Congratulations to Michael Knox, the first winner of the Bronxville Historical Conservancy Award (June 2025, Bronxville High School) The Bronxville Historical Conservancy Award is a prestigious recognition bestowed upon an exceptional high school senior who has demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and profound dedication to historical studies. This distinguished honor celebrates students who have not only...Read More
Esteemed Presidential Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Doris Kearns Goodwin, known for her extensive works on American presidents and influential historical figures, shared her insights in a talk titled “Leadership in Turbulent Times: Advice for Today from Our Best Presidents.” To read more about the lecture, please see the My Hometown Bronxville article published on...Read More
Thursday, September 19, 2024 5–6:30pm, with remarks at 6pm Hudson River Museum 511 Warburton Avenue, Yonkers Neighboring Visions, which closes on Sunday, September 29, will be celebrated in the Billiard Room of our historic home, Glenview. BHC members are also invited to a subsequent reception of No Bodies: Clothing as Disruptor from 6:30–8:30pm. RSVP by...Read More
Feb. 22, 2024: On Friday, February 9, the Bronxville Historical Conservancy presented a conversation between Ken Burns, renowned filmmaker and documentarian of American life and history, and David Westin, anchor of Bloomberg Wall Street Week, and a local resident. A capacity crowd attended the event held in Sarah Lawrence’s Reisinger Concert Hall. Bronxville Historical Conservancy...Read More
Volume I, published in 2002 under the guidance of editor Marilynn Hill, featured Francis Edmonds, one of New York’s leading bankers, who was equally talented as an artist; Harriet Hubbard Ayer, a socialite who lived in Bronxville’s insane asylum; the early women of the Bronxville School PTA; a tribute to Frieda Wildy Riggs; an engaging...Read More
Volume II of The Bronxville Journal, released in 2003, had an equally fascinating line-up: the Bronxville life of late-night television talk-show host, Jack Paar; the story of Samuel Alexander Scribner, a circus owner and burlesque businessman; an interesting but little-known connection between the architect of Bronxville’s Concordia College and Ellis Island; and William Lawrence’s plan for...Read More
Articles in Volume III of The Bronxville Journal, published in fall of 2004, ranged from those who were passionate about art to those who protested war. Art Historian Meg Hausberg explored the relationship between Lawrence Park artist Otto Bacher and James McNeill Whistler. Sarah Underhill, who grew up in Bronxville in the 1970s, revisited a poignant...Read More
Three Bronxville artists who created set designs for some of America’s top theaters at the turn of the twentieth century are featured in Volume 4 of The Bronxville Journal, released in Fall 2009. Dale Hanson Walker, great-granddaughter of one of the artists, has shared family mementos as well as memories in her lively story of this...Read More
It is fitting that Lawrence’s portrait be hung in the mayor’s office, for it is to this man and his vision for a planned community that Bronxville owes its special character. Lawrence was never the village’s mayor – that position was given to the other founding fathers of the newly incorporated Bronxville in 1898. Instead,...Read More
Ann Crane was educated in Europe and was a student of the French academic painter Luc-Olivier Merson. On her return from Paris she studied under the noted American Impressionist John Twachtman, whose influence is clearly evident in her work. Ann was known in New York art circles and exhibited regularly at the National Academy of...Read More
