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The Gateway Building on the campus of Westchester Community College in Valhalla, New York. WCC's main campus sits at an elevation of 500 ft (152 m), [24] off of Grasslands Road in Valhalla, just north of White Plains. [25] In 1780, this location was the site of a surprise attack by British and Hessian troops on American soldiers.
The library was officially founded in 1892 by Collis P. Huntington, [1] a Southern Pacific Railroad magnate whose summer home was in nearby Throggs Neck, Bronx.Its origins, however, were in the will of Peter C. Van Schaick, a local philanthropist, who set aside funds from his estate to build a free reading room to be donated to the village of West Chester, (now the Bronx) upon its completion.
The John A. Hartford House stands on the campus of Westchester Community College, located west of the village of Valhalla. The college is located on a portion of the original Hartford country estate. The house is a large Tudor Revival structure, designed by Mann and MacNeille, an architecture firm from New York City , [ 1 ] and completed in 1932.
Mount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States.It is an inner suburb of New York City, immediately to the north of the borough of the Bronx.As of the 2020 census, Mount Vernon had a population of 73,893, [3] making it the 24th-largest municipality in the state and largest African-American majority city in the state.
The Yonkers Public Library is a founding member and the largest member of the Westchester Library System (WLS), a consortium of 38 libraries serving the residents of Westchester County. The Yonkers Public Library operates with a budget of over $9 million, 105 staff members, and a collection of nearly 700,000 books and other materials.
Westchester Country Club, a private golf club in Harrison, New York; Women's Classical Caucus, a US academic classical feminist organization; Women's Classical Committee UK, a UK academic classical feminist organization; World Children's Choir; World Chlorine Council, an international network of national and regional Chloralkali process ...
Stuart Cosgriff mixes paint for a customer at Berger Hardware on Commerce Street in Hawthorne July 19, 2024. Berger Hardware is a family owned business and has been a staple in the Mount Pleasant ...
The library offers computer classes, book discussion groups, young adult programs, a children's room and a local history collection. The library building also houses the Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society, the Briarcliff Manor Recreation Department, and the William J. Vescio Community Center. The library was founded in 1914 in the ...