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YHS Administrative Office: Grinton I. Will Library 1500 Central Park Ave Yonkers, NY 10710 (914) 961-8940   New Office Hours Tuesday and Thursday Afternoons 1p.m. - 4 p.m. Our Office is located on the First Floor of the Grinton Will Library 1500 Central Park Avenue Yonkers NY 10710   If we are not open, leave a message at 914-961-8940

Sherwood House, located 340 Tuckahoe Road (at the southbound entrance to the Sprain Brook Parkway) in Yonkers, is one of the few remaining pre-Revolutionary War tenant farmhouses in the New York Metropolitan area. It was built about 1740 by Thomas Sherwood on land leased from Frederick Philipse and was purchased in 1801 by Yonkers’ first physician, Doctor John Ingersoll. Historic Sherwood House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is owned and maintained by the Yonkers Historical Society and is open Sundays September 10 thru October 1, 2006 and Saturday, September 30 and by appointment. For information, telephone the Yonkers Historical Society at 914-961-8940.

SAVE THE DATE!
YHS Annual Meeting and Mangold Scholarship Awards
will take place on Saturday, April 5 from
1 pm - 4 pm at the Riverfront Library.
Details to follow.

Upcoming Events:

US History Awards

Sunday, August 19th, 4 PM at the Sherwood House
Military History Event

Yonkers History Book Project:
"Yonkers in the Twentieth Century"
Click here for more information...

Saturday, October at the Sherwood House
Annual Yonkers Historical Society  FLEA MARKET & SALE

Annual Yonkers Historical Society Dinner

Sherwood House
Candlelight Tour

Yonkers Historical Society Annual Dinner November 7th, 2007 Riverview Key to History Award Winners: L-R: Betty Morgan, Hon. Kay Carsky, Jack Prill, John Favareau, Andrew Romano. Seated: Mary Madden, Richard Moore. Missing from photo: Hon. Angelo Martinelli. _________________________________ Yonkers Historical Society  Annual Meeting   Sunday, April 22nd, 2007 2 p.m. Community Rooms A & B (2nd Floor) Riverfront Library With Dr. Robert Wilson and YHS President Jeffrey Williams looking on, Mina Crasson presents the 2007 Patricia Mangold Merit Award to Josepth Smith of Sacred Heart High School for his winning entry, an essay entitled "Yonkers During the American Revolution." Dr. Robert Wilson, Scholarship Committee Chair, Yonkers City Council President Chuck Lesnick, YHS President Jeffrey Williams The 2007 Patricia Mangold Award Winner Joseph Smith (second from left) and his family YHS President Jeff  Wililiams with State Senator Jeffrey Klein

"Yonkers Then and Now"

A joint photographic project between the Yonkers Historical Society
and Blue Door Art Association compared images of Yonkers from the past to the present. The photographs were on exhibit in the Yonkers Room at the Riverfront Library, One Larkin Center and at the Grinton I. Will Library, 1500 Central Avenue, Yonkers. The exhibit will travel throughout Yonkers. Stay tuned for its next display venue. The YHS hopes to produce a book based on this exhibit.

Order the "Yonkers Then and Now" Poster for your home or office...

Some YHS events of 2006...

The Yonkers Historical Society  held its
Fifty-Fourth Anniversary Dinner and Awards Presentation
at The Park Hill Racquet Club on
Thursday, November 9th
The Society awarded its “Key to History” to former Park Hill resident and architect Stephen F. Byrns, who served on both the City of Yonkers Landmarks Preservation Board and Planning Board. We also presented the Volunteer of the Year Award to ShopRite Supermarkets.

YHS President Jeff Williams with the ShopRite representatives

(L-R) YHS Treasurer Andy Romano, Stephen Byrns, Jeff Williams, Yonkers Mayor
Philip A. Amicone and ShopRite representatives

Mayor Amicone with our evening's entertainment,
the Westchester Women's Chorale

Jeff presents the Key to History to Stephen Byrns

Jeff and Andy present the Mayoral Proclamation to Key to History Awardee Byrns

Mayoral Proclamation and Volunteer Plaque were presented to ShopRite supermarket
on Tuckahoe Road for their efforts in maintaining the cleanliness of the grounds around
the Sherwood House.

Thanks to the efforts of State Senator Nicholas Spano, the Yonkers Historical Society will receive $50,000 in state funding towards improvement to the Society’s Sherwood House site, located on Tuckahoe Road at the Sprain Brook Parkway. Senator Spano was also instrumental in reaching out to Con Edison and Shop Rite Supermarkets and gaining their support to provide both long-term maintenance and capital improvements at the property, which was developed in 1740 as a tenant farm site for the Manor of Philipsburgh. We look forward to commencing with building projects after our completion of a master plan for the Sherwood House, its grounds and adjacent structures.

On April 21, 2006, NYS Senator Nick Spano, NYS Legislator Lou Mosiello, William McGrath of Con Edison and John Salcedo from Shoprite on Tuckahoe Road join YHS President Jeff Williams, trustees and docents Nancy Sarmast, Georgina Reynolds and Betty Morgan at Sherwood House as Sen. Spano announces a $50,000 grant to refurbish the house and grounds (see photo above).

2005 Annual Meeting at the Riverfront Library on April 23rd
presents two YHS book projects:
Yonkers in the 20th Century
and
Getty Square - The Village and Other Yonkers Memories  by Eddie Dee

YHS President Jeff Williams introduces Marilyn Weigold (below), editor of "Yonkers in the 20th Century"

President Williams presents plaque of appreciation to retiring YHS Trustee and
prolific contributor to Yonkers Historian Tom Flynn

Eddie Dee signed copies of his book Getty Square - The Village

Eddie beguiled the audience (below) with his reading of "Sunday Dinner at Aunt Petunia's"

Eddie's book was profiled in the April 25, 2005 Journal News (Page 1A)

Editor Marilyn Weigold is soliciting Yonkers photographs and oral histories for Yonkers in the 20th Century. If you have anything to contribute, please email her at mweigold@pace.edu or telephone her at 914-762-2149 or 631-765-3486.

Please call the Yonkers Historical Society at 914-961-8940 for more information.