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By 1945, the museum was quickly outgrowing its small downtown location. The E.Y. Webster Estate deeded eight acres to the city of Stamford, creating the museum's second location at Courtland Park. The former carriage house became the museum's new home, and a small barnyard and wildlife area were constructed.
The district, located in rural northern Stamford near the border with New York, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1] Although the district includes a few early 19th-century properties, the area was most heavily developed between 1850 and 1920, and was a local center of shoe manufacturing until it was bypassed by ...
In the 20th century, particularly after World War II, educational institutions were founded in the city or expanded in a range of areas. From its founding in 1936 until 1945, the Stamford Museum & Nature Center (then known as "The Stamford Museum") was in a few rented rooms downtown. It established the first small planetarium between New York ...
In 1984 the Historical Society moved to the Martha Hoyt School, a vacant 1914 fieldstone schoolhouse, owned by the City of Stamford. In November 2016, the City of Stamford moved the Hoyt-Barnum House to the Historical Society's North Stamford campus to make way for a new police station on Bedford Street. [5] In 2017, the board of directors ...
Stamford is a town in Delaware County, New York, United States. The population was 2,000 at the 2020 census. The population was 2,000 at the 2020 census. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] The town is in the eastern part of the county and has a village called Stamford .
Stamford is a village in Delaware County, New York, United States. The population was 1,119 at the 2010 census. [2] The village is located partly in the town of Stamford and partly in the town of Harpersfield. The village is on routes 23 and 10. The village has termed itself the "Queen of the Catskills".
In June 1961, the New York City Board of Estimate awarded a contract to the architectural model makers Raymond Lester Associates for the construction of a scale model of New York City within the City Building. [1] [2] City officials planned to install suspended cars to allow visitors to see the model during the 1964 New York World's Fair. [1]
The museum's collection of over 1.5 million items [9] – which is particularly strong in objects dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries [3] – include paintings, drawings, prints, including over 3000 by Currier and Ives, [3] and photographs featuring New York City and its residents, as well as costumes, decorative objects and furniture ...