Van Cortlandtville Historical Society
Van Cortlandtville Historical Society
Where History Comes Alive
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"101" YEARS AND GOING STRONG
The Van Cortlandtville
Historical Society
Be sure to be a part of another exciting year of exceptional guest speakers and additional surprises and special events.
The Van Cortlandtville Historical Society will host an OPEN HOUSE ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH, from 2 to 4 p.m., at The Little Red Schoolhouse, 297 Locust Avenue, Cortlandt Manor, New York.
This event is open free to the public.............
Visitors will be given a guided tour of the 19-century one-room schoolhouse, which until the mid-1970s was still functioning as part of the Lakeland Central School District. The schoolroom and adjoining meeting room of the Society has books, photographs and classroom items dating back to that early era. The Little Red Schoolhouse is located at the north end of Locust Avenue next to Old Saint Peter’s Church and cemetery, just south of Oregon Road in the Town of Cortlandt.
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PHOTOS FROM THE AUGUST TRIP TO WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS IN NEWBURGH, NY AND LUNCH AT THE RIVER GRILL: A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL.
WHERE SHOULD WE GO NEXT YEAR?
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NEXT MONTH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21
Barbara Davis, with a unique presentation entitled:
Novel Inspiration: Westchester Authors, Westchester Settings.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2023 at 2:00 PM
At the Little Red Schoolhouse, 297 Locust Avenue
Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567
Barbara Davis is the Co-Director
of the Westchester County Historical Society, where she is responsible for the programming, publicity, and other operations of WCHS, which is the only organization that collects and promotes the countywide history of Westchester. A resident of New Rochelle, she is also the New Rochelle City Historian, a position she has held since 2001, and is the former Community Relations Coordinator for the New Rochelle Public Library. Barbara has served on Westchester County’s Historic Preservation Advisory Committee (HPAC) since the early 1990s, and as chair for over 25 years. She brings to us her program:
Novel Inspiration: Westchester Authors, Westchester Settings
Through its long and varied history, Westchester has been home to a great many prominent authors. Its natural beauty and stimulating topography, towns with unique characteristics, and proximity to Manhattan have all contributed to its allure for writers. Beginning with Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper, and continuing through the centuries to current novelists, novel, this digital slide
presentation focuses on several leading authors who used their real Westchester communities as inspiration in their fictional stories.
Refreshments served * Open to the public
Come join us for an interesting and informative program.
INFORMATION FOR ANNUAL LUNCHEON
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Please join us every year as we pay tribute to the French Soldiers, who fought and died for our cause during the Revolutionary War.
This year it was held on Sunday, July 2, 2023, 3 PM
at Old St. Peter's Church,
followed by Refreshments at the Little Red Schoolhouse
(The Church is located in the Old Cemetery on the corner of Locust Avenue and
Oregon Road, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567)
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC,
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