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Peter is correct about the NYC records….Many properties have 1898 or 1900 when the records were moved from Westchester County to the Bronx. However, Westchester County still has their original documents on microfilm and computers. If you trace out a deed in the Bronx, it may refer you to a name who owned the property sold to the Bronx purchaser. Armed with that information, it may lead to other prior owners.
I double checked my files, after re-reading the article….I found a copy of a “Charles Buck ” postcard that I forgot about ” A Reconstructed Old Time Residence of Spuyten Duyvil. New York City ”
Yes….The line opened August 1, 1908…There is a nice color postcard I used in my book “Bronx Views”…a B & W in my book, Northwest Bronx. I think it lasted to 1917
BOLTON – INDIAN PATHS THE ALBANY POST – ROAD , ONCE THE HUDSON … Photograph by E. F. Coffin 1922. Note: The view is actually Southbound.
It is always interesting to read various articles about the Hadley House at different time periods. I also love looking at the changing views over the years. Sadly, some images come to us without a date and we have to guess. For all those novices out there, try looking at google street views and then selecting a street view from 2007 or 2013 or 2020 . Even during a short time period, many changes occur.
Dear Peter, I guess the “Dutch” was the bridges and canals that resemble Amsterdam or New Amsterdam. See pics
Yes …many postcard views of the Dutch Gardens were made. The little stand at the bottom of the steps had a sundial on it.
Yes…There were many semi-pro and club baseball teams that played in or near Riverdale. The Kingsbridge Athletics played many of their games at the Inwood Stadium aka Dykman Oval in Manhattanand in later years were managed by Columbia Baseball Coach Andy Coakley ( last pro team – NY Highlanders aka Yankees ) There was the Riverdale Surburbans that played at Crotona Park. John Condon ( PS 12 Principal & Fordham Professor) was a first basemen. He was at the center of the Lindbergh Kidnapping case ( An other Bronx story)
Nick & Peter,
I read from some newspaper, that Parks…” Robert Moses” wanted swings & sprinklers and bathrooms etc
for the ” Community ” He stated that the building was in ruin, to expensive to repair and no important historical event ever happened there. His opinion, backed by a few mothers and children. So sad.
TX Casey
right, but the publisher reversed the image
