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1850

A hamlet near the Saw Mill River became known as “Saw Mill River Corners” (or simply “Saw Mill Corners”). Sometime before 1850, the name “Ashford” came into common use for this area

1861

March 25, 1861: Methodist Church established in the hamlet of Ashford

1872

1872: William Slocum began a 38-year tenure as School Master or Principal of the local schools.

1880

1880: Ashford train depot constructed by the NYC & Northern Railroad

In the early 1880's the Putnam Railroad was built, and the New Croton Aqueduct was constructed.

1887

July 23, 1887: Opening of two room Ashford Avenue School to house grades 1-8 at cost of about $3,100

1896

February 11, 1896: Election of Daniel Lawrence as Ardsley’s first President, Board of Trustees and Officers

April 27, 1896: Enactment of First Village Ordinances, By-Laws and Police Regulations

1898

By 1898 the population had grown to 372.

1913

1913: First Episcopal Church services held upstairs in the Quimby building on Ashford Avenue

1916

October 22, 1916: First church service of St Barnabas Episcopal Church

1922

1922: Arthur W. Silliman began 36 years of service as head of the Ardsley Public Schools.

1923

1923: Eight girls registered as the first members of Ardsley Girl Scouts as part of Ardsley Girl Scout Troop I

1929

1929: Beacon Hill development begins south of Heatherdell Road (including Beacon Hill & Captain Honeywells Roads)

1932

May 2, 1932: Resolution enacted by Westchester County Board of Supervisors to rename Woodlands Park as the V. Everit Macy Park in honor of the former Chairman of the County Parks Commission

1935

December 17, 1935: Robbery of First National Bank of Ardsley on Ashford Avenue

1940

July 30, 1940: Henry Raab appointed Chief of Police, remaining in office 22 years

1949

1949: Twenty-One Acres development begins at Orlando and Park Avenues

1951

1951: First of six sections of Huntley Estates Development closes with homes sold on Crestview Place, Beacon Hill Road and Highland Drive

1953

1953: Opening of Concord Road Elementary School for grades K to 3

1954

1954: Ardsley Community Nursery School opens doors on American Legion Drive

1955

December 15, 1955: NYS Thruway opens through Ardsley

1956

November, 1956: Huge fire destroys Lewisohn mansion; property later sold to Ardsley School District and used for new high school building

November 1, 1956: Ardsley Garden Club is founded with Mrs.

1958

1958: Opening of new Ardsley High School at top of the hill at current Farm Road location

1960

February 7, 1960: Dedication of new Ardsley Methodist Church building on Ashford Avenue

1962

July 1, 1962: Ardsley-Secor Volunteer Ambulance Corps formed

1971

April 27, 1971: First organizational meeting of the second incarnation of the Ardsley Public Library

October 8-10, 1971: 75th Anniversary Celebration of Village in Macy Park

1972

June 25, 1972: Opening of Ardsley storefront library on Centre Street in Hillcroft shopping area, near where Daitch Shopwell was later located

1979

October 13, 1979: Dedication of new expanded American Legion Post building

1982

February 9, 1982: New York Court of Appeals decision affirms Ardsley’s right to join Greenburgh Town Park after seven years of litigation and unanimous decisions in all three courts.

1984

January 17, 1984: January 17, 1984: Groundbreaking for the new Ardsley Library on American Legion Drive; dedication on October 21, 1984

1987

July 1-2, 1987: Felony Hearing for notorious NYC-based Green Dragons Youth Gang presided over by Village Justice Walter Schwartz in Village Court

1989

November 28, 1989: Army Corps of Engineers project finally eliminates chronic Saw Mill River flooding problem

1993

May 2, 1993: Ardsley Children’s Library wing dedicated; made possible by $450,000 donation from Thomas & Agnes Carvel Foundation

1994

Extracted from "A Short, Informal HISTORY OF ARDSLEY" by A.W. Silliman By Daniel Kaufman August 15, 1994

1999

Feb 27, 1999: Dedication of Ardsley’s new Village Hall at 507 Ashford Ave

2005

May, 2005: Dedication of the new ASVAC building (on American Legion Drive)

2008

March, 2008: Dedication of new Ardsley Firehouse on Ashford Avenue

2016

2016: Water Wheel Condominium affordable housing units opened on Louis Pascone Lane near the corner of Saw Mill River and Revolutionary Roads

2018

Jan 25, 2018: Retirement of Walter Schwartz, Village Justice for 36 years, Village Trustee for 4 years, and Village Historian

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