These images show the house at approximately 60 year intervals, from 1852 to the present day. Not much has changed externally. Internally, the kitchen was remodelled about
Read more1946 – A History
In 1946, Lockwood Barr published a “brief history” of Pelham’s history whose title is anything but brief! In it, he describes the myths and traditions that had
Read moreSurveys Still Reference 1851 Map
This survey, conducted in 1961, clearly references the 1851 map: As does this one, from 1993:
Read more1851 Pelhamville Map
This map by William Bryson, dated August 4, 1851 and filed as “Map No. 205” in the Register’s Office of Westchester County on September 1, 1851, still
Read moreMap Showing 1886 Parrish Ownership
Part of the David Rumsey Map Collection, this map of New Rochelle and Pelhamville was drawn in 1868. The inset of Pelhamville shows lot numbers, buildings,
Read more1854 Advert for Sale
On Monday, January 30, 1854, the house was advertised for sale in the New York Daily Times: “STONE HOUSE FOR SALE AT PELHAMVILLE, 17 miles from
Read moreFeatured in “Haunted New York”
In 2005, The Parrish House featured in “Haunted New York: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Empire State” by Cheri Revai
Read moreFrank M. Snyder
Renowned architect Frank M. Snyder lived in The Old Stone House from 1913 until his death in April 1939. Between 1906 and 1914, he published “Building Details”,
Read moreUndressed Tuckahoe Marble
In 1935, The Pelham Sun proclaimed “the old Georgian house, built of undressed Tuckahoe marble with its cut out barge board, reminiscent of the Elizabethan period, its
Read more1852 Painting in Town Hall
The Old Stone House’s appearance really has changed very little in the last 165 years! This image was painted by John M. Shinn, former Town Supervisor and
Read moreApril 1923
William R. Montgomery was Pelham’s Town Historian in the 1920’s and 1930’s, and took this photo on April 7, 1923. Click here for the record on
Read moreApril 1953
Looking very much as it does today, this picture of The Stone House was taken on April 3, 1953, and can be viewed on the Westchester
Read more463 First Avenue
The Old Stone House, also known as “The Diack House” is one of the oldest homes in Pelham, built by Alexander Diack just two years after the
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