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- The history of Briarcliff Manor, a village in Westchester County, New York, can be traced back to the founding of a settlement between the Hudson and Pocantico Rivers in the 19th century. The area now known as Briarcliff Manor had seen human occupation since at least the Archaic period, but significant growth in the settlements that are now incorporated into the village did not occur until the Industrial Revolution. The village, which was incorporated with one square mile in 1902, has expanded primarily through annexation: of Scarborough in 1906 and from the town of Mount Pleasant in 1927 to its current area of 6.7 square miles (17 km2). The village has also grown in population; from 331 when established to 7,867 in the 2010 census. (en)
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- Briarcliff Manor, New York (en)
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- c. 1901–10 (en)
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- From Carmino Ravosa's Briarcliff show (en)
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- Briarcliff College is founded at the Briarcliff Lodge. (en)
- Walter Law's School of Practical Agriculture building burns down. (en)
- The New York State Commission on Forfeiture confiscates the Philipses' land; it is sold in 1784–85. (en)
- The Briarcliff Community Center, nicknamed "The Club", is established in the 1898 Briarcliff Schools building. (en)
- The grade-school building is demolished, and senior housing is built on its site the following year. (en)
- Todd Elementary School opens to free space at the Law Park grade school for middle- and high-school students. (en)
- The People's Caucus, an organization which calls out interested residents for candidacy, is created. (en)
- The Scarborough School closes; it reopens in 1981 as The Clear View School. (en)
- The village police department is organized and The Church House, the parish house of the Scarborough Presbyterian Church, is completed. (en)
- A 100-mile race in the village is sponsored by the Automobile Racing Club of America. (en)
- A one-room schoolhouse is built on land donated by John Whitson; it is the first schoolhouse and church in the area. (en)
- Faith Lutheran Brethren Church is founded in Scarsdale. (en)
- Rosemont, a Scarborough Historic District property, is demolished. (en)
- Philipse purchases about from the Sint Sincks, Philipsburg Manor, extending from Spuyten Duyvil Creek along the Hudson River to the Croton River. (en)
- Law has invested $2.5 million in the village by this time. (en)
- All Saints' Episcopal Church is founded. (en)
- Briarcliff Steamer Company No. 1 is formed. (en)
- Briarcliff's road race is held again. (en)
- Briarcliff's school building is demolished to make way for the Briarcliff-Peekskill Parkway. (en)
- Briarcliff Manor celebrates its semicentennial celebration, publishing a book about the village and its history. (en)
- V. Everit Macy creates Chilmark Park, a community in Briarcliff. (en)
- Walter W. Law moves with his family to the area and purchases his first with the James Stillman farm for $35,000 . (en)
- Frederick Philipse purchases the Ossining area from Indian sachem Ghoharius with the consent of his brother Weskora. Weskora becomes the first name of Scarborough. (en)
- Elliott Fitch Shepard's mansion Woodlea is completed. (en)
- The village becomes involved in an annexation proposal with the town of Ossining for Briarcliff Manor to annex land on which 1,600 people live. After debate and public hearings, the village government decides to end its pursuit of the annexation in May 2015. (en)
- Hurricane Irene causes a sinkhole, of about 20 feet in diameter, to form on North State Road near Route 9A; New York's department of transportation spends about $900,000 repairing the damage. (en)
- Scarborough is incorporated into Briarcliff Manor. (en)
- The Briarcliff Lodge houses The King's College. (en)
- The Briarcliff Lodge opens. (en)
- The Scarborough Presbyterian Church is founded. (en)
- The Whitson's Corners post office is established. (en)
- The high school auditorium opens. (en)
- The village's first corporate facility opens. (en)
- The pool house in Law Memorial Park is demolished; construction on a new facility begins shortly after. (en)
- The present Briarcliff High School opens to ease the large enrollment at the grade-school building. (en)
- Weskora is renamed Scarborough. (en)
- The Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society is founded from the village's 75th anniversary committee. (en)
- The Wappingers unsuccessfully attempt to sue the Philipse family for control of the land; their claim dies out after around fifty tribespeople, organized into the Stockbridge Militia under Abraham Nimham and his father Daniel Nimham, are killed by British forces in the Battle of Kingsbridge during the American Revolutionary War. (en)
- The Briarcliff Manor train station, along with the Putnam Division, is shut down. (en)
- V. Everit Macy donates to the Girl Scouts of the USA, which later becomes the Edith Macy Conference Center. (en)
- The Briarcliff Manor Fire Department is founded by Frederick C. Messinger from Briarcliff Steamer Company No. 1. (en)
- The new Village Hall opens, replacing the Municipal Building. (en)
- The Briarcliff Lodge houses the Edgewood Park School. (en)
- The Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society is given its first permanent location at the Eileen O'Connor Weber Historical Center, established as part of the expanded Briarcliff Manor Public Library. (en)
- Walter Law forms the Briarcliff Realty Company to sell Briarcliff Farms' original property in the village. (en)
- Briarcliff Manor's first downtown stores are built. (en)
- Law establishes the School of Practical Agriculture on Pleasantville Road on . (en)
- Briarcliff Manor's original station building was reopened as the William J. Vescio Community Center. Mayor Lori Sullivan and former mayor William J. Vescio presided over the center's opening and the dedication to Vescio. (en)
- A $4-million rehabilitation of Law Park is completed, with a new pavilion and pool house, paved walkways, lights and benches, a redesigned and filtered pond, and relocation of the Veterans Memorial. Over 300 people attend the Veterans Day rededication ceremony. (en)
- The original 1902 Briarcliff Lodge building burns to the ground, and contemporary portions of the lodge and other campus buildings are later demolished. (en)
- Briarcliff Manor hosts a weekly indoor farmers' market, first at the Briarcliff Congregational Church's parish house; it moves to Pace University's Briarcliff Campus in 2012. (en)
- Sleepy Hollow Country Club is founded in Scarborough, Elliott Fitch Shepard's home "Woodlea" is purchased for its clubhouse. (en)
- Congregation Sons of Israel is formed by eleven men in Ossining. (en)
- The Beech Hill Road bridge is destroyed by the rising Pocantico River during Hurricane Floyd. (en)
- The village government installs new street signs featuring the Briarcliff Rose. (en)
- Law's Briarcliff Farms move to Pine Plains, New York, and Law begins developing Briarcliff Manor more as a municipal corporation. (en)
- The village library, originally in the Briarcliff Community Center, is founded. (en)
- The post office is renamed the Briarcliff Manor Post Office. (en)
- Law owns more than of Westchester County, and becomes the largest individual landholder in the county. (en)
- The reconstructed Law Park pavilion is rededicated after the village's Memorial Day ceremony. (en)
- St. Theresa's Catholic Church is founded with thirty-six families; the present church is dedicated two years later. (en)
- Walter Law establishes Briarcliff Farms, the Briarcliff Table Water Company and the Briarcliff Greenhouses. (en)
- Briarcliff Manor's oldest church, Saint Mary's Episcopal Church, is founded. (en)
- A permanent firehouse is built in Scarborough; it is replaced with a larger station in 2009. (en)
- The first village Girl Scout troop is founded by Louise Miller and Mrs. Alfred Jones. (en)
- The Municipal Building's cupola bell, which had tolled at the end of the World Wars, is moved to the front of the new firehouse. (en)
- The present Briarcliff Middle School building is completed at a cost of $24 million . (en)
- Briarcliff Manor sponsors the First American International Road Race; the event centered around the village, and more than 300,000 people watch the race; the village has more than 100,000 visitors that day. (en)
- The Chilmark Club becomes a part of the village's Parks and Recreation Department; Pace University begins leasing the middle school building, and the middle school is moved to a portion of the new high-school building. (en)
- Briarcliff Congregational Church is built to replace the congregation's use of the schoolhouse. (en)
- The Law Park pavilion is damaged in a large fire; around 100 firefighters in multiple departments assist to put out the fire that night. (en)
- Rotary International founds a local chapter in the village. (en)
- Elliott Fitch Shepard ordered the construction of Scarborough's first dock at the present Scarborough Park to allow construction materials to be shipped to his property. (en)
- The Crossroads neighborhood of 84 houses is completed. (en)
- Ambient Corporation and Consolidated Edison install an experimental broadband over power lines system in Briarcliff Manor; the system is now defunct. (en)
- The Scarborough Historic District is added to the State and National Historic Registers. (en)
- The first Scarborough train station and post office is struck by lightning and burns down. (en)
- The first twenty-nine street lights, all electric, are installed. (en)
- The village celebrates its centennial, which involves numerous celebratory events. (en)
- The Briarcliff Manor Public Library reopens in the former train station. (en)
- Pace University purchases Briarcliff College as a satellite of the school's Pleasantville campus. (en)
- The high school opens, and a section is added to the 1909 school building. (en)
- Walter Law replaces the village railroad station; Law's building currently houses part of the Briarcliff Manor Public Library. (en)
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