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Exhibition on now: Glimpses of New Castle's Past

Tuesdays-Thursdays & Saturdays until July 20

Lecture by Dr. Kenneth T. Jackson and NCHS Annual Meeting

Sunday, Apr 28, 3pm at the Quaker Meeting House

Children's Watercolor Notecard Workshop with Mara Van Fleet

Saturday, May 18, 3pm - Register Now

Paint The House Adult Watercolor Workshop with Cindy Sacks

Sunday, May 19, 11am - Register Now

Memorial Day Parade Viewing Party

Sunday, May 27

NCHS Annual Meeting Honoring Erik Nicolaysen

We are delighted to honor Erik Nicolaysen at our upcoming annual meeting on April 28th, following the lecture by Dr. Jackson. Erik has been a long-time friend of the NCHS, including trusted insurance advisor and former Board Trustee. He has contributed significantly to the New Castle community serving as a Councilman and Deputy Supervisor for the Town of New Castle, dedicating over 50 years to both the Chappaqua Volunteer Fire Department and Chappaqua Volunteer Ambulance Corp, as well as being involved in various local activities, including Rotary, Lions, Scouting, and Little League.

Tuesdays-Thursdays and Saturdays 11am - 3pm

Suggested donation $5 members / $10 non-members

Our enchanting spring exhibition features an assortment of paintings and drawings by twentieth-century artists portraying landmarks and special events in our community. Paintings from the New Castle Historical Society and Chappaqua Library collection will be on display in the Horace Greeley House and transport viewers across the places and community events of New Castle.

Members Preview Party Highlights

NCHS members enjoyed a special evening with a unique look at the current exhibition. Town historian Gray Williams provided a guided tour bringing to life the artists and scenes behind the paintings, while members enjoyed a convivial reception.

Historic Places of New Castle:

Stony Hollow

Among the buildings featured in the current Glimpses of New Castle's Past exhibition is the old farmhouse at 478 Quaker Road, just north of Fair Ridge Cemetery. The property takes its name from a reference in New Castle annual town minutes of 1823 to “Stony Holler.” At that time, it was part of the large Brady family farm, which extended along Quaker Road all the way to Hardscrabble Road. The house may have been a subsidiary building on the farm, and it may have been in existence even earlier, as the hand-hewn beams of its framing suggest. Like many old houses, it was built in several stages over the years.

For several decades of the nineteenth century, the thirty-some acre farm was owned and operated by the prominent Quaker family of Elijah and Eliza Collins. At the turn of the twentieth century, it became home to members of the Bedell family; Edwin Bedell was the editor of the local newspaper, The Item. In the 1920s, it came into the possession of Mabel L. Marshall, who in 1938 commissioned artist W. Stuart Archibald to paint the three portraits of the house that are in the current exhibition. These were in turn bequeathed to the historical society by Mrs. Marshall’s daughter, Gladys Marshall.

In 1978, Stony Hollow was listed on the national Register of Historic Places, as part of the Old Quaker Village Historical District. In the 1980s, after Gladys Marshall’s death, the farm property was subdivided and developed for individual residences. But the old house remains, as a well-preserved relic of our early history.

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