Location: Outside Northfork Bank Near the Southeast Corner of Fifth Avenue and Third Street (East Side)
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Commemorates: Berhardt A. Schminke, D.D.S.
Text: "IN MEMORY OF BERHARDT A. SCHMINKE, D.D.S."
Date: Undated
Location: Outside 116 Fifth Avenue (East Side)
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Commemorates: Detective Charles A. Schuta
Text: "IN MEMORY OF DETECTIVE CHARLES A. SCHUTA WHO WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY APRIL 15, 1996"
Date: April 15, 1996
Location: Near front entrance to Prospect Hill School
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Commemorates: George E. Shaw, Jr.
Text: "DONATED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF THE PELHAMS IN MEMORY OF GEORGE E. SHAW, JR. 1996"
Date: 1996
Location: Outside 135 Wolfs Lane (East Side)
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Commemorates: Benjamin Gregory Smith
Text: "IN MEMORY OF BENJAMIN GREGORY SMITH"
Date: Undated
Location: Outside 146 Fifth Avenue (East Side)
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Commemorates: Antonio and Catherina Socini
Text: "IN LOVING MEMORY OF ANTONIO SOCINI CATHERINA O. SOCINI"
Date: Undated
Location: Across Fifth Avenue from the Sanborn Map Co. Building
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Commemorates: Peter J. Telesco
Text: "IN LOVING MEMORY OF PETER J. TELESCO 1920 - 1997"
Date: 1920 - 1997
Location: Outside 163 Wolfs Lane (West Side)
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Commemorates: Kenneth H. Turnbull
Text: "DONATED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF THE PELHAMS IN MEMORY OF KENNETH H. TURNBULL ARBOR DAY - 1992"
Date: Arbor Day 1992
Location: Outside 89 Wolfs Lane (West Side)
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Commemorates: Richard Unger
Text: "DONATED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF THE PELHAMS IN MEMORY OF RICHARD UNGER 1997"
Date: 1997
Location: Southwest corner of Wolfs Lane and Sparks Avenue
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Commemorates: Unknown, 446 Fifth Avenue
Text: None Legible
Date: Undated
Location: Outside 446 Fifth Avenue (East Side)
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Commemorates: Unknown, 504 Fifth Avenue
Text: None Legible
Date: Undated
Location: Outside 504 Fifth Avenue (East Side)
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Commemorates: Unknown, Near 604 Fifth Avenue
Text: None Legible
Date: Undated
Location: Outside Frenchy's, Near 604 Fifth Avenue (East Side)
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Commemorates: Dr. John M. Conroy, Principal of Pelham Memorial High School from August 1, 1977 to July 31, 1998
Text: "THESE GARDENS ARE / DEDICATED TO / DR. JOHN M. CONROY / PRINCIPAL / AUGUST 1, 1977 TO JULY 31, 1998 / YOUR PASSION FOR KNOWLEDGE AND JUSTICE / SERVES TO INSPIRE US ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES. / FOR THIS INSPIRATION, YOUR LEGACY TO US, THE STUDENTS AND STAFF OF / PELHAM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL / AND / THE COMMUNITY OF PELHAM / WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL / GODSPEED / MAY 17, 1998 / PELHAM CIVIC ASSOCIATION"
Date: May 17, 1998
Location: In small garden area in front of the front entrance of Pelham Memorial High School, near the flagpole
Notes: The High School is on property bounded by Boulevard to the north, Wolfs Lane to the west, Corlies Avenue to the east and Colonial Avenue to the South.

Commemorates: Detective Charles Schuta
Text: "THE PENNY TREE / IN MEMORY OF / DET. CHARLES SCHUTA / PROSPECT HILL COMMUNITY / JUNE 1996"
Date: June 1996
Location: Located to the left of the front entrance of Prospect Hill School on the Clay Avenue side.
Notes: Plaque located at the foot of The Penny Tree.