Welcome to the Historic Hudson River Towns Events Calendar!
Organizations in Historic Hudson River Towns member communities are welcome to post events here free of charge. Events must be open to the public, with or without admission fees. Historic Hudson River Towns reserves the right to reject any event that is considered inappropriate for any reason. Please allow up to 24 hours after submission for event to be listed.
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Croton Friends of History
The Lost Estates of Peekskill
Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NYWith names such as Mount Florence, Rest Hill, and the Beeches, the hills overlooking Peekskill were once home to magnificent properties with national reputations. Owned by people such as Daniel Craig, one of the founders of the Associated Press, the abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher and Moses Sperry Beach, owner of the New York Sun, the…
Croton Point Park: Westchester’s Jewel on the Hudson
Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NYCroton Point Park encompasses miles of Hudson River shoreline with astonishing views and remnants of the region’s past. Ancient shell mounds shed light on the Indigenous peoples who inhabited the area for centuries, prior to European colonization. Wine cellars from the first commercial vineyard in New York State are hidden in a hillside and discarded…
Turn-of-the-Century Croton
Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NYUsing rare photographs and postcards from the Croton Historical Society and other sources, Village Historian Marc Cheshire will take us on a tour of Croton at the dawn of the 20th century. See familiar streets and buildings as they looked more than 100 years ago and discover long-lost treasures like Croton’s first train station, the…
Building the New Croton Dam
Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NYBy any measure, the New Croton Dam is an engineering marvel. For 14 years (from 1892 to 1906) as many as 1,000 workers used more than 500 pieces of heavy machinery, 745,000 barrels of cement, 100,000 tons of coal and an incalculable quantity of locally quarried stone to build the dam. It is said to…
Bethel Cemetery & Croton’s Lost Cemeteries
Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NYCemeteries are a record of our nation’s past. There is a rich collection of history located on their grounds. Here in our village we are fortunate to have fantastic examples of period gravestones dating back to the 1700s. Bethel Cemetery is a most charming space, located in the virtual center of our community, surrounded by…
The Destruction of Riverside Avenue
Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NYIn September 1960 demolition began on Croton-on-Hudson’s waterfront business district to construct Route 9. Riverside Avenue, from the intersection with Maple up to Farrington Road, was rerouted and most of the old buildings demolished. By the time the project was completed, parts of residential streets from Benedict Boulevard in Harmon up to Wolf Road were…
The Mystery of Money Island
Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NYSome people say Croton Point’s Money Island was the place where the infamous pirate, Captain Kidd, buried his fabled treasure. Some people say it was a huge funeral mound for Native Americans slain in a terrible battle. Some people are reluctant to even whisper the name because the place was haunted—a favorite retreat for witches…
The Old Croton Aqueduct in Art
Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NYWhen Cornelia Cotton opened an art gallery in Croton in 1979, one of the earliest gallery shows was called “Croton Water”– the first time that prints, maps, and ephemera of the Old Croton Aqueduct were shown as an art exhibit. Cornelia was active on efforts to preserve the Aqueduct early on, and after the Friends…
Croton’s Stone Houses
Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NYThe Stone Houses were constructed between 1900 and 1938 on land Elizabeth Stevenson inherited from her father. Except for the first one, Wyndhurst, all the houses were designed by Elizabeth and her son Harvey, who once said his mother had “a unique obsession to plan and build.” Village Historian Marc Cheshire will take us behind…
Harmon, the New City
Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NYIn 1905, innovative real estate developer Clifford B. Harmon announced the purchase of the Van Cortlandt family farm, where he intended to build “Harmon, the New City, the most important and extensive suburban development in the history of New York.” Village Historian Marc Cheshire will tell the story of how Harmon bought, marketed and sold…
Croton Point Nature & History Hike
Croton Point Park 1 Croton Point Avenue, Croton-on-Hudson, NY, United StatesCroton Point Park Naturalist John Phillips and Village of Croton Historian Marc Cheshire will lead a hike on Saturday, April 27, at 9 a.m. to explore Croton Point’s history, natural history, archaeology and geology. The hike will last roughly 1.5 to 2 hours. This event is free. Meet at the gate to the RV park,…
Submit your local events to the Historic Hudson River Towns (will require admin approval upon submission).