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Discover the origins of the Heathcote neighborhood and the abandoned remains of the New York, Westchester & Boston Railway (NYW&B) that had stations throughout Westchester including Heathcote Station at Five Corners in Scarsdale. Topping takes viewers inside iconic buildings at Five Corners, Scarsdale Congregational Church, Heathcote School and more. Featuring local historians and residents including Randy Guggenheimer, Jordan Copeland, Leslie Chang, Michael Zeller, Eliot Goldfinger and others. Produced by the Scarsdale Historical Society, directed and edited by Lesley Topping.See more videos here.
CREATING A VIRTUAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY
We're taking history out of the archives so we can scan it, curate it and share it online.
Starting with more than 1,300 issues of the Scarsdale Inquirer and historic photographs and maps, we're funding projects with institutions like the Scarsdale Public Library and the Westchester County Historical Society.
Scarsdale Inquirer Digitization
We funded a project with the Scarsdale Public Library to digitize more than 75 years of the Scarsdale Inquirer—a vital resource for anyone researching local history or genealogy.
Search the archive here.
Scanning Historic Photographs
We've partnered with the Scarsdale Public Library to digitize historic photographs and postcards.
See some of the photographs they've already scanned on their Flickr page and on the Hudson River Valley Heritage website.
Much of our own collection has been scanned and made available online by the Westchester County Historical Society.
Documentary Films
To date we have produced seven documentaries about the rich history the Scarsdale area, in collaboration with board members and local historians, Barbara Shay MacDonald, Jordan Copeland and filmmaker Lesley Topping.
You can watch the documentaries here.