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'A Living History of Bronxville': Video Interview with Katie Hite and Gray Williams on Historic Sites on the National Register in Westchester County


By Marcia Lee, Host, A Living History of Bronxville


Jun. 22, 2016:  From 1991 to 2006, 123 residents of Bronxville were interviewed by former mayor Marcia Lee for the cable TV program A Living History of Bronxville. Each interview ran approximately 45 minutes on air and covered the person's service to the community, professional accomplishments, and family background.

This interview of Katie Hite and Gray Williams was conducted on September 8, 2003. 

At the time of the interview, Katie Hite was the executive director of the Westchester Historical Society. Before that, she served as president of the Bronxville Junior League and as a committee member of the Community Planning Council of Yonkers. She holds a BA from Northwestern University.

Gray Williams wrote publication programs for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art. He was editor of Art and Man, a multimedia humanities publication for Scholastic Magazine. His specialty is historic graveyards. An outcome of his specialty was to write the text and provide 275 photos for his book titled Picturing Our Past: National Register Sites in Westchester County.

The interview entails a discussion of the most interesting and important historic sites in Westchester County, including those on the National Register.  

To see the interview, click here: https://youtu.be/6-_N0H8BeFg

Previously posted Living History interviews: 

Walter Isaacson: https://youtu.be/4cBooa7edSE  

Marilynn Wood Hill: https://youtu.be/G0D8fu-86Oc 

Penny and John Barr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYAk_LmS96Q

Randy Frost: https://youtu.be/Z5RbGmBzck0

Jeremiah (Jerry) W. O'Connor, Jr.: http://youtu.be/GDoiimN0bt0

Robert and Barbara McGrath: https://youtu.be/apqwZSU-esI

Viji George: https://youtu.be/oW3oVzooDg4

Mary C. Marvin: https://youtu.be/ydpDv4FJGVI

Robert R. Macdonald: https://youtu.be/fR1IUUXkpoM

Amy Bright Unfried: https://youtu.be/Lz3vsU1jX98

Ed Dinan and Dennis E. Glazer: https://youtu.be/qoUyKKtN-vk

Pictured here:  Bronxville Village Hall

Photo by A. Warner

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Bronxville Overview

Bronxville is a quaint village (one square mile) located just 16 miles north of midtown Manhattan (roughly 30 minutes on the train) and has a population of approximately 6,500. It is known as a premier community with an excellent public school (K-12) and easy access to Manhattan. Bronxville offers many amenities including an attractive business district, a hospital (Lawrence Hospital), public paddle and tennis courts, fine dining at local restaurants, two private country clubs and a community library.

While the earliest settlers of Bronxville date back to the first half of the 18th century, the history of the modern suburb of Bronxville began in 1890 when William Van Duzer Lawrence purchased a farm and commissioned the architect, William A. Bates, to design a planned community of houses for well-known artists and professionals that became a thriving art colony. This community, now called Lawrence Park, is listed on the National register of Historic Places and many of the homes still have artists’ studios. A neighborhood association within Lawrence Park called “The Hilltop Association” keeps this heritage alive with art shows and other events for neighbors.

Bronxville offers many charming neighborhoods as well as a variety of living options for residents including single family homes, town houses, cooperatives and condominiums. One of the chief benefits of living in “the village” is that your children can attend the Bronxville School.

The Bronxville postal zone (10708, known as “Bronxville PO”) includes the village of Bronxville as well as the Chester Heights section of Eastchester, parts of Tuckahoe and the Lawrence Park West, Cedar Knolls, Armour Villa and Longvale sections of Yonkers. Many of these areas have their own distinct character. For instance, the Armour Villa section has many historic homes and even has its own newsletter called “The Villa Voice” which reports on neighborhood news.

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