Briarcliff Manor is a suburban village in Westchester County, New York, around 30 miles north of New York City. It is on 5.9 square miles of land on the east bank of the Hudson River, geographically shared by the towns of Mount Pleasant and Ossining. It was established in 1902 by Walter Law, and the village has grown from 331 people when established to 7,867 in the 2010 census.
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Briarcliff Manor is a suburban village in Westchester County, New York, around 30 miles north of New York City. It is on 5.9 square miles of land on the east bank of the Hudson River, geographically shared by the towns of Mount Pleasant and Ossining. The village was incorporated as a village in 1902, and celebrated its centennial on November 21, 2002. A section of the village, including buildings and homes covering 376 acres, is part of the Scarborough Historic District and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. In the early 19th century, the area was known as Whitson’s Corners. It still remains primarily residential and its population is still considered affluent by U.S. standards. It has about 180 acres of recreational facilities and parks, all accessible to the public. A 2012 study found it had the second-lowest crime rate in the state. In Congress the village is in New York’s 17th District. The name derives from a family home of ecclesiastical history professor John David Ogilby, who named his New York summer home Brier Cliff after his family home in Ireland. In 1890, Walter Law bought James Stillman’s 236-acre Briarcl Cliff Farm and further developed it, later using the name BriarCliff for all of his property. Andrew Carnegie, called him \”The Laird of Briar cliff Manor”; the village was named by the village post office and railroad station in 1897.
The area was inhabited by a band of the Wappinger tribes of Native Americans in the precolonial era. In 1906, the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad put up a sign reading \”BriARcliff West\” at the village’s Scarborough station. Soon afterward, attributed to the neighborhood’s pride over their name, that sign was thrown into the Hudson river and replaced with the original Scarborough sign. The oldest church is Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church, built in 1851. The village has seven Christian churches for various denominations and two synagogues. It is also known by several other names, including Briar Cliff by Mark Twain and Brier Cliff by the Hudson on the Hudson by Mark Mark Twain; it has also been called Briars Cliff and Briers Cliff by other people. It was established in 1902 by Walter Law, and the village has grown from 331 people when established to 7,867 in the 2010 census. The community of Scarborough was once known as Weskora until it was renamed in 1864, after resident William Kemey’s ancestral hometown in Yorkshire. The neighboring community of Chilmark was named after William Kemney’s hometown of Yorkshire. In 1903, the community was incorporated into Briar Cliff Manor, and it was named for brothers John H., Richard, and Reuben Whits on, who owned adjoining farms in the area totaling 400 acres. The neighborhood was named Weskora.
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