What is the oldest building in Briarcliff Manor?
Timeline of Briarcliff Manor
Saint Mary's Episcopal Church
1839(1839): Briarcliff Manor's oldest church, Saint Mary's Episcopal Church, is founded.[8]
1854(1854): All Saints' Episcopal Church is founded.[4]
1864(1864): Weskora is renamed Scarborough.[7](p11)
1865(1865): A one-room schoolhouse is built on land donated by John Whitson; it is the first schoolhouse and church in the area.[11][12]
1880(1880): The Whitson's Corners station is added to the New York City & Northern Railroad train schedule,[13] and the first train arrives on December 13.[8]
1881(1881): The Whitson's Corners post office is established.[8]
1890(1890): Walter W. Law moves with his family to the area and purchases his first 236 acres (96ha) with the James Stillman farm for $35,000 ($976,000 in 2018[14]).[4]
1891(1891): Congregation Sons of Israel is formed by eleven men in Ossining.[7](p101)
1892(1892): 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.[15]
October13,1893(1893-10-13): The Scarborough Presbyterian Church is founded.[4]
1895(1895): Elliott Fitch Shepard's mansion Woodlea is completed.[16](p153)
1896(1896): Briarcliff Congregational Church is built to replace the congregation's use of the schoolhouse.[13]
1897(1897): The post office is renamed the Briarcliff Manor Post Office.[8]
August4,1898(1898-08-04): The first Scarborough train station and post office is struck by lightning and burns down.[17]
1900(1900): Law owns more than 5,000 acres (7.8sqmi) of Westchester County,[13][18] and becomes the largest individual landholder in the county.[19]
1900(1900): Law establishes the School of Practical Agriculture on Pleasantville Road on 66 acres (0.1sqmi).[11]