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Churchill Park Historic District is a national historic district located at Stamford in Delaware County, New York, United States. The district contains 52 contributing buildings. It consists of a group of structures built between 1870 and 1920 as summer homes, hotels, and boarding houses. [2]
Old North Stamford Road at Rippowam River in northern Stamford [31]: 2 41°06′54″N 73°32′42″W / 41.115°N 73.545°W / 41.115; -73.545 ( Turn-of-River A lenticular pony truss bridge built by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company in 1892, using a design patented by William O. Douglas in 1878 for a lens-type truss bridge .
The Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) is a history and art museum in Manhattan, New York City, New York. It was founded by Henry Collins Brown , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] in 1923 [ 3 ] to preserve and present the history of New York City , and its people.
National Museum of Catholic Art and History, closed in 2010; New York Jazz Museum in Manhattan; New York City Police Museum; New York Tattoo Museum in Staten Island; Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn, closed in 2015; Ripley's Believe It or Not!, midtown Manhattan, 2007-2021; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex, opened in SoHo in 2008, closed in 2010
The New-York Historical Society is an American history museum and library in New York City, along Central Park West between 76th and 77th Streets, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The society was founded in 1804 as New York's first museum. It presents exhibitions, public programs, and research that explore the history of New York and the ...
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 .
When Gimbel Bros. closed the New York City Saks 34th Street flagship store in July 1965, the three Saks-34th branches including Stamford were converted to Gimbels branches. [8] In the mid-to-late 1990s, Ridgeway went through a massive refurbishment and expansion, with the ousting of Sears, Gimbels, and Grand Central Market, along other stores.
A treaty in 1683 between Connecticut and New York set an agreed-upon border 8 miles (13 km) north of Stamford's main road, resulting in part of the settlement falling under New York's jurisdiction. [7] Following the resignation of local Reverend John Bishop, Reverend John Davenport assumed the role of Stamford's spiritual leader in 1694. [7]