Local History
Resolute Hook & Ladder Company, formed in 1883, proudly displays their ornate apparatus in front of Dobbs Ferry's first fire house on Cedar Street
Livingston Hose Company was chartered in 1888, and Ogden Engine in 1898.
Photo Courtesy of Arone Collection
The N. Lawrence & Company building on the northwest corner of Main Street and Chestnut Street circa 1910
This building was still standing in 1988.
Dobbs Ferry's Main Street in September 1910 during the "water famine."
Local residents are bringing buckets to the water wagon for the daily ration.
School Bus Crash - 1940s
The 1940s accident shows a historic building in the background at the right. Located at the corner of South Field Avenue and Ashford Avenue, Burke's blacksmith shop was once housed in a large shed attached to the rear of this building, and his saloon occupied the storefront. In the early 1920s, visiting Catholic priests first held services for the Ardsley community in this building.
This photograph was taken in 1919 during the Victory Bell dedication at the Zion Episcopal Church in Dobbs Ferry
The bell was presented to the church by Col. Franklin Q. Brown. The church was incorporated in 1833 and is one of the oldest houses of worship in Greenburgh. Vestryman during the late 1830's and 1840's included Washington Irving and Alexander Hamilton's sons, James and Alexander, Jr. In the 1860's Admiral Farragut also became a patron of Zion. In modern times, two women have entered the Episcopal Priesthood from Zion.
Photo courtesy of Zion Church
Louis De Luca's grocery and deli was located on the northwest corner of Ashford Avenue and the Parkway
The building had been spared destruction by just a few feet when the Parkway was constructed. The De Luca deli became a favorite lunch stop for Parkway Police Officers. Upon his retirement, the Parkway P.B.A. honored Louis De Luca in appreciation of his fine service.
WWI Calverymen refresh their horses at Dobbs Ferry's stone water trough near Albany Post Road (Broadway) and Ashford Avenue.
In later years this stone trough was moved to the village's Gould Park
John Fellers was one of several Ice Men serving the Ardsley community
During its heyday, the ice house at Woodlands was a convenient source of supply. This photo shows the delivery truck garage on King Street near the corner of North Field Avenue. Note: Mr. Fellers uses Ardsley as his address even though his business was in Dobbs Ferry
Built & occupied by Steve Travis and family. The farmhouse stands where the Saw Mill River Parkway now ru
This house on Railroad Avenue was built in the 1870s by Steve Travis. Philippine and Elsie Travis are posed on the front porch. It is believed that this building is now located at 363 Ashford Avenue in Dobbs Ferry. Railroad Avenue connected with South Field Avenue by means of Meadow Street. Meadow Street existed on both sides of the track, but a projected joining of the two segments was blocked by the railroad's objection to creating another crossing of their tracks. Use of the long sidetrack extending from Chauncey to Ardsley would also cause problems when trains were "parked" over the road crossing for long periods.
