The Conservancy and Bronxville Public Library jointly organized a special Veteran’s Day presentation on November 10th, featuring an exhibition of nine newly framed WWI Propaganda Posters belonging to the Library and a lecture by Sarah Lawrence College Professor Fred Smoler and demonstration by Conservancy Board member Jack Bierwirth. Smoler gave an enlightening talk on the...Read More

MARY FAIRCHILD LOW was a painter and wife of WILL HICOK LOW, both prominent members of the artist colony that flourished in Bronxville in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Before moving to Bronxville in 1910, Mary led a fascinating life in Giverny. Married at the time to the sculptor and painter Frederick MacMonnies, Mary lived just down...Read More

On Sunday, May 20, the Bronxville Historical Conservancy partnered with the Bronxville Public Library to share insights and images of the village’s extraordinary artistic heritage. The afternoon event began in the Yeager Room of the Library, where art historian and curator Jayne Warman presented a narrative of Bronxville’s early artists and a selection of their...Read More

What began in 1920 with a newly established Leonard Morange Post of the American Legion continues today as a cherished Bronxville tradition — the annual Memorial Day Parade. The first official village celebration was a small parade that marched down Kraft Avenue to the “picture house.” A commemorative program began at 8:00 pm with prayers,...Read More

The Bronxville Women’s Club celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Bronxville Historical Conservancy by honoring the organization and its co-founders, Marilynn Hill and Bob Riggs, in a gala evening at the historic Anna Lawrence Bisland 1928 House.   More than 140 guests attended the celebration on September 16, 2018, in the ballroom of the historic...Read More

Bronxville Historical Conservancy brings Rhoda Knight Kalt to share dinosaur days with Toppy, a famous Bronxville paleo artist Charles Knight, former Bronxville resident and American wildlife and paleo artist, known only as “Toppy” to his granddaughter, Rhoda, is best known for his paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. In the early 20th century, the...Read More

On October 20, 2018 at Siwanoy Country Club, while off duty, Police Chief Chris Satriale responded to a report from the Bronxville Historical Conservancy of a stolen painting. Guests had gathered for the unveiling of Winter’s Day and gasped when the velvet curtain was drawn to find a framed emoji cartoon rather than the original...Read More

Bronxville’s World War I—Service at Home and Abroad During the Great War, 1914-1918. Held at the Bronxville Public Library on May 5, 2019 “Bronxville’s World War I—Service at Home and Abroad During the Great War, 1914-1918” told the story of Bronxville’s World War I, including the Lawrence’s quest to travel home to Bronxville, letters home...Read More

By Suzanne Pratt Davis, Member, Board of Directors, The Bronxville Historical Conservancy. Apr. 17, 2019:  The Bronxville Historical Conservancy is thrilled to announce a public lecture on Bronxville and World War I by village historian Raymond Geselbracht on May 5 at 4:00 pm at the Bronxville Public Library. “Bronxville’s World War I—Service at Home and Abroad During...Read More

June 11, 2017 Presented by Marilynn Hill. Life Co-Chair of the Bronxville Historical Conservancy On behalf of the Bronxville Historical Conservancy, I would like to welcome all of you to this special event honoring our dear Mary Huber. Mary was born with a love of history into a family that shared that passion. Her father...Read More