Local History
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
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
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
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.
The N. Lawrence & Company building on the northwest corner of Main Street and Chestnut Street circa 1910
This building was still standing in 1988.
