The story of the legal contest for ownership of Mamaroneck will be the topic at the Historical Society’s October 2024 Monthly Members Get-together. It will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, at the Woman’s Club of Mamaroneck, 504 Cortlandt Avenue.

If you are a prospective member and would like to attend, just RSVP PeterMFellows@gmail.com for a guest pass and he will have one waiting at the door.

Get a look at the design for the memorial and how it is being created.

Slavery in Mamaroneck will be the topic of a presentation during the Historical Society September Members Monthly Get-together at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the Woman's Club of Mamaroneck, 504 Cortlandt Avenue.

Ned Benton will share the history and plans for a Memorial at the Town Center.

If you are not a member and would like to attend, just RSVP PeterMFellows@gmail.com for a guest pass and he will have one waiting at the door.

The Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) distinguished himself in military exploits with the colonists against the British in the American Revolution and helped persuade France to send more troops and supplies. In 1824-25, he returned to America and was hailed across the country in a visit that included travel through Mamaroneck.

Mamaroneck Village will celebrate the 200th anniversary of Lafayette’s return with an event at the 1816 Schoolhouse in Harbor Island Park on West Boston Post Road.

Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Mamaroneck is opened twice a year for public Mass. The next Mass will be celebrated Thursday, Aug. 15, at 6 p.m. on the anniversary of the church's dedication. See the flyer below.

The church was built in 1885.

The Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) distinguished himself in military exploits with the colonists against the British in the American Revolution and helped persuade France to send more troops and supplies. In 1824, he returned to America in a visit that included travel through Mamaroneck.

Find out more about Lafayette, his return to America, and Mamaroneck Village’s plans for an event later in August to celebrate the bicentennial of his visit. John Pritts of the Mamaroneck Historical Society will discuss these at the Mamaroneck Public Library. See details below, including how to register for the Aug. 8 free talk.

Please join us at the 1816 Schoolhouse at Harbor Island Park to honor and remember Gloria Poccia Pritts, the past Historian for both the Village and Town of Mamaroneck for 29 years and a past President of the Mamaroneck Historical Society. We will be at the schoolhouse on Saturday, July 6, at 10:30 a.m.

Gloria passed away during the COVID pandemic so we were not able to gather at that time and wish to make up for it on Saturday.

The Village Recreation Department has made parking available behind the Water Treatment Plant. When coming into the Harbor just tell the parking attendant you are there to honor Gloria. All are welcome.

James Maver will discuss the restoration of the burial ground located behind Mamaroneck High School.

His presentation will be featured during the Historical Society Members Monthly Get-together at 7 p.m. at the Woman's Club of Mamaroneck, 504 Cortlandt Avenue.

If you are not a member and would like to attend, just RSVP PeterMFellows@gmail.com for a guest pass and he will have one waiting at the door.

In collaboration with the Mamaroneck Town Board and a team of artists, REALM is erecting a memorial to the enslaved people. It will be in front of the Mamaroneck Town Center.

The June 15 benefit for the memorial will honor Billy, Jinny and their children, who lived and worked at the Premium Mill under enslavement and emancipation. The event will be held at 4 Pryer Manor Road in Larchmont, current home of Marjorie and Ted Mayer and originally built in 1775 for James Mott. Suggested donation is $75 per person.

Click to RSVP yes/no ASAP to LMSlavery1@gmail.com.

Click here to donate.

We at the Mamaroneck Historical Society have begun the restoration of the historic Florence/Powell Burial Ground located behind Mamaroneck High School. This long neglected cemetery has already been the site of much work over the past year.

All are invited to a rededication of the burial ground.

The final stage of restoration will consist of the restoration of the headstones in the cemetery. Many of the headstones, which date from 1808-1883, are in very poor condition. Some have been toppled or broken over the years...and all are in need of professional restoration.

If you would like to contribute toward the $500 still needed to pay for this restoration, learn more about the campaign and how to donate.

The Mamaroneck Historical Society invites you to join us at the 1816 Schoolhouse to find out!

Dr. Darla Shaw will take us back in history to experience a day at school. 

What will we learn? What did children play at recess? 

Children and adults welcome!

Date: Sunday, May 26th

Time: 2 - 3 p.m.

Free.

1816 Schoolhouse - Boston Post Road at Harbor Island

A rare opportunity to attend Mass in Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church will take place Sunday, May 26, at 11 a.m.

The c. 1895 church, on East Boston Post Road opposite the Mamaroneck Diner, is opened for only two masses a year.

Those who attend are invited to a BBQ afterward.

The May Historical Society Members Get-together will feature the latest on the James Fenimore Cooper-themed murals saved from Mamaroneck High School. Prospective members are welcome.

Watch a replay of a look at the history, people, and strategies behind the names of our streets. The presentation was given April 16, 2024.

Watch a replay of the March 19, 2024, presentation on the shops and eateries that have served Mamaroneck customers over the decades and how the mix on the Avenue has changed. Plus, the top 10 longest-running current businesses.

Watch the presentation.

The Historical Society’s 2023 Member Holiday Dinner will take place Tuesday, December 12, at Enzo’s in Mamaroneck at 6:30.

Tap on the flyer to go to the page where you can pay online.

The memorial on the grounds of Mamaroneck High School remembers Mamaroneck Town residents killed in World War II. Its history, educational role, and beautification efforts were recounted at the Mamaroneck Historical Society's November 21, 2023, Monthly Members Get-together. Watch a video of the presentation.

There was a secret conspiracy to steal the three necks of Mamaroneck from original purchaser John Richbell.

This story from the beginning of Mamaroneck will be the feature presentation at the Historical Society's September Members Monthly Get-together.

The event is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, at the Woman’s Club of Mamaroneck, 504 Cortlandt Avenue.

Not a member? RSVP for a guest pass from petermfellows@gmail.com

The Historical Society June Members Get-together will feature a PowerPoint presentation from society President Peter M. Fellows based upon the research he is engaged in for a future book, Merchant Trader, about the beginnings of Mamaroneck.

The get-together will take place at the Woman's Club of Mamaroneck, 504 Cortlandt Avenue.

Not a member? RSVP for a guest pass from petermfellows@gmail.com.

Location: Rochambeau Park, AKA Yorktown Grange Fair Grounds, 99 Moseman Road, Yorktown

In a free, immersive family-friendly experience on Saturday, May 20, visitors will learn about one of three Revolutionary War encampment sites that helped shape our nation’s history right here in Westchester County.

Meet a Rochambeau scholar, French dignitaries, living history teachers, French, Continental and British forces in uniform performing drills and firing muskets, participate in an encampment setup (adults and kids) with model muskets, greet exhibitors in period dress, wander the spacious grounds, enjoy the food and beverage and greet animals from the day.

Learn how Westchester's Yorktown played a crucial role with French General Rochambeau and the French Army aiding General Washington and the Continental Army in the fight for freedom from British rule!

It will be a unique opportunity to bring the Revolutionary War to life and inspire a new generation of history buffs.

The event was announced by the Yorktown Heritage Preservation Commission /Yorktown 250, in partnership with the Odell House Rochambeau Headquarters in Hartsdale, North Castle Historical Society and the New York State Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Organization.

View an event flyer (pdf).

The three Westchester Revolutionary War encampment sites are Rochambeau Park in Yorktown, Smith’s Tavern in Armonk and Odell House Rochambeau Headquarters in Hartsdale. Download the free audio tour, soon to be released at TravelStorys.

The monthly members get-together on Tuesday, May 16, will feature Michael N Tripicco’s presentation from his celebrated book, Pictures in Postcards: A Visual Tour of Old Mamaroneck.

The meeting is at 7 p.m. at the Woman's Club, 504 Cortlandt Avenue. Not a member? RSVP for a guest pass from petermfellows@gmail.com.

Michael is the Historical Society archivist. He was also the driving force behind the restoration of The De Lancey Family Burying Ground. Michael’s book will be available for purchase at this Members Get-together.

See a presentation on Walter & Gene: The Story of Walter’s Hot Dogs, at a Historical Society get-together.

The event will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, at the Woman's Club of Mamaroneck, 504 Cortlandt Avenue. Not a member? RSVP for a guest pass to society President Peter Fellows at petermfellows@gmail.com.

The presentation will look at Walter and Gene Warrington’s lives in Mamaroneck and the story of Walter’s Hot Dogs, founded in 1919. The business celebrated 90 years in 2009.

A Program of the Historical Firefighters of Larchmont and Mamaroneck.

Co-hosted by The Mamaroneck and Larchmont historical societies and American Legion Post 90. Free - Open to all - Refreshments Served.

For decades, information on Mamaroneck’s Civil War veterans was presumed lost – no one remembered them or their sacrifices.

Using rediscovered documents in Mamaroneck Town and recently digitized military records available on the internet, Professor Ned Benton of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a member of the Historical Firefighters, and the members of the Historical Fire Company have been able to learn much about the local Civil War soldiers, retrieving 62 names.

Benton credits Mamaroneck Town Clerk Christina Battalia and her staff for their assistance in finding the town’s original record of the 1862 draft that listed all eligible young men, including those who had already enlisted.

In addition to revealing the found records, Benton and the Historical Firefighters will honor Corporal Nicholas Hoyt and Private Lucius Watson, who gave their lives in the war.

They will honor other veterans like Landsman John O'Neal who served in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War aboard the U.S.S. Malvern, President Lincoln's flagship of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron.

Benton will discuss the findings.

MAMARONECK HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP MEETING AND ELECTIONS

Followed by a Special Program

Honoring our Veterans Throughout History

Replay the event: Watch the video.

• Hear stories written by local veteran Jim Camera

• History of Veteran’s Organizations with Al Bender

• Archive display of artifacts celebrating the men and women who served

Refreshments Served